2. Name of the project: Diversion Based Irrigation ( DBI)
Supported by : JAMSETJI TATA TRUST, MUMBAI
Implemented by : ADARSA, Sambalpur
District : Sambalpur, ODISHA
Sl No DBI Site Village GP Block
1 Deopali Deopali Chhamunda Jujumura
2 Kusamura Kusamura Chhamunda Jujumura
3 Baglat Baglat Kharsanmal Jamankira
4 Hatidahala Hatidahala Meghapal Jujumura
5 Tangjharan Tangjharan Chhamunda Jujumura

3. Target Vs Achieveement
 TARGET: Kharif 250 acres, Rabi 100 acres and summer
30 acres irrigation potential in 5 villages in 2 years.
 ACHIEVEMENT: 3 villages have received irrigation
 Pipe fitting is going on 2 villages.
 28 acres covering 56 households in 2 villages during
last Rabi season 2012-13
 Household water supply to 149 families.
 250 farmers trained on improved variety vegetable
cultivation.
 Exposure visit to successful sites with 91 farmers

4. PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE
 SRI Promoted with 35 farmers in 16.3 acres
 Stump of Pointed Gourd (Kunduru) with 75 families for
promotion of kitchen garden.
 Leveraging from ATMA: Hybrid Mustard in 7acres
with 14 farmers and Hybrid Maize in 5 acres with 6
farmers
 Leveraging from NABARD: Gajendra Olua in 7.4
acres with 36 farmers

5. CBO Promotion and Strengthening
 13 SHGs formed in the DBI villages
 5 Farmers’ clubs formed
 Capacity building:
 Book keeping
 Leadership
 Bee Keeping
 SRI method of cultivation
 MEDP (Gajendra Olua)
 Crop Demonstration (Kundru, Maize, Mustard)

6. Community level stake holder strengthened for
structure management and maintenance
Sl
No
DBI Site Name of the Farmers Club No of
Members
1 Deopali Maa Ugratara FC 18
2 Kusamura Birbazarangabali FC 20
3 Baglat Adibasi FC 17
4 Hatidahala Birbazarangabali FC 19
5 Tangjharan Veer Hanuman FC 20

7. • Exposure is the strongest source of motivation
• Unused land became productive
• Unemployed youth involved in agriculture
• Reduced Distress migration
• Solidarity Unity felt among the villagers
• Surplus production of vegetable supplied to district
market through vegetable cooperative
• Improved standard of living
• Reduce dependency on forest
• Easy to promote kitchen garden with all families
• Reduced women drudgery(household water supply)
• Proper capacity building of local youth reduces load
of the implementing agency
LEARNING ..

8. CHALLENGES -
 Clearance from Forest department
 Initial motivation to community members to make
them believe the system
 Leveraging from Govt. Schemes
 Reach the inaccessible forest villages

9. AWARENESS MEETING FARMERS CLUB FORMATION
DIGGING PIPE FITTING

10. INNAGURATION OF DIFFERENT DBI SITE
KUSAMORA DEOPALI BAGLAT

11. Domestic uses of Water

12. VEGETABLE CULTIVATION
VEGETABLE

13. CAPACITY BUILDING

14. VISIT TO THE DBI SITES BY ….
 DISTRICT OFFICIALS
 DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PLANNING
 CEO, DSMS
 DRDA, SAMBALPUR
 NRLM DISTRIC COORDINATOR
 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE
 AGM, NABARD, GM NABARD
 LEAD DIST. MANAGER, SBI SAMBALPUR
 FARMERS FROM RCDC BALANGIR
 BUDHARAJA SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH TEACHER
 MSW STUDENT OF SAMBALPUR UNIVERSITY

15. MEDIA COVERAGE
 KRUSHI DARSHAN (DOOR DARSHAN)
 FELICITATION BY SAMAJ (ODIYA NEWS PAPER)

16. THANK YOU