3. Sahyog Project Background Project was started in 1995 as a relief to malnourished children for 6 months In 1997 a fire relief program commenced. This relief program led to a Seed cooperative project in 10 villages and later to a comprehensive development programme supported by TEAR Australia. The ongoing programme (2008-2012) is supported by TEAR Fund New Zealand.

4. Problems faced by the community Villagers in Pipadhari village (62 houses) have to walk more than one kilometer to fetch water for domestic purposes for 3-4 months every year As a decline in the production of agriculture due to the degradation of the soil quality, villagers in Satti have to migrate to nearby towns and cities for 3-5 months every year in search of a living Mr. Bhuju Langda Dehikar (in pic) from Aaki village shared that 20 years before there was sufficient rain and most of the area were still covered with trees and villagers have no problem in finding a living

5. Cont: Visible Problems Soil erosion Water problem -Drinking/Domestic -Irrigation Agriculture product Un-employment /Migration Health Land Degradation Deforestation

6. Methods of Problem Identification PRA -Resource Map -Transact -Time line Problem Tree analysis Door to door survey Community meeting Meeting with different stakeholders

7. Climate Change: Causes Both Natural process and Anthropogenic Community contribution on climate change is negligible though they are at the suffering end

8. Environmental Degradation : Causes More of anthropogenic and less of natural process Failure of the local governance in restricting the community to intrude in the forest areas thereby continuing with deforestation in a large scale Heavy use of pesticides which deteriorate the quality of soil and water Installation of water pumps for irrigation disturbs the ground water table

9. Climate Change: Impacts Low and erratic rainfall (precipitation) Decrease in water table Decline in agricultural products Less fodder for livestock Children’s education Force migration in search of livelihood Culture

10. Environmental Degradation: Impact Natural vegetation (social forestry) Increased soil erosion Air pollution Water pollution as a result of pesticides and others Drinking well dried up as a result of increasing water pumps for irrigation Deforestation and effect on livelihood

11. CC & ED: Adaptation/ Response Watershed Development Committee (CBO at the committee level trained on community based adaptation activities) Watershed Techniques (GAT survey and NET planning, Continuous Contour Trenches (CCT), Water Absorption Trenches (WAT),

12. CC & ED: Adaptation/ Response Gully Plug (GP), Farm Pond (FP), Nullah Bund (NB) etc. Plantation to increase carbon credits and control soil erosion Focus on organic farming Farm Bund (FB), Stone Bund (SB),

13. Cont: CC & ED: Adaptation/Response Construction of farm ponds Changes in the cropping pattern or Use of hybrid seeds for agriculture Use of organic manure

14. Cont: CC & ED: Adaptation/Respond Awareness (eco-rally etc) programme on stewardship towards environmental issues in the community Large scale plantation or saplings suitable for the area Preparation of organic manure pits. Opening nursery centers adopting saplings suitable for the area Construction of wells for drinking purposes

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