SUCCESS STORIES

Case history of WADI farmer Mr. Fakira Kishan

Mr Fakir Kishan (age 56) s/o Rushi kishan village Gujapal has participated as a WADI beneficiary the year 2016 through SGUP WADI PROJECT Bonai .He belongs to a poor Adivasi family having only 2 acre of upland and 2 acres low land as the source of production and income. He was working as a migrant labor just before the starting of WADI project. His wife Balmati kishan is supporting him in the inter cropping in WADI field . His son – Gurucharan (age 25) and younger son Suka nandan – (age 20) have also helped him in the WADI work . He has total 7 member in his family including him . He has planted 57 plants in his orchard of 0.81 acre land . he has cultivated the land well and deed the vegetables like bitter guard, chilly, cucumber , pumpkin , cow pea in the entire 0.81 acre landThe wadi project supported him the seeds, water pump and sprinkler pipes with technical knowledge. The entire patch of the field is well fenced together with other Wadi farmers of his Ubs .
The entire family was involved in the intercropping with interest and could get approximately Rs 40,000 in this Kharif season and will get more than Rs 50,000 from his standing crop in this Rabi season 2016. He has also plan to expand his orchard and do the intercrop in the adjacent left out area next year by his own expenses and mobilizing funds from Horticulture dept.
Changes – Out of the earned money his family could get food for the entire year and he could started the construction of a new house for his children which he will complete by the income of next year . besides his respect in the village has enhanced and the villagers started to listen him and he is now participating and leading in the decision making process of village development.
He expressed thanks to NABARD and SGUP for supporting his villagers for their livelihood. He says nabard has really gave me a new hope for my family.

We wish him and his family a bright and sustainable success future.

‘WADI’ the sustainable livelihood for my family

Case history of WADI farmer Mr Dutiya Naik –Niktimal

Dutiya Naik age – 45, s/o Kumaramani Naik village Niktimal Bonai block , Sundargarh district Participated in the motivation meeting of Wadi project in their village and became the member of UBS formed for implementation wadi in their village in the year 2014. He belongs to BPL family having only 4 acres of dry up land not fit for low land cultivation.he is earning his livelihood from the daily wages and he usually migrates to outside odisha for six months in a year for the labor work. He has a joint family of 10 members 2 brothers and their spouses, two sons one is 6 years and the other is 3 years It was difficult to manage a joint family even though his other brothers are earning from daily wagesHe has planted 63 plants in 0.9 acres of land mango- 43 and Cashew 20 in July 2015. . He has ploughed his land with tractor and did the vegetable cultivation like Vendi, Brinjal, bitter guard, chilli, Tomato, cow pea, twice in a year on Kahrif and Rabi season. The project has supported him the fencing, water lifting pumps, sprinkler pipes , seeds and technical knowledge together with other farmer of his UBS. By this time he has completed times vegetable cultivation since 2015 in his field.
In the year 2015 he has got approximately 90,000/- and in 2016 He has earned rs 50,000/- and there is the standing crop from which he is expecting to get another Rs 40,000/-
With this money he has fulfilled the food clothing needs of his family and extended his vegetable cultivation to another one acre of land out side the WADI and got good income from that . Now he has the planning to to plant another one acre more wadi by his own cost .He has converted the dry land paddy cultivation from which he was getting only Rs 3000 to 5000/- per annum to vegetable cultivation with the orchard and getting 20 times more income .
As he says “we are very happy and satisfied with NABARD Wadi project which has given us the permanent sustainable livelihood. We shall work independently in our own field and be free from migration and money lender”.

We wish him and his family a bright and sustainable success future.

‘WADI’ MADE ME SELF RELIANT – JUBULA ORAM 

Case history of WADI farmer Mr JUBULA ORAM 

Jubula Oram S/o Dasa Oram age- 53, village –Chikatnali of Bonai block became the Wadi beneficiary in the year 2015. He has 4 acres of land but getting sufficient food and house hold needs and going for work with his son to outside the state for six month each year and there was no gents’ person to look after his family. They were also being tortured by the owners of bricks factory at Chenai. He was also compelled to take loan from the local money lenders.
Jubula being motivated by the WADI project staff and village leaders became the members of Jyoti prakash Ubs ( udya vikas Samiti) by giving all the land records and signing the agreement , He has planted 70 plants ( 55 mango and 15 cashew) in one acre Wadi . From the 1st year 2015 he has started inter cropping after having complete fencing in the entire wadi field. He has cultivated the vegetable crops like ladies finger, brinjal, Lauki, cucumber in the kharif season and Tomato, potato, Onion, cowpea, Green leaves, and peanut.
The Wadi project has supported him and his group a water lifting pump, 30 sprinkler pipes, vegetable seeds, fencing materials and technical knowledge . His entire family members worked in the field .There were very good harvest and he sold all the product in local weekly market and in nearby bonai and lahunipara town . Approximately he has earned Rs 70,000 in first year and 55,000/- in kharif season this year and there is the standing crop available in this Rabi season , from which he expects to get other Rs 50,000/- more this year 2016
He says “NABARD has given us a ray of hope and created resources for my livelihood. Thanks NABARD or such help “.

