In August month I explored and learned the village level understandings of Aakodiya village and how villagers manage their daily life with available resources in their own village and also learned that what factors affected and supported villager’s daily life. For that I focused the observation and personal interviews technique to understand the livelihoods pattern of the village. In September month I have explored project based understandings and learned the process of activities at different stages. There are different type of meetings which helped me to understand the major activities and responsibilities of Srijan’s and Maitree’s staff members. This was the first way to connect with the people who are playing the major role to mobilize the people and facilitate them under the respective project. There was another way to understand the running projects with involvement as participatory approach. So I involved me some activities like different kind of meetings, direct interaction with community people and deep interaction with TL, PPs, SLPPs, Pashu Sakhi, Krishi Sakhi, SHG’s members, Rout supervisors, BMCU staff and MCC secretaries, Srijan office staffs etc. The overall learning’s and findings are satisfactory for me in this month after active participation at different stages. There are some activities, understandings and learnings of this month explained by me below.

1. Understanding of Village/community &
SRIJAN's Programs
By
Anoop K. Mishra
SRIJAN
Location: Duni, Tonk, Rajasthan

2. INDEX
 Fodder availability in the village
 Migration (Labor)
 POP of Livestock
 Agriculture
 POP of Bajra
 POP of Jwar (Sorghum)
 Participatory Research Appraisal (PRA)
 Photos (PRA)
 Problem Ranking Matrix
 Major attributes of poverty
 Complete profile of a poor family
 Annual Income and Expenditure
 Major Credit Details

3. 20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Migration (Labor)
Migration Pattern
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

4. 17%
8%
8%
67%
Rabi Season
Wheat Gram Pea (Small) Musterd
Khariff Season
Corn Bajra Ground Nut Jwar Udad/ moong
20%
40%
10%
20% 10%
Agriculture

5. POP of Bajra
Task Time Medium Rate Price
Plowing 25 May-5 June Tractor 180 Per Bigha 180
Plowing 5 June-10 June Tractor 180 Per Bigha 180
Seeds 330 1.5 Kg 330
Plowing & Seeding 1 July – 30 July Labor (2) 180 + 250 1 Day 680
Fertilizers
DAP 2500/ Qtl 5 Kg 125
Urea 600/Qtl 50 Kg 300
Weeding August Self (2) 250 2 Times 1000
Irrigation Depends
Wells/ Diesel
Engine 300 300
Harvesting 15 Oct-15 Nov Labor (5) 250 1 Day 1250
Threshing 15 Oct-15 Nov Thresher One fourth of
produce
600
Total Yields = 2 Qtl @ Rs. 12.00/ Kg
Total Fodder: 15 Qtl @ 6.50/ Kg
Total Income (Yield) (Rs.)
Total Income (Fodder)
2400
9750 Total Cost (Rs.) 4950

6. POP of Jwar (Sorghum)
Task Time Medium Rate Price
Plowing 25 May-5 June Tractor 180 Per Bigha 180
Plowing 5 June-10 June Tractor 180 Per Bigha 180
Seeds 330 1.5 Kg 330
Plowing & Seeding 1 July – 30 July Labor (2) 180 + 250 1 Day 680
Fertilizers Urea 600/Qtl 50 Kg 300
Irrigation Depends
Well/ Diesel
Engine 300 2 times 600
Harvesting 15 Oct-15 Nov Labor (4) 250 1 Day 1000
Threshing (Vary) 15 Oct-15 Nov Labor (4) 1000
Total Fodder: 15 Qtl @ 6.50/ Kg
Total Income (Fodder) 9750 Total Cost (Rs.) 4270
Major Fodders in the village: Grass, Jwar, Corn, Bajra, Rajka, Khakla

7. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
Major Findings:
1. Total Households in the village: 106 HHs
I. Meena: 92 HHs
II. Kharol: 9 HHs
III. Bairagi: 5 HHs
2. Livestock Details
I. Buffalo: 96, Buffalo Calf: 104
II. Cow: 36, Cow Calf: 14
III. Goats: 20
3. Assets Detail
I. Agricultural Land: 319 Plots
II. Wells: Almost every one
4. Marketing of milk
I. There are 18 HHs who are selling the milk at Chandwad
II. The average quantity of selling milk is 50 Ltr.
III. Running the process of opening new MCC at the village.

