Wadi program (Gujarat, India)

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overview:
sector:Agriculture
stimulus:Drought, Precipitation change
impacts:Agricultural production loss, Migration
Wadi is an integrated tribal development and poverty alleviation program initiated by BAIF- DHRUVA. The “Wadi” model of tribal development is holistic in approach addressing production, processing and marketing of the agri horti produce, and thus improving incomes.The critical inputs for the wadi programme include grafted mango saplings, vermi-compost and technical know-how for soil and water cons [...]
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project classification:
project type: technical advice
project status: implementation running
running time: 13 years
spatial scale: local
effect emergence: not immediate
effect persistence: more than 10 years
 
project costs:
total costs: not specified
initial investment: not specified
maintenance costs: not specified
problem solving capacity and reversibility:
problem solving coverage: high
reversibility: medium
responsibilities:
initiating agent: NGO:BAIF
executing agent: NGO:BAIF
funding source: Govt: CAPART, INGO:KfW
additional information:
His Excellency Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam visited the tribal development cluster in Kaprada and Chonda is a significant landmark in the history of Dhruva. The President took keen interest in visiting the Wadis, food processing unit and interacting closely with the participants in our programme during this visit.
evaluative information:
success factors: technical know how, soil and moisture conservation, availability of fruit saplings

limiting factors: dysfunctional SHGs, absence of market linkages, no value addition

synergies to mitigation: yes: vermi compost and organic agriculture methods

no regret / win-win option: no regret/win win: no regret: Irrespective of climate change the livelihood options generated, protective irrigation measures will help the communities to enhance their income, win win: income from sale and procesing of fruits and irrigation measures will help cope with the impacts of climate change

project evaluation: The program began with 42 families in 1982 at Vansda, today the tribal development programme covers more than 23,000 families in three blocks of South Gujarat. Huge tracts of wastelands have been converted into orchards. Some acheivements of the program have been: livelihood prmotion and conservation of natural resources, reduction in migration, shift to commercial crops, increase in cropping intensity, processing of cashew and mango, improved health and sanitation, capacity building of women’s SHGs, adoption of Wadi model by families that were not participating earlier.

contact information:
Mr. V. C. Badve
BAIF Vrindavan Campus-Lachhakadi,
tel.: 02630-244096/244005
email: dhruva_org@rediffmail.com
information source:
http://www.dhruva.org.in/wadi.aspx