We wish him and his family a bright and sustainable success future.

‘WADI’ helped me to fulfill my obligation to my family

Case history of Arakhita kishan of Barahachhapal village

Arakhit kishan s/o Indramani kishan mother – Sukmani kishan wife – mrs Sunei Kishan ,daughter Chaturi kishan belongs to Silinguda ubs of Barahachhapl village of Bonai block has been included in the WADI project ofnABARD in the year 2016. He has one son of 5 years and one daughter of 2 years. He is having only 3 acrs of Dry up land and doing only up land paddy in only one acre. He belongs to a BPL family having facing lot of problem in getting food, clothing, and maintaining his social and health needs due to his poverty.Being influence and motivated by the wadi of nearby village and staff of SGUP-NABARD wadi project he joined in the Wadi activities by signing the agreement and giving all his land and other documents. He has planted 70 plants (mango 48 and Cahew 22) in one acre of Wadi . He has started vegetable cultivation as inter crop in Kharif season after completion of the fencing of the entire UBS area.
He has cultivated ground nut, chilly,Tamato, Brinjal , Vendi, Bitter guard, Lauki and pumpkin . The Wadi project has supported him and his group a 4h.P water lifting machine , 30 sprinkler pipes , seeds . he has also taken KCC loan from Sarsara lamps . he has got good production and sold it in a reasonable high price and got approximately Rs 45000 and again he hope to get another Rs 50,000 as there is standing crop in Rabi season in his field .
The changes
He is happy now. He was facing problem in helath education and social needs which is fulfilled partially now and he could be albe to refund the loan of lamps and other private partied. He giving the hostel expenses for his daughters study . Above all he has got the permanent asset for the n future income . He is motivated to extend his orchard and intercrop in the future year by his own initiative and expenses.
He says “ SGUP-NABARD PROJECT has helped us to come out of problems and I promise to work hard in future in this WIDI field to solve my family problem” thanks NABARD.

We wish him and his family a bright and sustainable success future.

‘WADI’ has given us new light and hope

Case history of Dasaratha kishan of Silinguda ubs , barhachhapal village 

Dasasrath Kishan S/o Dhatu kishan, wife – moti kishan . Son- Sanatan -28 and prahalad 24, village Barhachhapal has become the wadi farmenr in the year 2016 . he has only 3 acres of land upland 1.5 acre and low land 1.5 acre . He belongs to a BPL family and taking hand loans from the money lenders. he was not getting adequate food ,clothing, for his family members. His sons were going outside the state for search of labor in Chenai and Hydrabad. He has planted 5 0 plants (mango 30 and chew 20 in his orchard). He has done tamato, cow pea, bitter guard , and horse gram as inter crop in the WaDI FIELD . all his family members are engaged in the cultivation now . Then wadi project has supported him and his group a Water lifting machine, 40 sprinkler pipes, seeds and technical knowledge.
He is doing the kharif anf rabi cultivation phase wise which is easy for the sale . He has taken kcc loan from the Lamps. 
CHANGES – His family is happy now. He was doing only paddy cultivation in one acre Now he is doing the vegetable cultivation which gives him very good income to full fill his family needs. His sons are not migrating to outside the state now. He has refunded the KCC loan. He is able to give money for his grand sons study and could be able to spend money for the health and social needs. He has purpose to purchase buffalo and construct one house in net year. He will increase the orchard and do more vegetable cultivation in future.
He says “ Nabard has given us new light and hope and it is our father and mother. We can never forget to Nabard who has given us sustainable livelihood Source

We wish him and his family a bright and sustainable success future.

