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10 Rural Transformation Reliance Foundation | Annual Report 2022-23 11
Scaling through
partnerships and
proven models
Promotion of Climate increasing the capacity of Gram Panchayats and local capacity of over 173 lakh cubic metres was created Water initiatives at Shahdol
Smart Agricultural functionaries for effective implementation of plans. during the year. The activities were carried out by Reliance Foundation has worked towards improving
Practices Key interventions include promotion of solutions for creating water budget plans in 1,346 villages that access and availability of drinking water while also
efficient management of water, introduction of climate promote a more efficient use of groundwater and ensuring visible presence of irrigation and ground
irrigation for agriculture and ultimately improves the
Climate Resilience for Sustainable resilient varieties, crop diversification and appropriate quantity and quality of water available to farms. Soil water with the following initiatives:
Development (CR4SD) technologies that save time and improve production. related efforts include helping farmers understand soil • Over 12,000 households have been ensured
Farmers from 1,800+ villages adopted a range of
Climate change is impacting agriculture by lowering nutrient status, improving soil fertility with farm-yard clean drinking water availability round the year.
yields, changing disease-causing pest behaviour, Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices the manure, vermicompost and other sustainable ways that
affecting crop quality and in many other ways that production across 16,200+ hectares improved. have a minimal climate footprint and help farmer lower • More than 180 handpumps submersible pumps
undesirably affect the livelihoods of small and marginal Community based Water Resource their inputs expenditure. repaired/installed in project villages of Shahdol
farmers. As a result, making agriculture more resilient Management and Kotma which will provide drinking water to
against climate change is one of the key pillars of Reliance Foundation helps in ensuring drinking water around 3,000 households.
RF-BIJ. It is promoting climate resilient agriculture The RF-BIJ programme builds the capacity of availability at the last mile by supporting various
practices and technologies to address the interlinked communities with respect to mapping of common community-led initiatives like strengthening of the • Facilitation of 115 low cost community water
challenges of agricultural production and climate resources, such as water, land, soil and plants, their water distribution infrastructure in villages and harvesting structures, Bori Bandhan, created
change. It is strengthening Gram Panchayats for active assessment, restoration, conservation and better augmenting storage capacity. It also supports efforts by community in project villages of Shahdol
participation and ownership by building capacity in governance of these resources, to help communities to that aid in improving source availability, withdrawal and Kotma.
climate resilience and adaptation. This year, RF-BIJ prepare village level integrated natural resources and water hygiene. For instance, communities’ efforts • Over 6.5 Lakh cubic metre water harvesting
adopted a comprehensive approach to build resilience management plan through participatory assessment. to refurbish wells is supported by facilitating
of communities against climate change across 998 reinforcement of the structure and equipping wells to capacity was created which will benefit around
Gram Panchayats. This was done by raising awareness The implemented solutions include creation and/or make water withdrawal easy and hygienic. 600 farmers by ensuring irrigation water in over
during Gram Sabha meetings, preparing Gram renovation of water harvesting structures and 500 acres farm area and also making water
Panchayat Development Plans (GPDPs) for planning facilitation and promotion of micro-irrigation systems. To watch the video, please scan available for consumption by cattle etc. during
actions towards climate resilient villages, and Through the initiative, additional water harvesting lean season.
