1. Diversion Based Flow Irrigation
to Enhance Rural Livelihoods in
Eastern India
By
PRADAN

2. A Typical DBI system
It comprises of headwork (small weir, earthen tank or collection
tank) to divert required stream flow into conveyance system
(plastic pipelines) for carrying it to the agricultural fields

3. Objectives
• Execute 28 schemes to irrigate 550ha in kharif
and 274ha in rabi of 1,250 families
• Enhance annual income of a family by at least
Rs 15,000/- through improved agriculture
• Demonstrate the utility of DBI schemes

4. Project locations
10 districts of Orissa, WB, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and MP
Project period: Mar’09 to Aug’10

5. Budget
Sl no Budget head Budget/unit Total (Rs) Expenses
(Rs) (Rs)
1 Infrastructure 3,00,000 84,00,000 1,00,30,088
2 Command area development 78,000 21,84,000 6,49,354
and agriculture
Total programme cost 1,05,84,000 1,06,79,442
3 Honorarium to CRP 6,00,000 3,59,365
4 Training & Exposure of 3,10,500 2,77,875
villagers
5 Development support cost to 15,87,600 15,87,598
PRADAN @ 15% of prog
cost
6 Supporting NGOs 2,00,000 2,36,635
Total requested from SDTT 1,32,82,100 1,31,40,915
Cost of infrastructure: Rs 20,428/ha, Total: Rs 26,282/ha

6. Activities
• Identification of potential sites
• Formation of WUAs
• Exposure of selective members
• Planning of DBI scheme
• Procurement and implementation
• Land development and channel
construction
• CSP selection and training
• Introduction of improved cropping practices

7. Achievements
• 44 schemes were executed to benefit 1,280
families in very poor regions
• Irrigation potential created: 491ha in kharif and
218ha in rabi
• Crop coverage: 859 families used 35 schemes
to cover 174ha during kharif and 712 families
used 36 schemes to cover 93ha during rabi
• SRI and vegetable cultivation were introduced
with use of organic manure, machan system,
polyhouse nursery, gliricidia fencing etc.
• Domestic water requirement was met wherever
feasible

8. Assumptions vs actual
Assumption Actual
Kharif command area 20ha 11ha
per site
Rabi command area per 10ha 5ha
site
Families per site 40-50 30

9. An earthen tank in Purulia Brinjal in Bankura
Bottle gourd under Machan in Gaya Cauliflower in Mayurbhanj

10. SRI with Azolla in Digipadi DBI site of
Use of marker in SRI in Kandhamal
Kandhamal
SRI in wheat Staking in Tomato in Keonjhar

11. Bathroom and tank in the DBI scheme of Training on organic product preparation
Rayagada
Polyhouse nursery Handikhata

12. Benefits
Before Intervention After Intervention
Salai
Kandagari Kharif Rabi Kharif Rabi Summer
Veg
2 No (20
Up Land: Finger Rs
bags- Cro dec),
0.8 Acre Millet 13,000
1Qn p Rest
Millet Vegetables
Creep
(15 dec), Rest
SRI On er in Pla
Given to the
paddy going 10 n
Land less for
Medium 2 No (30 dec
Finger 6q cultivation
Land: 0.5 bags- Cro dec),
Millet paddy
Acre 1Qn p Rest
Finger
Millet
Salai Busy in Preparing her Salai –Busy in weeding her Salai watching her Cauliflower field
Nursery bed for Rabi Crops Newly formed SRI Field with other SHG memebrs

13. Benefits
Before Intervention After Intervention
LAXMAN
KATEI Kharif Rabi Kharif Rabi Summer
tomato
Up Land:
No Crop cultivation Rs 9000
0.9Acre
in 25 dec
Brinjal
SRI (20dec), On Vegitable
Plan
3 Qtl paddy rest are going in 10 dec
paddy(25
Medium and Potato planning
dec), and
Land:1.05 Paddy 55 Kg No Crop not
potato in
Acre harvested
Post kharif
yet
(30 dec)
Laxman –Busy in Laxman in his potato flied
weeding his Newly Brinjal in Rabi season
formed SRI Field

14. Other outcomes
• Demand from neighboring villages
• Forest dept has replicated in Rayagada
• Govt has shown interest to replicate under
NREGA
• Govt has come forward for agricultural
demonstration
• Movement towards agriculture from forest
and wage based livelihood
• Reduced migration

15. Way forward
Bih
Chh
MP
Jha
UP
Raj
Oris
AP
All India
Uttn
Many more such
Kar
Mah initiatives to saturate
irrigation potential in the
Ass
Guj
Har
TN
WB
plateau and hilly regions
Pun
Ker
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Labor Employed in Agriculture, %

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