Agricultural and Livelihood

Agricultural adaptation issues in the face of changing climate and its variability in the context of the wetland ecosystem locally known as haor. Since haor basin is geographically located at the foothill of Assam and Meghalaya is subject to high risk being hinterland of the highest rainfall zone globally.
Climate change has created two prong adverse impacts particularly on agricultural cycle as damage risk increased at the beginning of seeding stage if land is not water free due to late monsoon rain and at the harvesting time early flash flood in pre-monsoon. The changing trend of climate induced hydrological regime associated with variability in the pattern and severity of rainfall triggering early and irregular flash flood in haor basin. While the high yielding rice varieties cultivated at present are of longer duration compared to the local varieties. In response to this changed hydrological regime, farmers need to adapt with quick growing, diversified climate resilient cropping pattern and new adaptive technologies. Particularly, need of the time is to adapt with short duration rice variety along with high value quick growing horticulture and alternative inter cropping approach as a risk proof measures.
SANCRED through some projects  development intervention for haor area aimed at transformational change which considers (a) climate and disaster resilient water management including advanced early warning system linked to remote vulnerable communities; (b) de-leasing haor ecosystem and ensure establishment of fish sanctuary at the dry season water body through Fish Conservation area; (c) agricultural development including adaptive diversified crop and horticulture, development of fisheries and livestock for food security. Accessibility, availability and entitlement security of the poor haor community have been arranged through broad based engagement in participatory planning and management system as well as ownership in development initiatives.

SANCRED has been introduced different type of activities through some projects and its regular activities to Increase productivity of field crops, vegetables, livestock and fishes in a household through the use of appropriate technologies and techniques devised/ developed/ designed/ refined by the farmers for ensuring household food security for upliftment and raising income ii. Diversify enterprises, mobilize resources and intensify farming and non farming activities for in sit employment generation iii. Conserve farm environment through efficient mobilization and management of natural resources for sustainable production systems iv. Develop human resources for capacity building of the participants and improve their livelihood through innovative technology. Part of the success livelihood and food security, project implementing various type of activities during lien period cause haor area still based on single crops. For maintaining regular income by using fellow lands, project implementing different type high yield verities vegetables, Continuing Duck and Poultry raising, developed skills on Mobile servicing, Tailoring, Established small enterprise, introduced incubator etc for regular income generation to sustain the community’s livelihood, food security activities. Besides Home stead based vegetable cultivation also going on for empowering women economy. Since 2017 to till now project implemented 150 vegetables demonstration, 70 Duck raising farm, Developed mobile servicing skills for 10, Tailing 40,Enterpreneur 3 etc related to income generation and sustainable livelihood with food security.