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1. Life in Khamboli Cluster and Village meeting |
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1-1, Farmers are planting rice which is the main crop in this area. Neighboring farmers help each other to plant. They are using a new variety of rice for this year, so good yield is expected. | |
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1-2, This is a typical kitchen in the villages. They use cow-dung and soil to build their houses. Traditional stoves are made of soil and cement for the durability. Fire wood and dried cow-dung are used for cooking. | |
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1-3, Pupils at the primary school in Khamboli village. Only beginning in senior high school can they use tables and chairs. Pupils use a small slate board instead of notebooks, and they enjoy their school life. | |
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1-4 , Children in Khamboli village. They like to have their pictures taken. They are living a simple life, sensitive to their environment. They have energy, and are always with smiles. | |
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1-5, Ghanash Festival in the village. People come together with their own Ghanash statues. They walk to the lake while singing and dancing. This festival is one of the biggest festivals in West India, even in small villages. | |
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1-6 , The monthly meeting at Khamboli village. People use the Hindu temple for their meeting. Mr.Shankar JADHAV, who is the Director of ICA India, is in the middle-right. Ms.Meera RAJDA, who is the welfare manager from Forbes Marshall company, is on the middle-top, and Dr.Robyn TRIBHUWAN, who is the Director of tribal development from Pune district office, and came to present his experience, is on the middle-bottom. Partnership with people from various places reminds villagers that not only villagers but also other people can benefit from their environmental project. | |
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1-7, 2 women are eagerly reading the booklet prepared for ICA IndiaŐs 10 years celebration. It reminds them of their experiences which they have had with ICA and what they have done, and gives people self-confidence and power for the next steps. | |
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1-8, At the meeting. on August 2001, the Director of ICA Japan, Ms.Shizuyo SATO and Vice-director of ICA Japan, Mr.Wayne ELLSWORTH have come to inspect the project. They told villagers that they see a big difference between the situation when the project was started, and now. | |
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1-9, An active discussion about their anticipations for 5 years later. We can see one of the biggest improvements, that is men and women are discussing each other about their future. | |
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1-10, Women in their monthly meeting. They do group activities by themselves to benefit their families. They aim to make their life better any way possible. | |
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1-11, Leaders are always present at the meetings. Since they have begun working with with ICA, youths are also following their way of developing. Villagers trust their leaders, so it was not hard to introduce new skills to farmers through them. | |
2. Afforestation Nursery in Environmental Education Centre |
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2-1, An afforestation nursery at the Environmental Education Centre. Papaya seedlings are in front, and Silver oak seedlings are behind. They are 7 months old. | |
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2-2, Afforestation nursery in Environmental Education Centre, same as above. Teak seedlings are in the right, and Eucalyptus seedlings are at the left. We can see Mango and Papayas are growing as samples. | |
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2-3, Again, afforestation nursery in Environmental Education Centre. We can see good Eucalyptus seedlings are waiting to be planted. According to farmersŐ requests, we prepare a larger number of Eucalyptus seedlings than of other seedlings. During the dry season, seedlings will be covered by black sheets to protect against very strong sunshine. | |
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2-4, Nursery workers at the Environmental Education Centre are taking care of seedlings. They are moving pots so that seedlings do not take root. Depending upon their work, the seedlings can survive after being planted, so they have to pay much attention to their work. They always prepare 10,000 to 50,000 seedlings by hand. | |
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2-5, A reservoir pond near the Environmental Education Centre. Rain water in the pond is mainly for management during dry season, and it is very useful. | |
3. Afforestation Plots in Khamboli Cluster |
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3-1, Ditches and contour lines for planting have been done by tractor. | |
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3-2, It was time to distribute well-grown seedlings to farmers. Workers moved seedlings from main nursery at the Environmental Education Centre to the villages. They paid much attention to this work in order not to give damage to seedlings. | |
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3-3, Mr.Balu TAWARE, the local supervisor for the Khamboli cluster, is distributing seedlings to farmers. ICA trainer, Mr.Mukesh TAKUSANDE (Left) is inspecting the condition. Farmers can come to get whichever seedlings they want anytime. He keeps distribution record at hand, and informs regularly the condition to ICA India.. | |
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3-4, A local supervisor and nursery gardeners prepare to spray pesticide to seedlings. Since each farmer can not manage to buy pesticide, we spray it onto the seedlings before distribution. We hope the seedlings become big trees. | |
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3-5, A nursery gardener in Khamboli village is spraying pesticide to prevent seedlings from harmful insects and diseases. | |
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3-6, Tree plantation at the roadside. Each farmer receives and plants seedlings, but farmers work together to plant at community places. Multiple trees were planted at this roadside. | |
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3-7, Staff from Cummins Diesel (Diesel Engine manufacturing) company came to join planting programme with farmers. Since this company helps to fund ICA India activities, they know more about ICAs project, not only from reports but also from their own activities | |
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3-8, A grafted Mango seedling which was planted last year. Growth point
was cut, and Hybrid Mango stick (20cm tall) was grafted to Local Mangos.