Beginning of the new life with the support of wadi project 

Case study of Mr. Surendra Kisan, Jai bajarangabali UBS, Village name -Niktimal 

Surendra kishan s/o Ratha Kisan village nikitmal age 32 is the Wadi Farmer having 10no of mango and10no of cashew plants in his wadi which is started from July 2014. He has his wife, mother and father in law, tow children one son and one daughter with 6acres of dry land and one acre low land. He is having paddy cultivation in one acre and other rest of the land remain uncultivated and unproductive years together. He is getting 3 months food from agriculture and other rest of the time was going for the labor work outside the state. He is staying in a small mud tile house. He has passed class seven in local school.
The wadi project staff met him in his village talked with him regarding the benefits of wadi and its process and with his support motivated the village to have wadi plantation &surndra got convinced by the concept &benefits of wadi with other villagers. They became the member & formed the UBS (udyan bikash samiti) &given their ROR &concept paper opened the bank account in the name of jai bajarangabali ubs .Surendra has dug 20no pits with his wife and filled the pits &planted the plants in the year of July 2014.
He has taken the care of the plants in each steps beginning from weeding &mulching, ring making, water application, presticide application, stacking from the beginning year he has started the intercrop in wadi fields with vegetable like tamato, brinjal, onion, cucumber, chilly, cowpea, and bitter guard in80dec of land &ground nut in other 30% of the land .He had earned a very good income from the vegetable in both kharif &rabi season about Rs 80000/-and Rs 20,000 from the ground nut in the year one. Again he has done the vegetable cultivation in the
Year two in2015-2016 in both Kharif & Rabi season &got about Rs 85000/- in both season.
The increase in the income has supported his family to get sufficient food, clothing &met all his house hold needs including feast, festivals, friendly &relation expenses .He has sent his son &daughter to kitt Bhubaneswar for the study in class six .Repaid all the loan of the landlord .Got two acres of land in mortage for paddy cultivation for next 5years.Opened two savings bank account at SBI and saved Rs 25000/-.Opened two LIC policies of Rs10000/- per year.
He has become one of the good leaders of his villagers & his social status has enhanced people started giving respect to him & his family. More over wadi has stopped him to go outside states for labor .This has provided him the sustainable
Livelihood. He says the Nabard has really provided positive turning point in my life as he says NABARD has changed my entire village with green fruit garden NANDAN KANAN.


We wish him and his family a bright and sustainable success future.

‘WADI’ the sustainable livelihood for my family

Case History Of Mangal Singh Mundary 

Mangal singh Mundary village Rengali is a wadi farmer of Subhalaxmi UBS (udyana vikas Samiti) age 32 belongs to a BPL family having 3 acres of land from which only 1 acre was covered under paddy cultivation. The other two acres were remained as wasteland. 15 other families also had land in the same patch which was left out as waste land. The WADI project of SGUP motivated them and started developing the WADI in 2011. Now the entire UBS members have developed the intercropping. Mr Mangal Singh Mundary is best among the entire beneficiary.
Mr Mangal singh has three children two sons and one daughter.He has planted one acres wadi both Cashew and mango in 2011 july and completed three years . From the beginning he has done the vegetable cultivation in the entire one acre by lifting the water from the Nala and bore well. The project has supported the group one bore well , sprinkler pipes and one pump set . So the land has received the water throughout the year. Mr Mangsingh has cultivated, Maize, ladies finger, tamatoo , brinjal, bitter guard , pumpkin in rainy season and cauliflower, peanut, cabage, patato ,bitter guard in winter season. So he got good income throughout the year.The project has supported the group vermin compost unit ,water, some money for fence, seeds for inter cropping, some money for intercultural, fertilizer and manure. But he has used his own money and materials ten times more than the project support.He could get more than Rs 90,000/- in each year after deducted his expenses in the cultivation. With this money he has developed one plantain orchard of one acre by spending Rs25, 000/- from his own hand and Rs 25,000/- form the horticulture dept.and earned more than one lac from that plantain field. He could be able to send his children to the kiss Bhubaneswar for study, and has collected all the materials for constructing one pucca house for him.
Now he has become the guide for other farmer of his village and other surrounding villages .In fact the entire UBS members of his group has followed his way and all of them has done the inter cropping and got very good income.Besides the inter cropping the entire orchard of their has good growth and this year they have got first fruiting. Now they are happy with the project support. Mr Mangal singh has become hero of the WADI project. Like him there are hundreds of farmers who got good profit and left the labour work and migration to other areas.

We wish him and his family a bright and sustainable success future.

