Livolink Annual report

2. Annual Report 2011-12
Livolink Foundation

3. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
Dr. Haribandhu Panda
Chairman
The purpose of Livolink Foundation is to facilitate technology based livelihood
development initiatives in the economically underdeveloped rural regions of the
country. Since its inception in December 2010, it provides support for scaling up of
activities related to System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and Diversion Based Irrigation
(DBI) through documentation, dissemination, monitoring and capacity building of
partner organisations, community based institutions and farmers. The foundation is
grateful to Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Allied Trusts, Mumbai for generous financial
support. I myself and fellow trustees of the Foundation convey our gratitude to Prof.
Sanjiv Phansalkar, Programmes Leader of SDTT for his vision and guidance in shaping
the Foundation. Initially SRI and DBI were housed at Harsha Trust, Bhubaneswar. We
thank the Trust for its help in smooth transition of the activities to the Foundation.
Our partners in different states have been very receptive in accepting and diffusing
the technology for the benefit of the poor farmers. Livolink found their experiences
extremely useful in fine tuning the package of practices of different technologies. We
thank them for their interactive engagement. In the years to come, we expect the
strength and size of partnership will grow by consolidating the existing technological
interventions, expanding to new technologies and being more demanding. We have a
committed team of professionals from diverse and complementary competencies to
carry forward the mandate of the Foundation and to meet the expectations of
different stakeholders.
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4. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S NOTE
It gives me immense pleasure to share the first Annual Report of
Livolink Foundation. The document in a nutshell encapsulates the
evolution of the organization, its purpose and major events and
developments during the period from April 2011 to March 2012.
Although the year of inception was dedicated towards satisfying lot
of formalities in shaping the organization but due importance has been
given to our on-going SRI and DBI programmes.
Tushar Kanta Dash, ED
Our achievements have been impressive as reflected in the progress made in core
thematic areas. Our efforts have resulted in increased adoption of a promising sustainable
agricultural methodology called as System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and also in bringing a
large section of remote and tribal fringe communities into the mainstream as seen in the
Diversion Based Irrigation (DBI) programme. Both these are national level initiatives for which
Livolink has played a key role in strengthening programme objectives and wider replication. We
have periodically undertaken series of interventions that includes capacity building and offering
a range of livelihood options for strengthening food and livelihood security of poor and marginal
families. Livolink has over the period of time undertaken studies, analysis and brought out
publications and documents on such interventions for enhanced community participation and
wider replication of such ideas. We at Livolink have constantly endeavored to mainstream such
noble initiatives with government programmes for establishing convergences and with other
actors in the sector.
Livolink Foundation is fortunate enough to have an eminent board of Trustees and I take
this opportunity to sincerely thank them for their continuous involvement, encouragement and
support that has created an enabling environment within the organization to carry forward its
mandate. I do acknowledge and highly value the efforts and hardwork of our staff in building up
Livolink and its achievements.
We gratefully acknowledge the generous support extended by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and
Allied Trusts, Mumbai, Harsha Trust, Bhubaneswar, other esteemed donors including Government
departments and our partner organizations for their continued support towards achieving our
mission of serving poor, deprived and marginalized populations of the country.
This is just a start and we have miles to go…
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GOVERNING BODY
Livolink Foundation is governed by a board of trustees hailing from the social
development sector. The Governing Body meets twice in a year. However, since Livolink
Foundation is a new entity and for taking up timely and appropriate decisions and relevant
sectoral interventions, the Governing Body in recent times have met more frequently with a
total number of three trustee-meetings organized during the financial year 2011-12.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The present governing body of the organization is as follows:
Dr Panda is Director of HDF School of Management, Bhubaneswar and an
eminent scholar and academician of the country. Prof Panda has more than
25 years' national and international experience in academics and industry.
Dr Panda is the Chairperson of Livolink Foundation.
Dr Haribandhu Panda
Ms Panigrahi is presently Institution Building Expert at CARE-India,
Bhubaneswar with significant expertise in the social sector. She is the
Managing Trustee of Livolink Foundation.
Ms Rekha Panigrahi
Mr Sinha is Senior Programme Officer at Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Allied
Trusts, Mumbai and a seasoned professional in the development sector. He
is one of the Trustees of Livolink Foundation.