After grafting, Hybrid Mango is going to grow. Hybrid Mangos will take only
3 to 5 years to harvest, and Local Mangos take at least 7 to 10 years. Hybrid
Mangos give farmers higher return. |
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3-9, Mango seedlings have been just planted in the wasteland. Each farmer has responsibility for seedlings distributed to them. They are hoping to see big trees in the future. | |
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3-10, Farmers are tying growing branches with the supporting sticks. The farmer who manages to take care of these mangos is eager to learn about orchard, so that he can manage to keep mangos in good condition to grow. | |
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3-11, Seedlings from the Environmental Education Centre are waiting to be distributed and planted soon. We put fence here to prevent seedlings from nearby livestock. Because of the light slope, we made contours, and put seedlings there. | |
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3-12, Seedlings are waiting to be distributed and planted. They are now 1 year old and their condition is good, so it is expected that they grow well after being planted. | |
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3-13, These seedlings are Custard Apples, and they are 6 months old. Farmers are eager to plant orchardx at their plots, and they are looking forward to harvesting fruits. | |
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3-14, These seedlings are Teaks. They were planted in the barren plots. | |
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3-15, Workers are preparing to plant seedlings. By doing this, they become more conscious about their role in the project, and they can have opportunity to earn money from their labor. | |
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3-16, Well grown Eucalyptuses. Farmers prefer to plant Eucalyptuses, because it grows well even when getting less water, and also has good economic value (Rs.300 to 400, it is same as Jpy. 830 to 1100). | |
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3-17, Eucalyptuses in the barren plot. | |
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3-18, The dam construction was finished last year by the Government. Lift irrigation facility has already been set, so we are going to put a water pump and wait for the final permission from the Government. When irrigation facility starts working, the surviving rate of the planted seedlings will be better than now. | |
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3-19, In the afforestation plot, a sign board indicates that the project is supported by The Green Fund of The National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization of Japan. | |
4. Leadership Training & Agro-forestry Training |
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4-1, Youth Training in the Environmental Education Centre. 28 youth from villages participated in this programme. They discussed about their development and future together. In this photo, they are play acting how ancient people lived in the village. They recognized big differences between the life in the old age and the life in the present. | |
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4-2, Same as above, at Youth Training in EEC. After having discussions, Youths presented their opinion about what kind of heritage should remain in the future. The person on the right is one of ICAs trainers, Mr.Bhimrao TUPE, who handles education programmes. | |
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4-3, Women Training in Environmental Education Centre. 46 women from villages participated in this programme. In the beginning, women hesitated to say anything in front of other people, so a lecturer, Ms Deepa LAGOO asked the women to draw something on the blackboard to make them active enough for discussion. | |
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4-4, ICA Education trainer, Bhimrao TUPE told women about self-respect, money-saving and so on, and let women discuss about future direction of the villages. | |
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4-5, Tree planting activity at a primary school. Teachers showed pupils how to plant as one of their environmental education programmes, and afterwards, they also gave them lectures. Pupils will grow and live with seedlings planted today. | |
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4-6, Pupils are enjoying learning about trees which they have already seen in the surrounding. This programme will be their first step to feel much closer to trees, and they will pay much attention to the nature around. | |
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4-7, Grafting skill training was held in December 2000. Cuttings from hybrid mangos were grafted to local mango seedlings. Mr.Tanaji JHADAV was invited to the villages as an agricultural specialist. | |
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4-8, Grafting gives farmers fast harvesting. Local mango takes 10 years to harvest, but grafted mango takes only 4 to 5 years to harvest. It also gives farmers good economic value, so farmers are eager to learn grafting skills from the specialist. | |
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4-9, Inspection tour to Nasic village on May 2001. Black Pepper can be seen with tendrils on Silver Oaks, and Coffees are at the bottom of trees. It was the first time for farmers to see Agro-forestry plots, and they got much interested in commercial farming. | |
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4-10, Agro-forestry model farm in Nasic village. Silver Oak, Black Pepper, and Coffee grow well in this area. This kind of farm will be seen in Khamboli cluster in the near future. | |
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4-11, Women group requested ICA India to provide them new varieties of vegetable seeds for their kitchen gardens. Because it was not affordable for wives to grow new varieties of vegetables, we took their request and distributed seeds to about 380 families at 3 villages. They are having new experience to grow such vegetables. | |
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4-12, People grow distributed seeds for their kitchen gardens. In the photo, we can see French bean, Pumpkin and Cucumber which have vines in front, and Tomato and Chili are in the middle. These vegetables are very common for daily cooking in India. | |
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4-13, The Awareness Camp was held last December for 3 days, and about 2,000 villagers visited this campaign program. Guests were invited and gave speechs for this. Villagers enjoyed video shows, and the exhibition about the tree plantation program was very informative to them. | |
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4-14, A village leader who participated in agro-forestry training last year is explaining about successful tree plantation for new participants. Notes about tree planting and human development were also on the wall, so villagers could obtain other thoughts from this event. | |
5. At the office of ICA India |
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5-1,A meeting at ICA Indias office. Ms.Shizuyo SATO and Mr.Wayne ELLSWORTH from ICA Japan are discussing with ICA India about International Environmental Conference which is being held this coming December. | |
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5-2, ICA Project Coordinator, Mr.Shankar JADHAV, and Designer, Mr.Anand SALUNKE, are discussing how we can make efficient use of Environmental Education Centre for the people in this area. | |
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