1. INDIA AGRICULTURE SCALE UP LEARNING –SHARING WORKSHOP, DATE: 13-14 APRIL 2009 VENUE: MANESAR, INDIA Inland fishery program: Sharing of scale up planning

2. Presentation will flow through : 2 Issue Process Linkages Assessment of progress in Bundelkhand Scale up strategy and planning

3. Inland Fishery Program in Madhya Pradesh Current profile: … H/H in Tikamgarh (…Vill) and Chatterpur (Vill) Progression: -Community Mobilisation -Institution building -Power in market Drivers of change: -Organised and homogeneous community -Awareness generation about peoples right -Initiated regular contact and dialogue with policy makers and govt. officials -Emergence of local leadership Major achievement New State fishery policy is formulated and passed through cabinet

4. Tikamgarh: Chaterpur: 4 Map of Program Area

5. Issue with fisherfolk in Bundelkhand 5  Lack of access and control over resources/Govt program and support  Control of fish pond by middleman and contractors, fisherfolk reduced to wage workers  Poor socio economic status of fisher folk community  Lack of awareness as well as access to government programmes and schemes  Low status accorded to women by the society  Limited participation of fisherfolk in local self governance institution  Lack of infrastructure, poor access of market information and dependence on trader for fish seed, credit and other inputs  Poor participation in entire fish value chain  Multi Departmental arrangement

6. Program Approach 6 Enterprise and Market Livelihood promotion Natural Resource development Community Mobilisation State level Dialogue Regional level District level Intervention Local Government/ Local leadership Advocacy Approach Process Adopted:

7. Phases in Process: 7 Organic Progression Demonstration to scale up Deliberate effort to address gender at all level Next move is to create linkages of Right based approach in entire fish value chain Phase 2: Capacity Building Phase 3: Institution Building 199920042006 Phase 1: Community Mobilization

8. Learning during intervention period 8 Institutional strengthening intervention is vital Regular communication with govt. authority Promoting women’s leadership Identifying market opportunities and intervene to enhance power in market Pilot and demonstration build confidence at community level

9. Structural Representation: 9 Function and role:- Facilitate market support through route chart Facilitate market support through route chart Fish ling rearing as business enterprise Fish ling rearing as business enterprise Brooder stock/hatchery as business unit Brooder stock/hatchery as business unit Fish meal and other production related input supply/production Fish meal and other production related input supply/production Develop enterprise across fish value chain as per opportunity and capacity Develop enterprise across fish value chain as per opportunity and capacity As technical and extension support to other fish rearing group in MP As technical and extension support to other fish rearing group in MP Function and role:-  Community mobilization for control and access over pond  Policy advocacy  Linkages with govt. program and scheme  Conflict resolution  Awareness raising  promotion of socio- political empowerment of fisherfolk community Function and role:-  Capacity building of cooperative in area and develop new cadre/leadership  Facilitate pond business plan development  Leverage with govt. scheme/plan at cluster level  Provide extension support in fish production enhancement, linkages with quality input supply, resource use, Schedule harvest, Monitoring of progress Fisherfolks Sangathan ( A social-Political development Unit) Cluster Unit ( A facilitation unit for capacity building and developing linkages) Producer organization (A professionally managed business Enterprise) Local fishing Coop/Fishery Groups

10. Scale Up plan :Component Strategic intervention What needs to be done Delivery in 3 yr. CommunityMobilization  Cluster level unit formation to provide support in cooperative strengthening, access to government program and scheme, extension support for fish production improvement and facilitate market linkage through route chart  Continues interaction with coop/group on system, management and governance.  Sharing of good practices and successful intervention  Create platform for learning sharing among different group/coop  Develop conflict resolution mechanism and coop. grading system at community level  Upto 500 cooperative and more than 35000 H/H in four districts will have direct control over pond resources  Access to government scheme and program in more than 200 project villages Institutionbuilding  Formation of Bundelkhand fisherfolk forum for ensuring fisherfolks right in Bundelkhand region.  Develop supportive linkages between socio-political wing and economic wing of sangthan  Develop new cadre for different roles like community mobilization, technical support, market facilitation,  Capacity building initiatives for capable person on business, management, accounting, Use of IT and different system.  O.D. exercise with Partner organization and sangthan for taking up new challenges related with separation as well as crating linkages with different institution for socio-economic intervention  Apex body will form district level sub body  Women’s separate organization will emerge and take lead on women’s issue  Fisher folks Producer Organization will function effectively. 10

11. Womens empowermen t and leadership  Deliberate effort to involve women in entire process of program.  Capacity building program especially designed for women members  Effort to provide tank lease to women groups  Fishling production enterprise through women groups  Promote women retailers in local market  Promote women representative in local governance (panchayat) and local government promoted committee (TSC,VEC, NREGA monitoring etc.)  Enterprise promotion related training to women group members  Facilitate women representative in all local initiatiive and govt. committee  Specially designed training for women fishling rearing group  Atleast 120 ponds fully owned and managed by women groups.  Women own 50% of enterprise  Women role enhanced upto 50% in decision making  Women leadership emerged at all level to address socio-political and economic issue. Value chain development  Submission of cooperative business plan to department for leverage and linkages  Initiate local enterprises across all activities of value chain (brooder stocking, fishling rearing, fish meal production, retailer, transportation, marketing etc.)  Use of GIS based software with indivisual coop to develop their plan.  Association with fisherfolk producer organization to provide support in input, extension, and marketing  Develop mutually agreed harvest schedule  Include more group/coop in route chart system  Set up facilitation center to coordinate demand and supply of fish and other produce ( backword-forward linkages)  Enhance quality of fish harvest and post harvest practices  150 pond cooperative develop detailed business plan 11

12. Product development and livelihood diversificati- on  Continuous support to 200 selected coop in carrying production enhancement and diversification initiative  Agreement with producer organization to provide marketing support  Regular monitoring and support to 200 ponds  Facilitate Linkages with technical expert for performance improvement of 200 ponds  200 ponds enhances average fish production  200 pond cooperative operate their input management system  Agriculture activity will undertaken in dry tank bed in 400 tank. Technology, infrastructu re and service  Planning and sharing process with apex body members using GIS software  Regular training for community members to use and update GIS based application  Develop cluster level plan using application in phased manner.  Sharing of GIS application tool and plan developed with district and state govt.  Apex body developing intervention plan using GIS based software  Producer organization uses market information system  Develop infrastructure facility in two block as pilot demonstration 12

13. Policy advocacy  Awareness raising in other part of State regarding new fishery policy  Regular sharing of effort/initiative with government departments  Sharing of new policy with other fisherfolk groups  Proper monitoring regarding implementaion of policy  Effort for proper implementation of new fishery policy in MP.  Advocacy for other leftover demands Scale up with state and outside  Sharing of MP fishery policy with other State govt. and presenting issue with fisherfolk in respective state  Inland fishery related Situation analysis of other state and sharing with department.  Advocacy for fishery policy in other potential state UP, Chatishgarh and Orissa. Stakeholder engagement  Regular communication with all stakeholders.  Annual stakeholders meeting with Apex body and producer organization.  Develop database of all stakeholders and initiate communication  Engagement with govt. dept in MP.  Engagement with all stakeholder in fish value chain for access to market.  Engagement with resource and technical organizations.  Engagement with other state and national level organizations/group/mass organizations 13

14. Thanks 14 From: Fisherfolk community of Bundelkhand Region