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Centre for Aquatic Livelihood Jaljeevika

Back-to-back droughts wreaked havoc on agricultural production and farmers’ incomes across Bundelkhand region in India. Regions like Bundelkhand were all the more affected, due to regular drought situation in Bundelkhand region. Stopping rainwater run-off and its storage in large man-made tanks/lakes was part of traditional wisdom in Bundelkhand. The region’s Chandela rulers built thousands of tanks and pond for water conservations. These water tanks are used for irrigation as well as supplement livelihood of thousands of fishing community members across the Bundelkhand region.During the last few years, many ponds and small waterbodies were constructed in the region to support irrigation for farmers. All these small water bodies and ponds have tremendous scope to promote fisheries based livelihood for farmers. On average, each pond of 1-acre water area can produce at least 1 tonne of fish worth Rs. 70-75000. Such kind of livelihood enhancement has the potential to reduce forced migration and also contribute to nutrition intake for the family. Irrespective of opportunities, farmers are having problems in a different sphere. Since more than 50% of small scale fish farmers practices extensive farming, they need support in a different way. Our experiences categorized difficulty area for farmers in the following way:	Unavailability of appropriate technical support services.	Quality seed, localized feed,	Marketing intelligence, 	Tools and equipment.	Credit, input inventories,	 Logistics, new technologies support.The project "Adopt a pond" envisages to set up support services for fish farmers across Bundelkhand region namely in Tikamgarh and Chatterpur district of Madhya Pradesh to enhance production and productivity of ponds. These ponds will serve as a livelihood unit, as well as support in the conservation of waterbodies for better ecosystem maintenance. 
 Centre for aquatic livelihood- Jaljeevika is working with women's fish farming group, fishery cooperatives, and individual farmers to adopt low-cost technology of fish seed rearing within waterbodies to get quality and bigger size seed. so that production will increase from existing water stocking in ponds. We are also imparting best management practices among farmers to manage ponds, fish feeding technique, collective marketing system and use of dried pond bed to cultivate other agriculture crops like watermelon and cucumber. We are also promoting cultivation of other water produces such as water chestnut(singhara) and lotus cultivation to enhance farmers' income in the area.As a campaign, we are targeting at least 100 different ponds to be adopted in Bundelkhand area through your support.We are providing the farmers with good quality seeds, tools and gear, life jackets, funds for installation of low-cost cages for fish rearing and low-cost recirculatory aquaculture system (RAS), and cultivation of Azolla at household level for livestock feed.We are promoting women's group and fish farmers club to devise better management practices. Above all, we intend to collectivize all pond farmers as a producer organization in the coming months. 
 We envisage the following impact of this project:* Enhance household income by Rs.50000 per year by the end of the support period * Enhance productivity of pond from present 400 Kg of fish per year to 1500 Kg per year.* Develop women's economic leadership in 100 women's groups* Set up a farmers producer organization engaged in fishery based activity for more than 2000+ fish farmers* Develop a system of market linkages for farmers, service providers and market functionary for better price realizationand establish a culture of entrepreneurship among fishing community members.

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Adopt a Pond- Help to Ensure Better Livelihood Opportunities for Fish Farmers

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Millions of small -seasonal ponds and farm ponds have huge potential to bring livelihood security and income for fish farmers. Fish farming is one of the traditional ways of earning income for the fishing community but new technologies like Biofloc, Recircultory aquaculture system, Indoor fish farming, and Cage culture have opened up an opportunity for others, especially youth and women to earn income.Although Fish farming and related local business provide good opportunities for income enhancement in rural parts of India. But the absence of training and a skill-building facility is a challenge for early adopters. There are hardly any knowledge and hand-holding providers to solve day-to-day challenges for farmers. due to a lack of knowledge-building facilities, farmers lose their investments due to sudden crises in farms. post farming, linking them to the market is another emerging issue that needs to be resolved by local technical agencies. 
 Jaljeevika has developed AQUA SCHOOL models, a unique learning and training facility center in rural India to help farmers in adopting new technology and better management practices. AquaSchool facility provides technical knowledge and skill-building support services to farmers, entrepreneurs, processors, vendors, etc. to upscale and adopts climate-resilient models. Framers from nearby villages, women SHG members, Cooperative members, and youth visit Aqua-School to learn new techniques like seed rearing, Biofloc, Recirculatory system, Ornamental fish production, Fish processing and Feed making using local resources. Once they are trained, local community-based instructors visit their farms to provide regular support in farming. In this process, knowledge and best practices are adopted by farmers under close observation of local instructors. 
 Every Aqua School provides knowledge and advisory support to a minimum of 1000 farmers, youth, and women to adopt new fish farming skills. it has been observed that during one year of engagement at an aqua school, fish production is enhanced by at least 35% and their production cost is reduced by at least 25% because of saving in feed and medicine applications in ponds. An increase in fish production directly benefits local women's fish vendors to earn more money.

Aqua School : Skill builidng towards fish farming and aquaculture

Centre for Aquatic livelihood Jaljeevika is a registered not-for-profit organization committed to the promotion of aquatic-based livelihood opportunities, securing food and nutritional security in rural India. The very essence of Jaljeevika lies in mainstreaming vulnerability reduction related to livelihood and employment opportunities for small-scale farmers through the promotion of climate-resilient agriculture practices. Jaljeevika has a strong footprint of niche development work supporting the most vulnerable and rural small-scale aquatic producers creating inclusive rural economies. With the creation of the institutional strengthening model, Jaljeevika is able to leverage resources, field presence, technical know-how, and practical experience, and its reputation as a successful knowledge entity of climate-resilient, cluster specific livelihood generation models to increase its impact in rural areas with high vulnerability. Since its inception, Jaljeevika is addressing the issue of small-scale fish farmers, building community resilience and capacity to enhance livelihood opportunities using existing water bodies, technology, and leveraging institutions for more than 25000 farmers, women, and tribals across the Indian States like Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh Since the majority of fisherfolk directly depends on the sector, especially the small scale and artisanal fishers, and continue to fall behind the national indices of socio-economic development, it is essential to provide requisite impetus towards amelioration of poverty and backwardness among these marginalized and vulnerable communities and promote their holistic development and welfare. The major bottleneck for the development of fisheries and aquaculture in India include lack of proper knowledge on locally suitable aquaculture technologies, absence of better management practices (BMPs), poor extension services, unavailability of locally produced quality fish seed, lack of quality input supply, absence of private sector investments and institutional credit facility.

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