The ‘wadi’ plan has shown the way of financial improvement to Nityananada

Case History Of Nithyananda Nayak

The lunga village is a part of lahunipada blocks talaisara panchayat it is a very backward and remote village of sundargarh district .less than 50 families live in this village .It is largely an adivasi village .most of the families belong to the bpl category. The majority of the villagers belong to the ganda, bhumia, kishan cast. Nithyananda nayak is a marginal farmer living in this village with his wife, two sons and three daughters .agriculture is the only dependable method of income for this family. From a total of 7 acres of land only 4 acres is farming eligible .he depends on rain for growing rice. Frequent drought and flood makes rice farming very hard for him.So he used to take a lot of loan for his children’s education and daily expenditures. His older son left school to help him with farming because of poverty. After working in Wadi project this family has gained economic freedom as well as they are successfully able to make agriculture as a permanent occupation for their livelihood.
With the help of s g u p’s NABARD wadi project, Nithyananda could able to cultivate his road side 2 acre land into a Horticulture farm land. Earlier this land was barren and wasteland. occasionally Nithyananda used to cultivate pulses but he couldn’t take care of them .so the animals were used to destroy them .but with the help of sgup in the year 2010, he could able to start horticulture in his own 1 acre and his sons 1 acre land, he started mango, cashew nuts and Litchi tree farming. He started doing horticulture, taking care of crops, use of fertilizers and pesticides, water irrigation, according to the guidance and training by SGUP’S expert staffs. Water pumps and pipes were provided by s g u p. as Nithyananda was a farmer profession, he was determined to make his family’s future sustainable and bright.With the hard efforts of Nithyananda and his family on that land, today a beautiful green Horticulture farm stands there. There are different varieties of mango trees such as ambe Pali, deshari, lengada, etc. more than 90 varieties of mango trees are available. In addition more than 20 Kaju, 4 Litchi and 50 sagwan trees are there. Nityanand has 5 lemon trees, 4 guava trees and 2 coconut trees as well. He didn’t harm the existing Mahul and Kusum trees. He has also sugar cane crops and more than 100 banana trees. The most important thing about Nityananda’s Garden is he has planned horticulture very well. There is not a single land that is unused. He has potato crops along the boundary sides. In the middle of the land, he has vegetable crops. The Horticulture Garden looks like a beautiful live nature. Nobody can ignore its beauty .now Nityananda is earning more than 1.5 Lakh annually from this land.he is earning more than 1 lakh only from vegetable plantation. Availability of water irrigation has enabled him to do cultivation in all seasons. He sells his vegetables in nearby villages, rengali hata,khuntgaon hata and lahunipada market in every week. From banana Nithyananda earns more than rs-20000. Mango and kaju trees are also started forming fruits. In the year 2015 he had 70 kg of mangoes while in the previous year he has produced approximately 3 quintal of mango. This year he is expecting more than that. In the coming 1 or 2 years he is expecting more production and also hopes to increase his annual income. According to Nithyananda 7 years ago the kind of problems he had, today it is completely different. He is able to give good and quality education to his children. He is able to save money for his daughters. He is also happy for his 2 acre horticulture land, for the future of his two sons. The value of the land is now more than 10 Lakhs.and in coming years the valuation of land will also increase. There will be no scarcity of money if his children will do cultivation on this land. Nithyananda proudly says he has money making trees for his children.

We wish him and his family a bright and sustainable success future.