Mr Biswanath Sinha
Mr Satpathy is currently the Executive Director of Professional Assistance
for Development Action (PRADAN), New Delhi and a development
professional with several years' practice in the sector. He is a Trustee of
Livolink Foundation.
Mr Manas Satpathy
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PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS EVOLUTION
Livolink Foundation is a registered body under the Indian Trusts Act 1882. It was registered on
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14 December 2010 in Bhubaneswar, Dist Khurda, Odisha. A few like minded professionals converged
on an idea of establishing an entity which would focus on technology driven and market led livelihood
development of underprivileged communities in the rural areas of India. Such an entity was visioned
to empower the local community, community based institutions and network of development
organizations working for greater effectiveness and wider outreach. This finally resulted in
formation of the new entity called Livolink Foundation.
The Livolink Foundation took up the responsibility of monitoring and guiding smooth
implementation of two major ongoing National Development Programmes. These were the System of
Rice Intensification (SRI) and Diversion Based Irrigation (DBI) - both financially supported by the Sir
Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) and Allied Trusts, Mumbai. For the purpose of periodic monitoring of the SRI
and DBI programmes, two Secretariats were established and hosted by Harsha Trust a development
organization based in Bhubaneswar.
OBJECTIVES
The core objectives of Livolink Foundation are:
a) To establish and provide support in the establishment of associations, institutions, funds,
societies and trusts for the benefit of the community, and promote ways and means to
encourage local organizations and enterprises to develop their capacities and skills for
providing services in economic and social sectors
b) To promote appropriate prototypes, design technologies related to development and to
popularize their application in the field
c) To venture into new and innovative development projects financed by government and
donor agencies
d) To assist development agencies in planning and formulation of development projects
independently or in association with other agencies
e) To assist local organizations and local enterprises in establishing profitable and viable
linkages with market, government agencies, financial institutions, technology centres and
any such institution that would enhance their sustainability
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f) To offer know-how, technical guidance and managerial support to agencies engaged in
poverty alleviation in different developmental fields for promoting sustainable and self-
reliant social, economic, ecological and human development.
Team Members
The staff members associated with Livolink Foundation comes from diverse backgrounds with
hands-on expertise in the development sector. These include agriculture, natural resource
management, sustainable livelihoods, irrigation based systems, women and social development etc.
The team of Livolink as on 1st April 2012 is as follows:
TEAM MEMBERS
Tushar Kanta Dash Executive Director
Sanjay Kumar Ray Senior General Manager
Ashutosh Pal General Manager
Anibrata Biswas General Manager
Suraiya Tarannum Accounts Executive
Dibyajyoti Behera Accounts Assistant
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SRI PROGRAMME
Programme Brief
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a set of farming practices developed to increase the
productivity of paddy by increasing productivity factors that comprises land, water, labour and
capital by utilizing less seed, less water and less chemical fertilizer. The involvement of Sir Dorabji
Tata Trust (SDTT), Mumbai, in SRI promotion dates back to 2006, when the Trust piloted the
methodology under its existing livelihoods programme. The appreciable success of the initial years
and the encouraging studies of the report presented by an eminent rice scientist prompted the
Trusts to start a full-fledged program on System of Rice Intensification in 2008. This program was
launched as part of the Trust's strategy to address the issue of food security at household level in
rainfed areas for small and marginal farmers.
The SRI Programme is coordinated by the SRI Secretariat which is hosted by Livolink
Foundation. The Secretariat is involved in monitoring of the activities of the partners NGOs across
the eleven states of the country where the SRI programme is in operation.
Programme Achievements
Till the Rabi 2011-12 season, the SRI programme could reach to a total number of 1,50,082
poor and marginal farmers across 47,247 acres of land spanning across 94 districts in 11 states of
the country. This has been accomplished mostly in rain-fed agricultural conditions.
SRI PROGRAMME SUMMARY
NUMBER OF STATES 11
NUMBER OF DISTRICTS 94
NUMBER OF PARTNERS 127
FARMERS COVERED 1,50,082
AREA COVERAGE (IN ACRES) 47,247
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The state-wise farmer coverage in the SRI programme is tabulated in the graph below:
The state-wise area coverage in acres on SRI is shown in the following chart:
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The following graph represents the percentage increase in yields resulting from SRI over
Conventional Practices reflected from data analyzed from eight states. The average figures
indicate a 47.6% increase in yields from SRI.
