CSV - 2016

“CENTRE OF SCIENCE FOR VILLAGES” (CSV)
CORE SUPPORT PROJECT: 2015 – 2020
SP/RD/052/2007 (G)
Dr. Soham Pandya,
Executive Director

NAME OF ORGANIZATION:
“CENTRE OF SCIENCE FOR VILLAGES”, WARDHA
 Contact person:
 Dr. Soham Pandya, Executive Director
 Date of Start of Core support (Under new system):
 01st July 2015
 Ongoing year:
 2015 - 2016
 Core Manpower in position:
 Program Officer:
Dr. Soham Pandya
 Program Professional:
 Mrs. Ratna Pandya (M. Sc.)
 Mr. Sachin Kalwade (M.Sc., Ph.D)

APPROVED CORE ACTIVITIES
I. Farm Activity
A. Organic Farming Input
i. Bio Manure
ii. New or Innovative Crop
B. Income Generating Activities
i. Food Processing
ii. Herbal Medicine Cultivation and Processing
iii. Technology of NTFP Based Entrepreneurship Development
iv. Handmade Paper and Board
II. Non Farm Activity
i. Evaluate Critical Parameters for Support to
Entrepreneurs

METHODOLOGY
 Participatory approach to evolve method of growing
Crops in Organic Fashion
 Application of Statistically Standard Methods
 Location Map of project area
 Areas of influence: village/block/district:
 Technology being generated will be applicable in the
Vidarbha area of Maharashtra
Location Map of project area

FARM ACTIVITY
Organic Farming Input:
Bio Manure: Amrut Paani; BD 500;
Earth Worms (Octochaetona serrata )

Organic Farming: Cotton; Pigeons' pea; Soy
Bean; Wheat; Gram; Turmeric and Sugarcane
FARM ACTIVITY

Farm Activity
New or Innovative Crop
 Midnapore Creeper (Rivea hypocretariformis):
 Phalsa (Grewia subinaequalis):
 Indian Kudzu (Pueraria tuberosa):
 Papadi (Ventilagi denticuleta):

Income Generating Activities:
Food Processing
 Midnapore Creeper (Rivea
hypocretariformis)
 Phalsa (Grewia subinaequalis)
 Indian Kudzu (Pueraria tuberosa)
 Potato Yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)
 Bhokar (Cordia rothii)

INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES:
HERBAL MEDICINE CULTIVATION & PROCESSING
 Gunja (Abrus precatorious)
 Kalihari (Gloriosa superba) and
 Kavach beej (Mucuna pruriens)

NON TIMBER FOREST PRODUCE
 Bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus): Bamboo a
poor man’s timber; Food (Young shoots are
Pickled, Shredded, used to make Murabba etc.)

 Sindi (Phoenix sylvestris) Nira, is a
refreshing drink used for making jiggery and
sugar sap
 The nutritive value of 8 or 226.72 grams of
neera is given below.
 Ph 7.2
 Total sugar (gms) 28.8
 Calcium (mgms) 35.4
 Iron (mgms) 5.5
 Phosphorus (mgms) 32.4
 Thiamine (mg) 83.3
 Riboflavin (mg) 83.3
 Ascorbic acid (mgms) 12.2
 Nicotinic acid (mg.) 674.1
 Protein (mgms) 49.7
 Calories 113.3

 Fresh Fruits edible, Used to
make jams and jellies
 Leaves used for thatching,
and for making mats, fans,
baskets, bags, brooms,
fishing nets, etc. Leaves
lopped for fodder.
 Wood used for temporary
construction, bridges and
piers and tent pegs.

