Objective:	To promote sustainable crop diversification in Himachal Pradesh contributing to improvement of livelihood of farmers
Scope:	To setup crop diversification models in 5 potential districts
Project Cost	Rs. 321 Crore (JICA Portion Rs. 266 Crore)
Implementing Agency	H.P. Agriculture Development Society
Signing of Loan Agreement	17th Feb, 2011
Loan Disbursement closing date	16thJune, 2021
Project Status	Project Completed in May, 2021
Salient Features of Project	Development of Irrigation & other Infrastructure Capacity Building of Farmers/Extension Officers People’s Participation, Community Mobilisation for O & M, Livelihood, Diversification.

Land Use Pattern

S.N.	CLASSIFICATION	AREA (HA.)	% AGE
1.	Total geographical area	55,67,300	-
2.	Forest	11,25,742	24.1
3.	Barren And Un-culturable Land	7,78,525	14.4
4.	Land put to non-agricultural Uses	3,52,667	10.4
5.	Pastures and grazing land	15,07,522	33.3
6.	Trees crops, cultural waste, fallow land	2,67,817	5.95
7.	Net area sown	5,43,365	-
8.	Area sown more than once	3,95,260	-
9.	Total cropped area	9,38,625	-
10	Cropping intensity	-	171
11.	Average annual rainfall	1075 mm	-
12.	Gross irrigated area	1,91,000	35.1
13.	Net irrigated area	1,09,940	20.23

Financial Achievements

Sl.	Particulars	Revised Budget (in Crore)	Expenditure (in Crore)	%age
1	Infrastructure Development & Support	147.87	147.87	100
2	Institutional Development	49.88	49.88	100
3	Farmer Support	49.25	49.25	100
4	Consultancy	19.00	19.00	100
5	Non Eligible	55.00	55.00	100
Total	321	321	100

Detail of the Sub-Projects

Sl.	DPMU	BPMU	NO. of Sub-Project	CCA (HA)	NO. of HH	No. of Farming Families
1	Hamirpur	Hamirpur	32	477.88	931	1211
2		Bilaspur	19	298.86	571	1272
3		Una	19	194.84	542	826
4	Mandi	Mandi	33	872.02	2836	2643
5		Sarkaghat	29	389.44	1638	1558
6	Palampur	Baijnath	32	1039.91	3042	4631
7		Nurpur	25	790.35	2395	1212
8		Dehra	21	608	2401	2401
Grand Total			210	4671.30	14356	15754

Qualitative & Quantitative Data of Monitoring Indicators

Sl.	Indicators	Baseline (Year 2009)	Target  (Year 2021)	Achievements		%age
Operation Indicators
1	Irrigation Beneficiary Area (ha.)	-	3712	4671.10		128
2	Length of Access Farm Road (km)	-	35.373	36.95		105
3	Vegetable Cultivated Area: (ha.)	150	3230	3265		101
Effect Indicators
1	Gross Annual Average Farm Income / ha. Rs.	55000	145000	240120		165
2	Avg. Yield of Vegetable (tons) /ha	10.4	17.0	18		105
3.	Avg. Yield of Food grain(tons)/ha.	1.8	2.5	2.8		112
4.	Employment Generated (Nos) On Farm Off Farm			9700 4400

New Innovations & Lessons Learnt

• Community participation during planning, execution of 210 irrigation systems.
• Krishak Vikas Association (KVA) doing warabandi (distribution), collecting water charges, doing operation maintenance.
• Introduced solar water pumping system in 70 sub-projects, reducing O&M cost
• Irrigation efficiency has been increased by 40-60% through micro irrigation system
• Shitake Cultivation and Training Center (SCTC) set up, first of its kind in India with support of Yats Corporation, Japan to be operationalized in Phase-II.
• Community participation during planning, execution of 210 irrigation systems.
• Krishak Vikas Association (KVA) doing warabandi (distribution), collecting water charges, doing operation maintenance.
• Introduced solar water pumping system in 70 sub-projects, reducing O&M cost
• Irrigation efficiency has been increased by 40-60% through micro irrigation system
• Shitake Cultivation and Training Center (SCTC) set up, first of its kind in India with support of Yats Corporation, Japan to be operationalized in Phase-II.
• New machinery suitable for hilly areas introduced, 210 custom hiring centres set up.
• All infrastructure works completed within the original cost estimates and timeline. No cost escalation.
• Programme for next generation for more than 2000 students to generate interest in farming.
• Livelihood activities through 300 SHG to supplement family income.