Rajabali.K.Mangalgi: PRA village report

PRA PRACTICE REPORT

Village name : Abbigeri

Index

1. Introduction

2 .Meaning of P R A

3 .Objectives of P R A

4. Village profile

Population

Formers

Labour

Area of village

SHGs(Self help groups)

5 .Tools practice at Abbigeri

6. Objectives of tools

7. child labour in village

8.Gender analysis

9. Difference between Jaidhar and BT cottons

10 .Development incentive in the village

11. Cotton value chain

12. How formers manage their finance

13. Experience of throughout 2 days PRA

14. Conclusion

Ø Introduction :-

We did PRA practice in Abbigeri village, it was a good experience for us . we used to practice PRA tools Such as Social and Resource mapping, seasonal calendar , cotton crops calendar, Value chain , Venn diagram , and pair wise ranking , we collected some valuable data through this activity.

Ø Meaning of PRA :-

PRA (participatory rural appraisal) in the sense it is helps to know about village. There are many problems and there are many different cultures. We have to use PRA in analysis village to tell. We have to study village. It called PRA.

Ø Objectives of PRA:-

1. Innvole the all village formers

2. Find out the problems

3. Find the resources

4. Life style of village people

5. Relations between villagers

6. Geographical area of village

7. Collected particular data.

Ø Village profile:

Total population of village according to 2011 – 8,616.

Total houses in the village – 2,113.

Agriculture is the main occupation of the villagers in Abbigere.

Total land of the village according to 2011 – 14,362 acre.

1 acre = 40 Gunte.

1 hector = 2.8 acre.

Agricultural land – 13,851 acre.

Former accounts in co-operative society – 2,650.

SHG’s in the village – 43

Child labours are there but they are working in morning from 6 to 9AM

And when they get holidays they are working full time in onion work in the village.

Ø Social Mapping:

It is very helpful tools of PRA because it gives all village basic information through these activities we find about households. Social institution, natural resources, schools, relation between various religions, life style, agricultural land, and culture.

Through this tools we found belows data

· Schools 04

· Hospital 04 [Govt 01, private 03]

· Angnavadis 08

· Veterinary hospital 01

· Water tanks 03

· Lakes 03

· Bore wells 79

· Open wells 74

· Bank 01

· Post office 01

· Village accountant 01

· Co-operative society 01

· Temples 12

· Library 01

· Masque 01

· Gram panchayat 01

· Market place 01

· Bus stand 03

Through social mapping we found out this institution in village. It village has more facilities. Krishna, Prashanth, Govindraj, Rajabali, Mamatha and Sheela we are facilitated these tools in the village of Abbigere.

Ø Seasonal calendar

We collected data about seasonal calendar data with formers through this activities they which types of crops forming in the village by seasonal wise , it helps to know about in the village what they are farming crops.

This activity facilitated by Krishna , In that time 30 formers attended. They have given information initiatively and they filled all information on chart, they give data with discussed them selves.

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Analysis

In the June month they farming Green gram, Ground net, Cotton (BT), Red gram , Lentil and jawar .

July : they farming Onion , Chilli, Maize and mint.

August : sun flower

September : jaidhar cotton.

October ; Jawar , wheat, Gram .

December : Irrigation ground net .

January : irrigation ground net ,Onion seed .

Seasonal calendar

S no	Subject	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January
1	Crops	Green gram, Ground nut, Cotton BT , Red gram, lentil and Jawar	Onion , Chilli, Maize and Mint	Sun Flower	Jaydhar cotton	Jawar, wheat Gram	----	Irrigation ground nut	Irrigation ground nut , onion seeds
2	Chemicals	----	Saltan	Menu Pluto plus			sardon Fame, porcelain, Daspaine, Megha stores, Menu proto plus Kin drugs	----	----
3	Rainy season	Roni, Mrugshira	Aradrya , punaruvasu rain.	pusha, aslys	Meghe,Hubbi	Utteri, Hasta	chitta,Swati	vaishaka , Anuraga

Ø Cotton crops calendar:-

Through this activity We used calendar tool and We collected data with village formers.

It uses to know about when they form cotton crops. This tool facilitate Govindraj .

He gave teach about this tool and we told them, they took this work initiatively. They have written whole processors of cotton crops.

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Analysis:- We used this tool to collected particular data this data showed in the village formers they do activity about cotton corps. In the month of August they do weeding in the agriculture land.