APPROVED CORE ACTIVITIES VIS-À-VIS DELIVERABLES
(WITH QUANTIFIABLE RESULTS)
 Expertise developed for making
A: Organic Farming Inputs
 Standardizing methods of making and
administering i) Amrut Pani ii) Biodynamic
Preparation 500 and iii) Vermi compost.
 B: New or Innovative Crops:
 Methods are being evolved to Cultivate novel plant
species
 Income Generating Activities:
 Food Processing for preservation, product
diversification and value addition
 Herbal Medicine Cultivation & Processing
 Non Timber Forest Produce, Cultivation Collection
and processing
 Handmade Paper and Board: Expertise developed
for extracting fibers and making papers and
boards

APPROVED CORE ACTIVITIES VIS-À-VIS
DELIVERABLES (WITH QUANTIFIABLE RESULTS)
 Technologies developed and disseminated /
innovations
 Schedule for Nutrient Management in organic farming
 Introduction of methods to grow and process new or
innovative crops amongst farmers and entrepreneurs
 Business model(s) developed
 Models development process is in progress
 Training programmes/workshops organized
 A workshop in association with RuTAG, IITM was
organized for innovators of technologies from the district
 Technology benefits to society:
 Benefits will be realized from 2018 onwards
 Involvement of beneficiaries and local organizations
 Technologies are developed in participatory manner

BUSINESS MODEL(S) / TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE TRANSFER /
ADOPTION DETAILS WITH INDICATIVE ECONOMICS
 Business Model I: Under development
 Organic Method of Cultivation of Midnapur Creeper, a
perennial liana. Expenses minimized
 Yield Expected: 2 to 3 Kg / meter square = < 20 T biomass
 Value in market @ Rs. 30/- per Kg = < Rs. 600 Thousand
 Business Model II: Under development
 Collection of Neera from Palm Tree
 Yield 150 liters per tree per year
 Number of trees on 1 hactare farm boundary = < 100
 Value in market @ Rs. 50/- per liter = < 7,500/- per tree
 Total turnover per hectare = 750 Thousand

IMPACT OF CORE ACTIVITIES
 Technology flow & adoption (House hold /
community/industrial level)
 Technology and methodologies are being created at
household and community level
 Economic benefits
 After transfer of technology beneficiaries will get economic
benefit
 Peoples empowerment (Technology user groups/ SHG
etc)
 Farmers Group and SHG members and tribal will get more
value for their natural resources
 Environmental impact benefits
 Farmers will conserve biodiversity because it will be
economically beneficial to them

IMPACT OF CORE ACTIVITIES (CONTD.)
 Whether a micro-enterprise developed/likely to be
developed
 Farm Based & Forest Based household and group
enterprises are being developed
 Replication possibilities
 Modules being developed will be replicated in every cluster
of village and have impact throughout Vidarbha area
 Direct & Indirect benefits at community level in last
two/three yrs: Jobs created/micro-enterprise
 The process of creating enterprises has just begun. In next
couple of years many entrepreneurs will adopt the
technology being created

FIELD VISIT BY DST EXPERT TEAM/REVIEW
MEETINGS ATTENDED
 Recommendations and follow up action in tabular
form.
 The Core group from CSV is attending the first review
meeting

PUBLICATIONS
 Publications (including papers, reports, softwares,
manuals, brochures – to be circulated during
GMCW):
 Manuals will be made at the end of second year
 Patent applied/ granted, if any:
 Nil
 Award/Recognition/State level intervention or
outreach
 Nil
 Linkages with S&T institutions and/or other NGOs:
IIT, Mumbai; VNIT, Nagpur; MGIRI, Wardha; R.B.
Agriculture College, Wardha

WORK REMAINING TO BE DONE (CONSTRAINTS,
INTERVENTION OF DST REQUESTED FOR)
 Work related to following aspects will be carried out
in second year of the project
 Farm Activities:
 Organic Farming
 New or Innovative Crops:
 Income Generating Activities:
 Food Products of edible parts of selected plant:
 Herbal Medicine cultivation and processing
 Technologies & methodologies for NTFP based
entrepreneurship development evolved
 Handmade paper and boards:

CSV - 2016

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