A Study on the Development of Livelihood Training

Module for the Field Level Supervisors of Local

Partners of CRS India for the Region of Campierganj
block, Gorakhpur

With the Intervention of G.B.Pant University, Cornell University and

Catholic Relief Services India

Project Report
Submitted to

College of Agribusiness Manegement

G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
Pantnagar-263145, (U.S. Nagar)
(Uttarakhand)

Submitted by

Jitendra Kumar Prasad

ID.No: 36926

IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE

AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF
Master of Business Administration (Agribusiness)
August, 2009
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

It is a great matter of pleasure for me to express heartfelt gratitude to Dr. B. K. Sikka, (Dean,
College of Agribusiness Management) for providing all kind of support during the course of this
training.

My special acknowledgement goes to my Advisor Dr. Ashutosh Singh, Associate Professor,

College of Agribusiness Management for her valuable guidance, and concrete suggestions during the
course of survey and preparation of the manuscript.

It’s my pleasure to thank other faculty members Dr. Raka Saxena, Dr. M. L. Sharma, Dr.
Mukesh Pandey, Mr. Saurabh Singh, and Mr. Nirdesh Singh for rendering the help in all
academic matters.
Words cannot express my gratitude towards my beloved family members whose blessings,
continuous encouragement, untiring help and sacrifice have always animated me to rise against the
problems and face them smilingly.
I am thankful to the entire employee’s of Catholic Relief Services India for their co-
operation, which is responsible for the success of this project.
I would like to thank my batch mates, friends and juniors for giving me constant moral support
and discussing the various issues of the project to help me to look for the solutions from different
perspectives.
Last but not the least I thank the ALMIGHTY for blessing me with enough patience,
endurance and strength in accomplishment of the endeavor.

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DATE: 26.08.2009

PLACE: Pantnagar Jitendra Kumar Prasad

 Executive summary
The project was carried out for the development of training module on Go Course template for the
capacity building of supervisors of local partners for the Campierganj block of Gorakhpur district.

This project was an intervention of CRS India with the collaboration of GBPUA&T, Pantnagar and
Cornell University, New York. During the project for the survey of the project area forward group
meeting was conducted with farmers group, SHGs and personal interview of government officials.
Since the project area was flood prone area and most of the farmers were small or marginal land
holders. They were in need to increase the productivity as well as economically cheap option to
supplement their income. After analysis of data, long discussion with local partners of CRS India and
getting suggestions from the experts I worked on developing training modules over the System of
Rice Intensification and Goat Rearing for the betterment of livelihood of the rural poor people of the
Campierganj block.

During the development of modules I adopted the seven designed steps for the adult learning and
drafted modules and tools after repeated field testing and improvement of the modules and tools. As
a result of the project I came out with three constituents of the training module, first was training
module on Go Course format, second was training tools and the third was facilitators note.

System of Rice Intensification is a technique used to increase the productivity of Rice with low
inputs (even less than the traditional technique) with less time period of maturity. Similarly Goat
rearing can proved as most economical and beneficial way to supplement the livelihood of the small
and marginal land holders of rural area.

Campierganj block has a great opportunity to come out as a developed area since the soil fertility is
good and ease of market accessibility. Need is to create awareness among the needed people and
helping them to adopt the new technology in customized form.
 Table of Contents

S.No. Contents Page

No.
I Acknowledgement I
II Executive summery II
1. Introduction 1
2. Problem Statement 2
2.1 Objectives 2
2.2 Specific aims 2
3. Partners Profile 3-4
3.1 G B Pant University 3
3.2 Cornell University 3
3.3 CRS India 3
3.4 SES 4
4 Review of Literature 5
5 Research Methodology 6
5.1 Research Design 6
5.2 Information Required 6
5.3 Area of Study 6
5.4 Research Method 6
5.5 Sampling Plan 6
5.6 Sampling Technique 6
5.7 Research Instrument 7
5.8 Analytical Tool 7
5.9 Limitation of Study 7
6 Result and Discussion 8
6.1 Snapshots of Villages 8
6.1.1 Snapshot of Ajgarhan Village 8
6.1.2 Snapshot of Pachma Village 9
6.1.3 Snapshot of Pathanpurva Village 9
6.2 Conclusions of Snapshots Taken 10
6.3 Priority Wise Listing of Needed Training Module 10
6.4 Module Developed 11
6.4.1 Module on System of Rice Intensification on Go 12
Course Template
6.4.2 Module on Goat Rearing on Go Course Template 15
7 Recommendations 21
References i
Annexure-1 ii
Annexure-2 iii