The participatory research initiative recognized that improved management of CPRs/natural resources would strengthen tribal livelihood and make it sustainable. The initiative was based on baseline survey which revealed that if rain water is managed properly, the paddy yields would lead to stabilized income. Stakeholders had opined that water shortage was the most significant factor that prevented rice farmers from early nursery preparation to utilize rainwater optimally. They knew of fellow farmers in nearby villages or relations owning irrigation wells, benefitting from timely transplanting. Since opening of new irrigation wells was ruled out due to (1) benefit to individual (rather than the community) alone,(2) lack of financial resources and (3) electrical power connection problems, the stakeholders opted for a community nursery. It was also mutually agreed by all the development partners that dependence on sole crop constrained by vagaries of monsoon must be minimized by increasing income from sources other than agriculture. Limitations of agriculture as a source of living were in fact very well recognized by the farming and non farming community. Non farming villagers felt that they had a stake in betterment of agriculture as they were indirect beneficiaries. With many water tanks around, fisheries could also be one of the major livelihood providers but it was seen that the water bodies were not utilized for fish farming because the villagers lacked required skills. During the SWOT analysis, villagers initially showed hesitance in taking up pisciculture as an enterprise mostly due to the social structures and beliefs that pisciculture must be practiced by a certain caste alone. However, the social differences quickly dissolved once they were informed of the possible acquisition of skills through training. Prior to the interventions, fishing was carried out in the villages by a select group of people in a traditional way using throw nets(without modern nets, boats, fishing gears).
The participatory research initiative recognized that improved management of CPRs/natural resources would strengthen tribal livelihood and make it sustainable. The initiative was based on baseline survey which revealed that if rain water is managed properly, the paddy yields would lead to stabilized income. Stakeholders had opined that water shortage was the most significant factor that prevented rice farmers from early nursery preparation to utilize rainwater optimally. They knew of fellow farmers in nearby villages or relations owning irrigation wells, benefitting from timely transplanting. Since opening of new irrigation wells was ruled out due to (1) benefit to individual (rather than the community) alone,(2) lack of financial resources and (3) electrical power connection problems, the stakeholders opted for a community nursery. It was also mutually agreed by all the development partners that dependence on sole crop constrained by vagaries of monsoon must be minimized by increasing income from sources other than agriculture. Limitations of agriculture as a source of living were in fact very well recognized by the farming and non farming community. Non farming villagers felt that they had a stake in betterment of agriculture as they were indirect beneficiaries. With many water tanks around, fisheries could also be one of the major livelihood providers but it was seen that the water bodies were not utilized for fish farming because the villagers lacked required skills. During the SWOT analysis, villagers initially showed hesitance in taking up pisciculture as an enterprise mostly due to the social structures and beliefs that pisciculture must be practiced by a certain caste alone. However, the social differences quickly dissolved once they were informed of the possible acquisition of skills through training. Prior to the interventions, fishing was carried out in the villages by a select group of people in a traditional way using throw nets(without modern nets, boats, fishing gears).
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