Objectives
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To generate a common development perspective of the district that reflects the thinking of diverse stakeholders.
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To work out an inspiring goal for overall development of the area.
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To envisage and incorporate roles of women and disadvantaged groups in mainstream development.
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To foresee needs and level of human and infrastructure development as it emerges from collective wisdom for achieving goals.
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To motivate people of the area and gear up all segments of population to face challenges, difficulties and bottlenecks to realize their cherished common goals.
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To act as a goalpost towards which the entire planning process should be oriented.
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To help people of the area in developing more realistic, objective oriented, and executable five year and annual plans.
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Enhancement of agriculture and allied sectors productivity in a sustainable manner.
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Restoration of ecological balance in the degraded and fragile rain-fed ecosystem.
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Reduction of disparity between irrigated and rain-fed areas.
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Creation of sustained employment opportunity for the rural people, including the landless.
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Development and sustainable management of natural resources, including land reforms.
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To encourage people’s participation to help in generating a feeling of ownership in the participatory development of the district/block/gram panchayat
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To draw specific guidelines offering flexibility in the choice of technology to enable farmers to adopt location specific and low cost technology
Geographical spread
Durg district, Chhattisgarh
Key areas/components
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To identify the gaps/opportunities for developing a Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan (CDAP), wherein the plans from gram panchayat level will be consolidated into janpad panchyat level plan, and janpad panchyat level plans into one overall district plan.
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To document the planning process while facilitating preparation gram panchayat and janpad panchyat level plans under CDAP.
Key outputs
Submission of Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan (CDAP)
Year/period
April-November 2008 (Extended upto January 2009)
Client
Department of Agriculture, Durg district, Chhattisgarh