8. (Buffaloes) Meena Kharol Bairagi Meena: 92 HHs
27
47
15
Kharol: 9 HHs
Bairagi: 5 HHs
4 2 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
0 Buffalo 1 Buffalo 2 Buffalo 3 Buffalo 4 Buffalo
48
20
5 4 4 1 3 0 0
0 Cow 1 Cow 2 Cow
(Cows)
Livestock Distribution

9. Families who are not involve in rearing
practices
HHs Head Name Caste Agricultural Land Well
Prema Meena 5 Yes
Sopal Meena 4 Yes
Hardeva Meena 3 Yes
Ramesh Meena 3 Yes
Mukesh Meena 4 Yes
Sowan Meena 4 Yes
Sohan Lal Meena 3 Yes
Kailash Kharol 2 Yes
Raju Bairagi 1 Yes
Shivpal Meena 2 Yes
Ram Lal Meena 2 Yes

10. 3
4
Fodder availability in the village
6
Dry Fodder Over All Green Fodder
8
Fodder Availibility
6
3
2
1 1 1
3
3
6
7
8
6
5
4
8
10 10
7
6
5
3
2
1 1 1
6
9 9
4
2
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Low High

11. Sr.
No.
POP of Livestock
Feeds Aug
(Calving)
Sep-April May-Jul
1 Kankda 1.5kg 1.5kg -
2 Daliya 1kg - -
3 Gur 250gm - -
4 Oil 250gm - -
5 Godrej (Baat) 2kg 2kg 1kg
6 Salt 80gm 80gm 80gm
7 Avendajol 1pc 2pc 1pc
8 G. Fodder 35-40kg 5-7kg 1-2kg
9 D. Fodder 3-4kg 7-8kg 10-12kg
Rich family: Daliya: (2kg) through out the year, Godrej: Nil
Poor family: Daliya and Godrej: Nil, Depend on only kankda & Khal

12. 3
72
Land Distribution
Meena Kharol Bairagi
29
16
5 6
1
4
1 2 0
1 1 1 0 0 0
3
1 Beegha 2 Beegha 3 Beegha 4 Beegha 5 Beegha 6 Beegha

14. Problem Ranking Matrix
Problems
People Affected Cause other Problem in
the village
Men Women Children
Water Min Max Avg Health
Health Min Avg Max Livelihoods
Education Min Max Avg Wine consumption, Un-employment,
Awareness
Major attributes of poverty:
 Awareness
 Education
 Health
 House Type
 Superstitious
 Orthodox

15. Complete profile of a poor family
1. Household Head’s Name: Prabhati Devi
2. SHG member: Samra Mata SHG ( 1 Year
2 Months old)
3. Religion and Cast: Hundu, Kharol (OBC)
4. Household: Background Information
a) Number of adult males: 3
b) Number of adult females: 2
c) Number of children:0
d) Total family member:5
5. Occupation
a) Primary: Farmer
b) Secondary: Non Agri-Labor
6. Assets : Land Particulars (in Bigha)
a) Total owned land: 8
b) Irrigated land: 1
c) Leased-In land: 1
1.Sources of Irrigation:
a)Private well working throughout the
year
b)Diesel Pump set (On Rent)
2.Drinking water Assets:
a)Public open well
b)Poor quality of water (Fluoride)
3.Crop Production/ Food Availability:
1.Sufficient : Wheat
2.Deficit : Cereals, Pulses, Fruits &
Vegetables
3.Surplus: Oil and other Cash Crops
 The family is using for cooking mostly
woods, cow dung cake and straws
The house is electrified but also using
kerosene for lighting


16. Complete profile of a poor family
1. Livestock and poultry assets
a) No. of Cows: 1, Present market value: 1000, Condition: Bad
b) No. of Goats: 2, , Present market value: 10000, Condition: Good
* The primary reason for not using optimally the livestock's because lack of knowledge
and problem of finance
2. Other Capital Assets: House Type – Semi Pucca
Assets No. Present Market Value
Cycle 1 2000
Motorcycle 1 35000
TV 1 2000
Fan 1 1000
Mobile 3 5000
House rooms 2 300000
Total 345000

17. Annual Income and Expenditure
Income Expenditure
Source Income (Rs.) Source Expenditure (Rs.)
Agriculture 60000 Food 60000
Wages Labor 50000 Clothing 5000
Business 25000 Fuel 4000
Transport 2000
Electricity 3500
Health care 5000
Festivals 5000
Others 10000
Total 135000 Total 94000
Major Credit Details
 Major Source of Borrowing: Samra Mata Self Help Groups
 A m o u n t Borrowed (Rs): 3000
 Purpose of Borrowing: Agriculture (Seeds)
 Rate of Interest (%): 1.5 %
 Duration of indebtedness (months): 3

18. MCC visit and learning’s
1. MCC Location: Datunda, MCC secretary: Shiv, From: 27/04/2013
2. Total collection of milk was 28 ltr with highest rate of Rs. 56/ Ltr
3. The Secretary commission is 3.5 %
4. The measuring machine depend on season so required the
maintenance
5. Total cost of MCC setup is Rs. 60000 from the Maitree with the
security money of Rs. 25000-30000
6. New MCC process is pass the proposal in the SHGs, Cluster and
Federation with the documents Rs. 100 stamp paper, Bank
account, Photos and Id proofs.
7. Documentation is necessary
8. Maximum 68 members linked with the MCC