Through the SDTT SRI partners, India today has emerged as the largest initiator of the
System of Crop Intensification (SCI) efforts in the world. As a spill-over effect, several farmers
have made innovations in wheat, finger-millets, mustard, kidney beans, vegetables and
rapeseed under the SRI programme. A document, “Growing Crops with SRI Principles” has been
published by the SRI Secretariat to disseminate these innovations.
Research on SRI
Apart from extension activities, on-farm
research on System of Rice Intensification directly
through partner organizations has been part of the
programme. During the period 2011-12, a total
number of four partners were involved in on-farm
research in different agro-climatic zones on
various research aspects.
On Station Research Trials on System of Rice Intensification
by BCKV in Nadia District, West Bengal
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Some key findings reveal that at wide
Collaborative research with State
spacing, yield reduction was due to the less
2 Agricultural Universities on SRI has been
number of hills/m , and at closed spacing,
acco rded prominence. Presently,
yield reduction was due to shorter panicles
collaborative research on select aspects
with lower grain number. Moreover, plots
on SRI has been taken up with the Bidhan
fertilized with mixed inorganic-organic means
Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (BCKV),
gave higher yield than organically fertilized
Mohanpur, in on-farm and on-station
plots. Transplanting young seedling with
locations in various districts of West
wider spacing, promoted early tillering as
Bengal. The research aspects are water
well as higher root growth.
management, weed management and
The following table summarizes details
nutrient management.
of on-farm SRI research with partner
organizations:
Agro-
Partner
Location climate Aspects of SRI Research
Organization
zone
Koraput, Eastern Varietal response , Nutrient
PRAGATI
Odisha Ghat Management, Age of Seedling, Spacing,
Highland No. of plants/hill, Spacing x Age of
Seedling, Direct Seeding
South 24 Coastal Varietal response , Nutrient
PRASARI
Parganas, saline Management, Age of Seedling, Spacing,
WB No. of plants/hill, No. of plants/hill x
Age of Seedling, Spacing x Age of
Seedling
Gaya, Alluvial Varietal response , Age of Seedling, No.
PRADAN
Nalanda, Plains of plants/hill, Spacing x Age of Seedling
Bihar
Raigarh, Chhattisgarh Varietal response , Spacing, No. of
PRADAN
Chhattisgarh Plains Zone plants/hill, Weed Management, No. of
plants/hill x Age of Seedling, Spacing x
Age of Seedling
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Monitoring visits to partners' fields
has been a regular feature of the
activities. The Secretariat played an
active role in coordinating an Evaluation
Study commissioned by SDTT. The team
was led by Mr Ved Arya, CEO, Srijan, Dr P K
Roul, Associate Director (Research), OUAT,
Bhubaneswar and others. A Model Village
on SRI has also been developed in
collaboration with a partner NGO - CARR.
The plot has been selected at Kuanla
Village, Cuttack District, Odisha.
Monitoring visit by Livolink Foundation staff
to SRI areas at Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
System of Rice Intensification field in Balrampur District, Chhattisgarh, during Rabi season 2011-12
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CASE STUDY OF A SRI FARMER
Shri Dharmananda Guntha is a 65 year old tribal
farmer of Sariaput village of Nandapur Block in Koraput
District, Odisha. He owns half acre of rain fed upland
land where he grows paddy. Yield from the land has been
very low (4 quintals only) - not enough for sustenance of
his family for six months. Initially, Shri Guntha had
apprehensions on doing SRI. Many fellow farmers
discouraged him to take up the new practice. But he was
determined to try it out in at least 0.10 acre of land
though it was a risky proposition for him. He started his first trial in Kharif 2008. Well known
in the locality for his contribution to community forest protection; he also motivated his two
brothers and two farmer friends to do SRI in the same year. He followed all the principles of
SRI and was able to harvest on an average of 15 quintals of paddy from his land which now
meets the food requirement of his family for the entire year. He developed innovations in
wooden weeders for his own use. The initiatives have resulted in 12 farmers of his village to
adopt SRI. Shri Guntha is now a messenger of SRI in his Panchayat and regularly disseminates
ideas on the methodology in his village and the region. His enthusiastic efforts have also
seen him in being felicitated with “SRI SAMMAN” at the district level.
