Activities taken during the extension phase

The implementation period of OFSDP which was scheduled to complete on March, 2013 was extended by two years i.e. up to March 2015. During this period following activities were carried out
Revisit of Micro-plans: Initially all VSS/EDC micro-plans under OFSDP were prepared for a duration of five years. As the period of implementation of OFSDP extended by another two years and many income generating and convergence activities continued in the VSS/EDC areas, therefore, all the micro-plans were revisited and revised micro-plans for a period of ten years were prepared. These revised micro-plans also took into consideration the sustainability aspect of the OFSDP.

Revisit Micro planning

Farm Forestry:

Although, the Farm Forestry was envisaged in the project design of the project but it could not be implemented during the project period that completed on March, 2013. However, in the two years extension phase of the project i.e. during 2013-14 and 2015-16, the Farm Forestry component was implemented with the objective to encourage VSS members for tree plantation and tree based farming systems on their private lands as a viable enterprise. For this purpose following two models were adopted –  as per OFSDP Farm Forestry Guideline

The tree species planted under Timber / Tree Born Oil / NTFP model included – Teak (Tectona grandis), Gamhar (Gmelina arborea), Acacia manginum, Dalbergia sisso, Dalbergia latifolia, Bija (Pterocarpus marsupium), Mahanimb (Ailanthus excelsa), Haldu (Adina cardifolia), Siris (Albizzia lebbeck), Karanj (Pongamia pinnata), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Simarouba (Simarouba glauca), Aonla (Emblica officinalis), Harida (Terminalia chebula), Baheda (Terminalia bellerica), Jack fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) etc. For the pulpwood model the prescribed species included Acacia auriculiformis, Eucalyptus spp., Casuarina equisetifolia, Casuarina junghuniana.

Farm Forestry under OFSDP

Under Farm Forestry a total of 9487.11 Ha. private land of 14031nos farmers was covered in different project divisions of OFSDP. The project is providing a special incentive to the farmers in whose farm land more than 60% of the plants will survive after the second and fourth year of the planting. The rate of incentive to be paid after the second year is Rs.2.50/- per plant for hardwood species and Rs.1.50/- per plant for pulpwood species and that after the fourth year is Rs.3.50/- per plant for hardwood species and Rs.1.50/- per plant for pulpwood species. The overall survival percentage of trees grown under Farm Forestry component is more than 70%.

Sl. No.

Total Divisions

Farm Forestry (2013-14)

Farm Forestry (2014-15)

FMUs

Farmers

Area (ha.)

FMUs

Farmers

Area (ha.)

1

Angul

5

176

126.88

4

116

61.30

2

Balliguda

5

195

97.81

2

126

57.60

3

Bonai

5

259

131.88

5

217

76.29

4

Balasore (WL)

2

19

5.65

 

 

 

5

Bhadrak (WL)

2

74

36.55

 

 

 

6

Jeypore

6

630

592.25

6

2289

1720.00

7

Keonjhar

5

923

293.59

4

814

218.03

8

Koraput

5

1130

996.27

5

4871

3752.52

9

Parlakhemundi

 

 

 

6

591

325.50

10

Phulbani

5

101

47.30

7

323

157.40

11

Rayagada

7

154

116.54

7

471

374.90

12

Rourkela

3

308

130.11

6

244

168.74

Total

 

 

3969

2574.83

 

10062

6912.28

 

 

 

 

 

Total

14031

9487.11

 

Non Timber Forest Produce (NTFP) under planting in ANR areas and silvicultural operation including thinning and soil and moisture conservation measures:

Participatory micro planning exercises in different VSSs under OFSDP reflected that the existing means of livelihood, available resources require development of local skill and expertise to augment income generating activities at the village level. There is a dearth of knowledge on medicinal non timber forest produces although tremendous potential for their development exists in the OFSDP areas. Nevertheless, there is indication of comparatively good return to the community, from the medicinal non timber forest produces, whenever they are traded. Keeping these facts into consideration in the extension phase of OFSDP a special scheme for under planting of NTFP in ANR areas was started. This scheme was clubbed with the subsidiary silvicultural operations including thinning and soil conservation measures. Accordingly, in ANR areas of different project divisions the forest crops were subjected to thinning over an area of 13,635 ha. and the produce received was distributed amongst the VSS members. The soil conservation measures were taken up over 69,725 ha. area and under planting of 10 selected medicinal non timber forest produce species was taken up over 22,177 ha. area.

Under planting of some Medicinal NTFP Species

Thinning and SMC works

The medicinal non timber forest produce species which were planted under this scheme included: Bhui Nimba (Swertia chirata ), Bhuin Kakharu (Ipomoea mouritiana), Gudmar / Meshashringi (Gymnema sylvystre), Broom grass (Thysanolaena mexima), Krusna musali/Talamuli (Curculigo orchioides), Palua/Katechure/Taraksira (Curcoma aromatia), Sarpagandha (Raubolfia serpentina), Satabari (Asparagus racemosus), Siali (Bauhinia vahlei) and Guduchi/Ansrita (Tinospora cordifolia)