Ajeevika - Livelihoods Improvement Project for the Himalayas (Uttarakhand, India)

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overview:
sector:Agriculture, Forestry
stimulus:Drought, Precipitation change
impacts:Rainfed agricultural production loss, Soil moisture reduction, Water stock reduction
The overall project objectives are to assess the impacts of climate change and socioeconomic changes on the poor in mountain areas of Hindu Kush Himalaya region, identify adaptation/coping mechanisms and enhance livelihood opportunities. The project is targeted at mountain communities (poor households and women) living in the western and eastern Himalayas. In the state of Uttaranchal the project a [...]
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project classification:
project type: natural resource management
project status: implementation running
running time: 8 years
spatial scale: regional
effect emergence: immediate
effect persistence: not specified
 
project costs:
total costs: 13710000 usd
initial investment: not specified
maintenance costs: not specified
problem solving capacity and reversibility:
problem solving coverage: high
reversibility: high
responsibilities:
initiating agent: IFAD/ ICIMOD
executing agent: Uttarakhand Gramya Vikas Samiti
funding source: IFAD, Institutional finance, beneficiary component, state government contribution
additional information:
For the Ajeevika, Uttaranchal Livelihoods Improvement Project for the Himalayas (ULIPH) the Project staff have been trained on Monitoring & Evaluation. Focus on increased self-monitoring by SHG in project interventions has been initiated.
evaluative information:
success factors: Institutional support

limiting factors: not specified
synergies to mitigation: yes, carbon sequestration

no regret / win-win option: win-win (addresses climate change challenges directly, provides social benefits, economic benefits)

project evaluation: Visit by IFAD Supervision Mission in May 2007 suggested various action points for streamlining the Project Logframe and M&E manual. The reporting framework of the PMU has been simplified participatorily and the types of reports to be generated have been identified.

contact information:
Project Management Unit
272 C, Vasant Vihar, Phase II, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
tel.:
email: uliph05@yahoo.com,ajeevika@gmail.com
information source:
(1) ICIMOD http://www.icimod.org/?page=1038, (2) Ajeevika: http://www.ajeevika.org.in/