(Courtesy: PRAGATI Koraput)
Community Level Discussion by Livolink Foundation staff at Berhampur, Ganjam District, Odisha
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DBI PROGRAMME
Programme Brief
Diversion Based Irrigation or DBI is a
simple and cost effective method that applies
gravitational force to guide water from adjacent
streams and rivers to the cropping field areas.
Hence, DBI also known as 'Gravity Flow Systems' -
is suitable for undulating, hilly and mountainous
terrains. The National Level Programme on DBI
supported by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Allied
Trusts targets those families which are
predominantly from forest fringes near the
origin of streams the ones who are deprived and Conveyance System in a pipe-based
excluded from many developmental schemes DBI scheme from Rayagada District, Odisha
and programmes.
Restoration of a Dong Canal led by women farmers in Baksa, Assam
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The DBI Programme of SDTT is coordinated and monitored by the DBI Secretariat hosted
by Livolink Foundation. The DBI Secretariat provides assistance to partner NGOs in the
programme for training and capacity building, technical expertise in design and implementation
of DBI structures and enables overall monitoring of the programme and cross-learning amongst
implementing partners in the operational areas.
The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) has been implementing the programme on diversion-
based irrigation (DBI) since early 2009 to promote the development of small scale irrigation
through diversion of water from streams. Till the financial year 2011-12, the total outlay of the
DBI programme has been over Rupees 35 crores targeting around 85,000 families & 3650 hectares
across 1150 villages in 40 districts of 13 states. The programme has aimed to promote these
systems with the focus being on undulating, hilly and mountainous (UHM) regions that are poorly
served by irrigation and are home to the poorest.
Command Area Development under DBI facilitated by FES in Koraput District, Odisha
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Salient Achievements
 The DBI Secretariat carried out identification of potential NGOs for implementation of
the Diversion Based Irrigation programme throughout India.
 The DBI Secretariat played a major role in identification of several potential DBI
partners in the state of Odisha.
 NGO partners in the progarmme
have been provided training and
capacity building on technical as
well as social aspects on DBI. Two
intensive training programmes were
organized by Livolink Foundation
during the financial year 2011-12,
one in Assam and the other in
Staff from DBI Secretariat of Livolink Foundation
Odisha. providing technical expertise to NGO partners
 Regular monitoring of the DBI schemes undertaken by NGO partners has been ensured
so that implementation is done within the framework of the programme and
sanctioned budget.
 Preliminary work for creating a Management Information System (MIS) towards
capturing field-based data on the DBI programme - has been initiated.
 Livolink had engaged a professional expert for documentation of case studies on DBI
from various parts of the country. Two such case studies one from Karnataka and the
other from Maharastra has been prepared for influencing policy.
 A National Level Meet of DBI partners has been organized at Puri, Odisha, during
February 2012.
DBI PROGRAMME SUMMARY
Number of States 13
Number of Districts 38
Number of Partners 35
Number of Co-partners 34
Number of Villages 370
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CASE STUDY OF A DBI FARMER
Mahadapur is a small backward tribal village situated on a hill top in Zari block of
Yavatmal district, Maharastra. The village is around 18 km away from the block headquarter and
90 km away from Yavatmal, the district headquarters. All households in the village rely on
rainfed agriculture and wage labour for their livelihoods.
Shri Ganpat Nagoji Atram (35), a farmer from Mahadapur belonging to Kolam, a primitive
tribal group has a family of five - his wife, 2 sons and a daughter. Ganpat has 5 acres of rain-fed
agricultural land, on which he has been doing traditional farming of cotton, pigeon-pea and
sorghum. He used to grow 4 acres of cotton with intercropping of pigeon-pea and one acre of
sorghum. In all, he got Rs 28000 to 30000 per year averaging to Rs. 5000-6000 thousand per acre.
