| Project Detail |
The project development objective of the proposed Integrated Project for Source
Sustainability and Climate Resilient Rain-fed Agriculture (IP) is “To improve
upstream watershed management and increase agricultural water productivity in
selected Gram Panchayats in Himachal Pradesh.”
The proposed project interventions and its four main components are provided below.
Component 1 (Sustainable land and water management) will support a) establishment
hydrological monitoring stations; b) preparation of Gram Panchayat Resource
Management Plans (GP-RMPs); c) Soil and water conservation measures including
afforestation, check dams, bunds water harvesting structures, drainage line
treatments, gully plugging; d) Plantations, e) Pasture management with rotational
grazing, fodder delineated forest, introduction of voluntary systems of rotational
grazing in young forest; e) Development of high-quality seed stands f) construction
of centralized seed center and climate-controlled seed bank; g) Nursery development
h) Forest fire prevention and suppression measures. i) Innovative silviculture pilots
and j) operation, maintenance and investment fund (OMIF).
Component 2 (Improved Agricultural Productivity and Value Addition) will support
interventions on a) water harvesting, storage, and distribution infrastructure, small
pond excavation, community tank renovation, roof rain-water tanks, traditional
irrigation channels, and gravity and lift intake and distribution structures; b) on farm
adoption of Climate Smart Technologies; c) “last-mile” market access infrastructure
such as footbridges and manually operated, ropeways (but not roads or investments
requiring land acquisition); d) matching grants to individual farmers and farmer
groups for essential productive assets.
Component 3 (Institutional Capacity Building for Integrated Watershed
Management) will support institutional assessments, functional reviews, institutional
strengthening, institutional reforms, change management, capacity building
interventions that would enable adoption of more holistic approach towards
integrated watershed management, climate change, climate resilient and resource
efficient agriculture, including information technology strategy
Component 4 (project management) will support key project staff, monitoring and
evaluation, grievance redress mechanisms, Environment and Social Framework (ESF)
implementation, overall capacity building, project communication etc. |
