A Study On The Development Of Livelihood Training Module For

A Study on the Development of Livelihood Training Module for the Field Level Supervisors of Local Partners of CRS India for the Region of Campierganj block, Gorakhpur With the Intervention of G.B.Pant University, Cornell University and Catholic Relief Services India

Project Report Submitted to

College of Agribusiness Manegement G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar-263145, (U.S. Nagar) (Uttarakhand)

Submitted by Jitendra Kumar Prasad ID.No: 36926

IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF

Master of Business Administration (Agribusiness) August, 2009

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It is a great matter of pleasure for me to express heartfelt gratitude to Dr. B. K. Sikka, (Dean, College of Agribusiness Management) for providing all kind of support during the course of this training. My special acknowledgement goes to my Advisor Dr. Ashutosh Singh, Associate Professor, College of Agribusiness Management for her valuable guidance, and concrete suggestions during the course of survey and preparation of the manuscript. It’s my pleasure to thank other faculty members Dr. Raka Saxena, Dr. M. L. Sharma, Dr. Mukesh Pandey, Mr. Saurabh Singh, and Mr. Nirdesh Singh for rendering the help in all academic matters. Words cannot express my gratitude towards my beloved family members whose blessings, continuous encouragement, untiring help and sacrifice have always animated me to rise against the problems and face them smilingly. I am thankful to the entire employee’s of Catholic Relief Services India for their cooperation, which is responsible for the success of this project. I would like to thank my batch mates, friends and juniors for giving me constant moral support and discussing the various issues of the project to help me to look for the solutions from different perspectives. Last but not the least I thank the ALMIGHTY for blessing me with enough patience, endurance and strength in accomplishment of the endeavor. . . DATE: 26.08.2009 PLACE: Pantnagar

Jitendra Kumar Prasad

Executive summary The project was carried out for the development of training module on Go Course template for the capacity building of supervisors of local partners for the Campierganj block of Gorakhpur district. This project was an intervention of CRS India with the collaboration of GBPUA&T, Pantnagar and Cornell University, New York. During the project for the survey of the project area forward group meeting was conducted with farmers group, SHGs and personal interview of government officials. Since the project area was flood prone area and most of the farmers were small or marginal land holders. They were in need to increase the productivity as well as economically cheap option to supplement their income. After analysis of data, long discussion with local partners of CRS India and getting suggestions from the experts I worked on developing training modules over the System of Rice Intensification and Goat Rearing for the betterment of livelihood of the rural poor people of the Campierganj block. During the development of modules I adopted the seven designed steps for the adult learning and drafted modules and tools after repeated field testing and improvement of the modules and tools. As a result of the project I came out with three constituents of the training module, first was training module on Go Course format, second was training tools and the third was facilitators note. System of Rice Intensification is a technique used to increase the productivity of Rice with low inputs (even less than the traditional technique) with less time period of maturity. Similarly Goat rearing can proved as most economical and beneficial way to supplement the livelihood of the small and marginal land holders of rural area. Campierganj block has a great opportunity to come out as a developed area since the soil fertility is good and ease of market accessibility. Need is to create awareness among the needed people and helping them to adopt the new technology in customized form.

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Contents Acknowledgement Executive summery Introduction Problem Statement 2.1 Objectives 2.2 Specific aims Partners Profile 3.1 G B Pant University 3.2 Cornell University 3.3 CRS India 3.4 SES Review of Literature Research Methodology 5.1 Research Design 5.2 Information Required 5.3 Area of Study 5.4 Research Method 5.5 Sampling Plan 5.6 Sampling Technique 5.7 Research Instrument 5.8 Analytical Tool 5.9 Limitation of Study Result and Discussion 6.1 Snapshots of Villages 6.1.1 Snapshot of Ajgarhan Village 6.1.2 Snapshot of Pachma Village 6.1.3 Snapshot of Pathanpurva Village 6.2 Conclusions of Snapshots Taken 6.3 Priority Wise Listing of Needed Training Module 6.4 Module Developed 6.4.1 Module on System of Rice Intensification on Go Course Template 6.4.2 Module on Goat Rearing on Go Course Template Recommendations References Annexure-1 Annexure-2

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