This income was not sufficient to meet his family need of input cost, family expenses and
education of his children. This was the situation up to the year 2009 till the introduction of phad
irrigation system in the village.
In 2010, Dilasa promoted phad irrigation system in Mahadapur village and Ganpat Atram
was one of the beneficiaries of the technology. Under this irrigation system, a small check dam
has been built up through which the diversion based irrigation is being carried under gravity
without use of power (oil engine/electricity).Ganpat benefited greatly through this system and
irrigated his one acre of cotton and pigeon-pea crop in kharif season. This year, he took
production of 5 quintals of cotton and 3.5 quintals of pigeon-pea crop valued at Rs. 25000 and Rs.
15000 respectively amounting to a total of Rs. 40000 from one acre of land. His production per
acre has been enhanced to 1 to 1.5 quintals per acre and the income has increased almost 6 to 7.
SN Crops grown Crop production by adoption of Phad
irrigation
Increased production Total Rs.
per acre
1 Cotton 3 15000
2 Pigeon-pea 2 7000
3 Jawar 2 3000
4 Red gram 2.12 5300
5 Fodder 3.00 3000
Total 12.12 33300
He is now able to cultivate this one acre of land under rabi crop of red gram owing to availability
of water. He used to give 3 turns of water to his red-gram crop and got a production of 2.12
quintals from his one acre of land which fetched him an income of Rs. 5300.
Thus, Ganpat has increased his crop production up to 1.5 times since the adoption of phad
irrigation. He is now satisfied with his agricultural income and realizes the need to reach this
irrigation system to more and more farmers for sustaining their livelihood.
(Courtesy: DILASA Yavatmal)
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TRAINING & CAPACITY BUILDING
Livolink Foundation is engaged in providing technical support and expertise on various
development interventions to NGOs and project partners. Several training programmes and
capacity building initiatives have been organized in this context.
A Training programme on DBI was organized
from 9th to 12th September 2011 at Grameen Sahara,
Chhaygaon, Assam. 19 participants from 11 NGOs in
the DBI programme from Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya
and Manipur attended the event organized by Livolink
Foundation. Three full days were exclusively devoted
to in-house lectures and demonstrations. On one-full
day, a field visit to two DBI sites in Kamrup District of
Assam was facilitated.
A similar training program on DBI was organized
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from 28 - 29 November 2011 at the office of Livolink Foundation, Bhubaneswar. Main focus of
this two day event was on survey, design, fittings and steps involved in implementing DBI. 19
participants from 13 NGOs in the DBI programme of Odisha attended this event.
A Training Programme on SRI was organized at Kuanla, Cuttack district, Odisha, for 50
farmers on the methodology. This was organized as part of the initiatives encompassed under
setting up of a Model SRI Village that would comprise of establishing low-cost irrigation
structures and promotion of SRI with the farming communities.
MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS
Partners' Meets
National Level SRI Partners Meet
A three day National Level Meet of SDTT SRI
Partners was organized at Hotel Sujata, Bodh Gaya,
Bihar from 23 rd to 25th January 2012. The meet
witnessed active participation of 93 participants
representing the Government, NGOs, civil society
organizations, research institutions, scientists and
notable persons from the social development
sector. The meet was supported by Sir Dorabji Tata
Trust (SDTT) and Allied Trusts, Mumbai and co-
organized by Livolink Foundation, Bhubaneswar
and Professional Assistance for Development Action
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(PRADAN), Gaya. During the course of three days, the first two days were devoted to in-house
discussions and on the final day a field exposure visit was organized to project areas in Gaya
District. Some of the key findings from discussions included developing Package of Practices
(PoPs) for various crops using SRI principles, studying issues on dis-adoption in SRI, establishing
convergences with Government and need for partners to leverage from other sources and
appropriate development programmes.
National Level DBI Partners Meet
A two day National Level Meet on
Diversion Based Irrigation (DBI) was organized
by Livolink Foundation at Hotel Gajapati,
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Puri, Odisha, from 27 to 28 February 2012.