Aditya Kerketta left his job and returned to horticulture farming

Case History Of Aditya Kerketta

Today’s youths are leaving agriculture and moving towards government service and other non farming sectors for occupation where as aditya sets an example as a Farmer. Aditya left his highly salaried Tata Steel plant’s technical assistant job to pursue agriculture farm as his profession. Five years ago under the influence of nabard’s wadi project and the help of sgup organization, Aditya choose agriculture farming as his occupation .Aditya’s home is in Bijaghat village of Talahali Gram panchayat of lahunipada block of Sundargarh district of Odisha . His small family comprises of his wife, 2 sons and his mother. From his school life he has a desire for a government job. Aditya did his intermediate from Rourkela and went to Baripada for technical education. After that he joined Bhusan steel plant. He worked there for eight years before he got a job at Tata steel plant. There he was getting 25000 rupees monthly salary. He was living in Tata with his wife and children. His children were studying in a good School.
Meanwhile Aditya has 10 acres of land in his village and approximately 8 acres of land was Barron and deserted. 2 acres of agricultural land was given as leased for paddy crops. He was coming once a month to look after His mother who was living alone in village. Whenever he comes to village he used to see his farming land. He has a special attraction towards his village, its lands, gardens and forests. He was very fond of horticulture so he planted some mango trees in his dry land .in the year 2011 Aditya came to know about NABARD’s wadi project through SGUP organization’s awareness and various programs for farmers and subsequently he applied for Horticulture farming. After that he got help from the organization and he started cultivating mango, Litchi and Kaju trees in his one acre land. As he was working in Tata he employed a staff to take care of his horticulture. Gradually, Aditya was becoming more interested in agri-business. His Khandadhar land was very suitable for horticulture farming like Mango, Cashew nut (Kaju), leechi (lichu), etc. The main crops are Banana, papaya, pulses and different vegetables which yields more productions. He was always thinking about how he could utilize his 8 Acre land for horticulture farming to get rid of his hectic and displeasure service job life. He was high hope to generate more income out of Agri-business. He was free to return his village as his children are completed their basic education and got admission for higher education in other place. He discussed with his family about his decision to return village and also explained how his service job was unable to fulfill to pay rouse rent and other expenses. He also explains how horticulture farming would benefit his family for food and money security. In the year 2014 he left his job and returned to his village ‘Barghat’ for Agri-business.
First he made chain link fencing around the orchard . Then he dug one borewell for irrigation to the entire farming land through pipes and pumps. His prior knowledge about Govt. Schemes has brought him various helps from District Agriculture Dept, State Entreprenuer Dept, Water irrigation Dept, ITDA, etc. Now Aditya has Mango, Leechi, Cashew nut (Kaju), , Lemon, Shaguan tree, etc type of more than 500 trees in his land. Mango production have started from existing 30 Mango trees. Availability of water irrigation has enabled him to do three times seasonal vegetable cultivation crops in a year. Aditya cultivates market oriented vegetables. Mustard, Pulses, Potatoes crops are also done. Winter seasonal potato, bringal and green matar cultivation are more beneficial. Every week he sends vegetable and other items to Khu gaon and Lahunipada weekly Market. From agri-business he earns 1.5-2 lakh rupees anually. According to Aditya Agri-business is a sustainable occupation. Now a days big entrepreneurs are investing huge amount in Agri-business and taking huge profits out of it like a corporate. Due to lack of knowledge and skills farmers are not getting adequate benefits. In States like Andhra Pradesh and Kerala farmers are getting handsome profits that are far superior to highly salaried govt. officers. Aditya Kerketta has taken Agri-business as a challenge. He has set a goal of achieving Rs.15 Lakh annually in his 8 Acre horticulture farm in coming years. He is now very happy for his dignified life than his previous service job life.

We wish him and his family a bright and sustainable success future.

Sanjay has left thinking of migration 

Case History Of Sanjay Majhi

Sanjay Majhi, a young 25 years old resident of dhudi village of Khut on Panchayat. He has six members in his family including four brothers, a sister and his mother. He has a total of 4 acres of land in which 2 Acres acres are barren land. Another two acres are fertile. Sanjay used to cultivate paddy crops there. Sometimes draught like precarious situation also happens. Since agriculture is the only source of income for them, they usually suffer a lot throughout the year. After the death of his father all responsibility has come to his shoulder as an elder brother of the family. So, he could not complete his basic education and compelled to leave school from class 8 in order to work and support financially for his family. Agriculture land was not too big to fulfill family’s requirements. So, he was thinking about migrating to other states for labour work. Many young men were migrating to other states for labour work as there were no local jobs. There was a time when Sanjay decided to go to work with them. But, after the inception of SGUP Organisations’s wadi project in the locality which gives a ray of hope to Sanjay to generate income out of his 4 acre land and get rid of thinking about migration plan.Just others in his village sanjay and his mother joined the wadi project. They selected 2 acres of barren land for gardening. However they never expected a healthy return from that land. But SGUP’s volunteers gave them advice and motivation. Sanjay planted 80 mango and 20 kaju trees. He followed sgup’s advice and took good care of his plants.
The organization facilitated water irrigation by digging deep bore well and providing pump sets. The organization created small groups and gave them seeds, farming machines etcetera.
Sanjay also started vegetable cultivation in his wadi. Good water irrigation system helped him in every season. In rainy season he cultivated a large amount of chili and made a good profit by selling it . In winter he cultivated potato, tomato, bringal. By selling vegetable he was earning 50000 per year. His family was getting enough amounts of pulses , millets and vegetables as food.
Now the wadi trees are 6 years old .Mango and kaju trees are giving fruits for last 2 years. Last year he sold 7 thousand rupees of mango and kaju seeds. This year he is expecting more than that. In the coming 1 or 2 years he is expecting more production. He is now taking care of his family and providing good education to his four brothers.
Sanjay says wadi gave him a purpose .without wadi he would have migrated to hydrabad or bengaluru. But now he is self sustained. The garden not only gives him income but also gives bravado. His self esteem is very high because of wadi.

We wish him and his family a bright and sustainable success future.