September:- In this village month of September they form cotton seed. They form Bt cotton , onion , chilli, Jaidher cotton all crops seed in the month.

October:- Once again they weed

March:- they form cotton seed.

subject	August	September	October	November	March
Cotton	Weeping	Cotton seed (BT Cotton)			Cotton

Ø Development initiative in the village :-

In the Abbigei village We collected data about development initiative in the village they have given information .

This activity facilitation by Rajabali.k.as collected data such below (these all are program

Belongs Gram Panchayat)

1 . Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee act.

2. Gram Nirmala yojana

3. Jala Nirmala Yojana

4. Asraya yojana

5. Indhira avaas Yojana

Ø Venn diagram:

This tool facilitated by Rajabali and Mamatha through this activity they collected social institutes, and which very needed the village people and which are not useful to villagers they asked about those things then villagers said which need and needn’t to them.

We made two round paper sheet small was shows villagers not accepted and big one shows that it was need to them. This is depending upon villagers. Everyone participated in this tool that was attended there. We called such as hospital, school, bank, anganvadi, post office, lakes, Gram panchayat, Co- operative society, Market place, Bus stand, Wells, Tanks and Government tanks. There is such as Gram panchayat, some Anganvadi, Market place, Bus stand these are not working properly that is why Abbigere village people gave second preference to those social institutions.

Ø Daily wages labour :

In this sector we collected data about daily wages labour. In the village month of June, They want more labour but they do not get proper labours , they bring from other villages labour . In this village men worker get 150rs wage for a day , women labour get 120rs wage for day.

Ø Chemical liquids : trough this activity We find that , village formers are us many chemicals, in the July month they use Salton chemical, In August they use Menu proto plus chemical for destroy insects .month of November they use sardon, Fame, porcelain, Daspaine ,Megha stores, Menu proto plus Kin drugs and all chemical.

Ø Rainy sessions :

Month of June rain name is Roni rain , Mrughsira rain.

In the month of July Aradrya , punaruvasu rain.

In the month of August : pusha, aslys

In the month of September Meghe,Hubbi

In the month of October Utteri, Hasta

In the month of November chitta,Swati

In the month of December vaishaka , Anuraga

Ø Festival of village :

May : Anna Dhaneshwari Fair

June : Yella amavase

Aug: Katti Basavshwara fair

Ø Difference between B T cotton and Jaydhar cotton

Through this activity we found difference between B T and Jaydher cotton Prashant conducted the activity formers take incisiatvely and they made chart.

Analysis : For one acre

Yield – 4 to 5 quintal( BT) Jaydhar 3 quintal

Market – 3500to 4000/- 3500/-

Expenditure - 10,000/- 8000/-

Ø Cotton value chain

In this activity we found value chain about cotton markets, where they sale there agriculture products examples local market Gadaga APMC , mediator that village many formers are sale they product to Gadag APMC and some are sale local shops and little bit formers they gave to jinn and they get seeds back .

Ø SHG Groups in Abbigeri Village

S.No	Code No.	Anganvadi worker name	SHGs No.	Name of SHGs	Total members
1	136	Parvati.S	05	Banashankari Stree Shakti Sanga	15
				Kenchamma Stree Shakti Sanga	12
				Bhimambika	10
				Lakshmivati	10
				Tuljadevi	15

2	137	Shivadevi	04	Chamudeshwari	15
				Ambabhavni	12
				Dayamma	11
				Hemareddy malamma	12
3	138	Bibijaan	11	Mahalaxmi	12
				Bibifatima	12
				Yamuna	10
				Mukambika	10
				Durga shakti	10
				Adhishakti	10
				Ganga	10
				Uded laxmi	10
				Shambai	10
				Nandalmi	10
				Basaveshwara	14

4	139	Ratna C.patil	04	Umadevi	14
				Annapurneshwari	10
				Sharada	10
				Nagadevate	14

5	140	AN Kulkarni	05	Sridevi	10
				Samprita	10
				Areshivamma	10
				Swami Vivekananda	10
				Banni Mahakali	10

6	141	Vijayalaxmi	03	Shivashakti	13
				Sharswati	10
				Ganesh	12

7	142	Shankaravva.D	03	Renukadevi	10
				Rajarajeswari	10
				Jai Bhuvaneshwari	20
8	210	Kasturi	03	Laxmivati	10
				Gitanjali	10
				Vidyavati	20
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