The meet was supported by Sir Dorabji Tata
Trust and Allied Trusts, Mumbai. The two day
event witnessed active participation of 52
representatives from the Government, NGOs,
civil society organizations, NABARD and other
notable persons from the development
sector. Few key findings of this meeting included the need to develop appropriate mechanisms in
command areas of DBI towards agricultural and crop planning, building institutions and
leveraging from potential sources, process documentation at various stages including
development of a DBI Manual as well as advocacy and networking on Diversion Based Irrigation
systems.
Odisha SRI Partners Meet
A two day Partners Meet of Odisha SRI Partners was organized by Livolink Foundation from
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5 to 6 March 2012 at CYSD campus, Bhubaneswar. A total number of 34 participants from SDTT-
SRI Odisha partners attended the programme. The event was organized to streamline the
monitoring mechanism for partner NGOs and to chalk out future strategies for implementation of
the SRI programme in the state.
Other Significant Events
MKSP-SoDI Meeting
A one-day meet on Leveraging Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) in the
context of civil society engagement in South Odisha Initiative (SoDI) was organized on February
20, 2012 at Hotel Kalinga Ashok, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The event was supported by Sir Dorabji
Tata Trust (SDTT) and Allied Trusts, Mumbai and organized by Livolink Foundation, Bhubaneswar.
The meet was attended by 22 participants representing the Government, SDTT, NGOs and select
civil society organizations associated in the context of the South Odisha Development Initiative.
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Sub-Group Meeting on Innovative Technologies
A one day Consultative Workshop for Inputs to the 12th Five Year Plan for Upscaling SRI and
Innovative Technologies for addressing Food Security at the Household Level was organized by
Livolink Foundation and supported by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust on June 20, 2011 at Hotel Kalinga
Ashok, Bhubaneswar. A total number of 27 participants that included scientists, academicians
and representatives from civil society organizations participated in the deliberations.
PUBLICATIONS
Book on Growing Crops with SRI Principles
The consistent success of System of Rice Intensification
has prompted some progressive farmers and NGOs to
experiment SRI principles in other crops like wheat, finger-
millets, sugarcane, mustard and few solanaceous vegetables.
This publication brought out by Livolink Foundation during
October 2011 is an effort to disseminate these innovations and
scaling up the methods as a consolidated documentation of
farmers' practices on SRI methods to other crops.
INFORMATION & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
SRI-India Google Group
Livolink Foundation since June 2011 has been engaged in moderating discussions and
information sharing at SRI-India - an online network powered by Google on System of Rice
Intensification. This e-group comprises of 488 members from the scientific community, civil
society practitioners, farmers, academicians, students and others interested in promotion of this
sustainable agricultural innovation worldwide. The network today has emerged as a vibrant
platform for exchange of ideas, discussions and debates on SRI. Livolink Foundation has also
brought out a total number of three Bi-monthly Network Updates during this period.
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SDTT-SRI Web Portal
The SRI Secretariat of Livolink Foundation during July 2011 launched an exclusive web
portal catering to SDTT initiatives on System of Rice Intensification across the country. The
website boasts of an exclusive compilation of information on the SRI programme supported by
the Trusts, publications and research studies on the methodology, documents and innovation by
partner NGOs, reports of national and state symposiums on SRI, presentations by partner NGOs
and global SRI resources and networking information.
The website can be accessed at www.sdtt-sri.org
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UPCOMING PROGRAMMES
TRIPTI Programme
Livolink Foundation has been engaged in consultations with TRIPTI a state level body
under the Odisha Livelihoods Mission, Panchayati Raj Department, Government of Odisha for
possible sectoral collaborations. Discussions have been initiated with TRIPTI towards
consultancy services by Livolink Foundation for its World Bank assisted project titled
“Implementation of Agricultural Productivity Enhancement Measures through Improved
Packages of Practices including System of Rice Intensification”.
MISCELLANEOUS
Internship for Management Students
Two students from the HDF School of Management, Bhubaneswar, underwent their 45 days'
management traineeship segment during December 2011 to January 2012 with Livolink
Foundation, Bhubaneswar. The title of the project was “A study on Diversion Based Irrigation
Systems for assessment of socio-economic impact and livelihood augmentation of the tribal
villages”. During this period, the students received on-field exposure at DBI implementation
schemes of partner NGOs in the districts of Koraput, Rayagada, Ganjam and Kandhamal in
Odisha.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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