The ‘WADI’ Farming has solve the kitchen problem of Basanti Kishan 

Case History Of Basanti Kishan

Food preparation has been always woman’s responsibility to feed the family everyday. All headaches are handled by women such as what food to prepare, when to prepare, to whoom prepare, what quantity to prepare, etc. It is often more difficult for women in low income family to handle all these. She used to prepare food and collect all ingredients after her return from labour work which is very difficult and hectic. Initially as a new bride Basanti was facing a lot of problem, sometimes there were no vegetables for cooking. When she was pregnant Asha didi advises her to eat more fruits and vegetables but despite recommendations it was not possible for her to eat fruits and vegetables and forced to eat potato and pulses only due to food scarcity and economic conditions. But after the commencement of Nabard’s Wadi project five years ago which has brought tremendous help in eradicating food scarcity problem, supply adequate nutrients and proteins to her family and economically strenghten them. Basanti and her family lives in Lahunipara Block’s Rengali Village under Daleisara Panchayat. Her family comprises of six members such as father in-law, mother in-law, brother in -law her husband and a small daughter. They have only 2 Acres of agriculture land. They used to cultivate paddy crops there. For their livelihood they used to collect Mahula, kendu leaves and other items from forest. Basanti was facing a lot of problem while preparing food for six members. In rainy season they used to cultivate vegetables in their garden otherwise they were fully depending on local market to purchase some low cost items such as potato, tentuli, ambula, some pulses, etc. There was a time when the forest was deep. They used to collect bamboo shoots mushrooms, roots and different food items and vegetables for cooking. They were getting adequate proteins and nutrients from the garden when they used to cultivate Pulses, Cashew nut (kaju), Vegetables, etc. Since they stopped cultivation due to various reasons they were depending on local market for food. Due to poor economic conditions they were unable to buy variety of vegetables. Rice and potatoes were their usual food items .
In the year 2011 under the SGUP Organisation’s Nabard Wadi project which has helped and influenced Basanti’ husband to join the project. Under the program they cultivated more than 200 Mango, Cashew nut (Kaju) tree initially in their 2 Acres land. Basanti was very happy to know about vegetables and fruits cultivation plan in their horticulture farm. Earlier they had no water irrigation systems and depend only on rain water. But after the Wadi project they are facilitated with deep borewell for irrigation. . High quality and latest vegetable seeds are also provided. All farmers of the village are started wadi farming. Basanti and her family were also started different vegetable cultivation. Basanti was focus on agriculture to feed her family whereas her husband and brother in-law were focusing on market oriented agriculture to sell items in the market.She has collected different vegetable seeds to fulfill her family’s food requirements. Her husband and brother in-law has cultivated market oriented vegetables like potato, chilly, brinjal, matar, beans, cucumber, cabbage (kubi), etc meanwhile Basanti has cultivated diffrent types of vegetables such as laddy finger, dhania, onion, garlic, karela, cucumber, muli, janhi, etc to fulfill their food requirements. In addition they have different types of pulses like black gram, kalatha, mustard, etc in their farm.
Due to availability of water throughout the year they have different vegetable cultivation in their land. From Wadi Basant’s family is earning more than Rs.50, 000 per year whereas Basanti is producing enough food from their land to feed the family whole year. According to Basanti they used to eat salt-chiily-khata with rice before Wadi but now they have variety of vegetable curry with rice in their kitchen. Before Wadi, they were facing different malnutrition related deseases like Vitamin C deficiency (Andharakana) disease, headache, body inflation, etc. They were looking very weak. Medical expenses were very high. Now all are very healthy and happy due to adequate supplement of food and proteins and the most important thing is that they are no longer worried about their kitchen and food scarcity. 

We wish her and her family a bright and sustainable success future.

The ‘WADI’ plan has strengthened the natural living process of paudi bhuiyans 

Case History Of paudi bhuiyan Lakhmidhar Giri

The paudibhuian tribe is a native tribe of Sundargarh.They are living in very remote jungles and they have their own way of life. Their livelihood depends on poduchasa, forest products and animal husbandry. Because they were living in very unapproachable place the government’s welfare schemes never reached them .so they were living a terrible life far from mainstream. The shrinking forest and government’s restriction on poduchasa created a huge crisis for them. Even the paudibhuian development organization failed to help them. So to solve this problem the government relocated them at khuntagan .the government provided them house, small amount of land, animals and seeds for farming. But some of them left the new colony and returned to the forest. Others stayed and worked as labors.
The government provided every family 1 to 2 acres of land .but the lands were 3 kilometers far from the village. So the villagers kept the lands’ as fallow.
The sgup organization planned to use those fallow lands as horticultural projects. The SGUP voluntary organization organized a general meeting with the people. They discussed all the problems the villagers are facing. The villagers came to know about NABARD’s Wadi Development Programme to be implemented by SGUP. The sgup team educated them on every aspects of wadi programme. They informedthem about The Wadi model, Water and Soil conservation, Fencing, Intercropping, Organic Farming, Local community building etcetera .it also helps to decrease climatic, biological and marketing risks. The people understood that they can grow fruit trees like cashews, mangoes, litchis etc with the agricultural crops for better profits and they can make 400 to 500 rupees daily by selling them on the local vegetable market. By participating in this wadi programme they can develop their livelihoods. 10 familis agreed to this plan .Lakhmidhar Giri is one one them.
Sixty years old laxmidhar was originally from marichiguda village. He has 1.53 dismil of land. But he left that land a fallow. Occasionally laxmidhar used to cultivate pulses but he couldn’t take care of them .so the animals were used to demolish them. His two sons worked as drivers and day labours. Under wadi project laxmidha planted 4 lichi and 25 mango trees in his one acre of land .with care and hard work those trees lived and grew. But one day some goats ate his trees in his absence. It saddened him, so to save his trees he built a small cabin near his farm and kept a couple of cows and bullocks.with the help of always available water irrigation he started vegetable and pulses cultivation. He and his wife lived there permanently.
After five years the trees are now fully grown .the mango and lichi trees are forming fruits. Two years ago he produced approximately 1 quintal of mango. He also has guava and cashew trees. By doing seasonal vegetable cultivation he is now earning 20 to 30 thousands per season .he has more than enough food to eat. He is also earning money by selling them. Laxmidhar says without the garden he would have depended on labor for living. By doing poduchasa they were earning 30 to 40 kinds of crops. But in the colony they did not do that .so in time they forgot about all the farming techniques. They ate the machine processed rice. But they did not have any other choice. He always yearned for his old lifestyle and natural food. At last the wadi project returned his happiness .he is getting fresh vegetables everyday. He is feeling free and happy while living in his cabin near his wadi.

We wish him and his family a bright and sustainable success future.

The ‘WADI’ plan has a sustainable livlihood to Asadhu Kolha .

Case History Of ASADHU KOLHA

Asadhu Kolha the young farmer of 22 is now well recognized as the clever water million cultivator of Mahulpada Area .He cultivate water million approximate in 6 acres and produces more than 30 tones of water million. The traders from outside the state parks the big trucks near his garden.The person who was working in others field as laborer now could be able to give works and wages to four other persons daily .People of the area takes his advices as a matured farmer but he says I have gained confidence and faith from the WADI(the horticulture orchard) and it has encouraged me to come to this level.
Asadhu belongs to Mundasahi of Rengali village of Daleisara Gram Panchayat, lahunipara block . His father died of unknown diseases when he was just passed the matriculation .Asadhu’s family has to take lot of loan for fathers treatment and funeral. So despite of his interest to study he has to work in others house as the laborer due to loan . He has four member family including his old mother , younger brother , mother and grandmother .They were cultivating 3 acres paddy out of six acres recorded land and the rest of the land were remaining uncultivated but the young Asadhu was always thinking to earn more and more .
In the year 2011 it was discussed by SGUP Ngo to have fruits orchard in the village and Asadhu’s family was also agreed to be the part of the WADI project in his village .They have planted 25 Cashew and 40 Mango in their orchard .After plantation they were supported with water facilities for irrigation and materials for intercropping .Asadhu has decided to cultivate his land and left the laborer work in other house .He had gathered experiences on watermelon cultivation while working as laborer in his masters house besides that he was also observing other farmers in the area who were very good profit from water melon farming . û So he cultivated only watermelon without any other cultivation .The water facility and fencing in the orchard by the project has helped him to have watermelon cultivation and he could produce lot of waterelon with good quality. û He wcould get very good skill and experience as he was directly involved and taking all the responsibklity in the cultivation . He could know the traders. so he has encouraged othr farmers to cultivate water melon in the next yearand he could cultivate 5 acres of his own .
it takes 4/5 months in the water melon cultivation beginning from the seedling raising to watermelon production .The total expenditure in the cultivation per acre was about Rs15000/- and the income was Rs35000 to Rs40000/- The traders from outside state through the agents of Barkote were collecting the produce .ASadhu has got Rs 200000/- from 5 acres of land . This income was very helpful for maintaining his family, keeping them secure and doing paddy and other cultivation .He has opened new LIC policy, bank savings accounts together with purchase of a new motor bike. Also He has got married with all entertainment by spending this income.
he could took good care of his fruits orchard as he stayed always in the watermelon field . Now the mango and cashew tree of his orchard are having very good growth with trunks and canopy. The trees ahs stated giving fruits last year he has got Rs5000/- by saling mango and cashew.
but now it is impossible to have watermelon in the orchard as the trees have become big so he has cultivated 5 acres land of neighboring field by taking lease land from the villagers. He has purchase all the equipments for cultivation and have a good fence around the field with his own savings. He will get abount 50 to 60 tones water melon if all the things goes right in the opinion of Asadhu he could have imagine to have such a cultivation in large scale due to the help of Wadi yojana for intercropping and orchad development.He could have darte to have cultivation due to the help os Wadi in the form of fencsing, water , seeds and other agriculture equipments.
This endeuver and work of Asadhu must be a encouragement to other youth of our state who were leaving their families to outside for the work and employment in migration.

We wish him and his family a bright and sustainable success future.

The then bonded labour Magusuria has become the master at present

Case History Of Magusuria

Magusuria has lived with a lot of shortages, sorrow and pain and sufferings .He has worked with families of his masters at Bonai for over 14 years as bonded worker for the stomach full of rice after he lost his parents at eh age of 8 only . He had to work round the clock in the entire year for getting two times meal per day and two pairs of Kurta and one blanket per year and 120 kg paddy per year . Starting from the work of cow, forest work and all cultivation work magusuaria has done everything . there no rest incase of illness in masters houses . the food shortage was so acute at that time that availability of two times food is sufficint for him in masters house. He has internalized the pain , sufferings and shortage at the core of his heart at that time.he has taken all the pain with patience.
He has only one aim how he can mange his family by cultivating his own land .swo he learnt to cultivate paddy , vegetable with interest in masters house. û
Magusuria belongs to Guhalbandha village of Daleisara grampanchayat of lahunipra block of Sundargarh district .He is one of the primitive tribe (paudi bhiuyan ) people .his family has shifted from the hil top to this place from three generations and stayed here at Guhalbandha .His great grand father has created 8 acres of land by clening the jungle .But it was not giving any good produce as the land are hilly unfertile land .he lost his parents in the child hood so he left his house and worked in the house of sahukars as he could not dare to have the cultivation form such tiny age. He did not want to work as bonded labor after he got married . so he could get a small job with the help of Forest officer in forest dept. He was managing his family by whatever small income he was getting from that work.In the year 2011 Nabard Wadi Project was started by SGUP in the village. There was a plan to convert 16 acres barren land of farmers into horticulture farm. Magusuria and his uncle’s 2 acre land was also included in the wadi plan. The staff members of SGUP explained and discussed precisely with farmers how to generate income and food from 1 acre land by doing horticulture under wadi project.Magusuria was influenced by the plan and was thinking how could he generate income out of his land and can live a dignified life. He decides to proceed with the plan. Then he left his forest guard job and focused on his horticulture farming. His wife Kumudi was also very supportive in his plan. Magusuria and his uncle was started cultivating 18 high yield cashew nut tree and 112 Dasheri, Amrapali, and Lengeda variety of Mango tree in their 2 acre land. 
 SGUP Organisation has formed a group called Maa Mangala Udyan Vikas comprising of 16 members of the village. A dug well was provided for irrigation. In addition a water pump was also provided to Magusuria as a dam is situated nearer to his land. Various agricultural equipments, seeds, organic fertilizers, etc was provided for vegetable cultivation in wadi. Due to the availability of agricultural equipments provided by wadi project farmers are able to to start seasonal vegetable cultivation. Mausuria and his wife Kumudi was started varieties of vegetable cultivation to meet their basic requirements.
Magusuria had a prior knowledge about vegetable cultivation. In addition he has much knowledge and practical skill in forest plantation as he had been working in forest department. So, he decided to convert his barren land into horticulture farm. Then he was installed a boundary around 5 acres land. He cultivated Cashew nut and Mango along with other tree like Shaguan, Bija, Shishu, Bamboo, etc tree in his rest of the land. With the help of water pump for irrigation from the nearby dam Magusuria is able to produce many market oriented vegetable plantation.
Now, Magusuria is earning more than Rs. 80,000 to 1 Lakh in a year. Mango and cashew nut tree are also started giving fruits. Last year the production of mango was more than 2 quintal. This current year Magusuria is expecting more fruits to come up. He has planted more than 150 shaguan tree in his wadi farm. There has been a remarkable economical progress in the last five years for Magusuria. His elder son is now in high school meanwhile her daughter is in kindergarten. Magusuria is now able to fulfil school fees and other house expenses comfortably. They also started savings money in their savings bank accounts.
According to Magusuria there was a time when their barren land was the reason behind their trouble and now it is the source of their progress and happiness. His endeavour is to generate 2-3 lakh a year from his horticulture farm by fruits and vegetable cultivation.

We wish him and his family a bright and sustainable success future.