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Status: Closed
ISPS (Indo Swiss Project Sikkim)
Description
The project was set up in 1993 as an initiative of bilateral cooperation. Within the framework of sustainable resource management, ISPS aims to improve the livelihood of small and marginal farmers in rural Sikkim by fostering the income generating capacities and strengthening need based service delivery systems within the partner departments. The collaboration led to the establishment of coherent cattle breeding programs and development of an appropriate disease monitoring system. In the horticulture sector an appropriate ginger disease management system and an innovative cardamom curing technology has been developed. A cooperative development program and support to the local milk union based on a “Turn Around Plan” resulted in improvements in operational and administrative aspects of the union. Production of gouda cheese as value addition to milk was taken up in a remote area of Sikkim where regular milk marketing was a constraint for the farmers.
The nature of collaboration of the project is changing from technical support to “Human and Institutional Development” for sustainable development. Actors such as NGOs, Panchayats and CBOs assume a prominent role in the agricultural sector. The project strategy in the current phase is to give more prominence to strengthening the forces of local self governance and the civil society.
Local partner: Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services, Department of Horticulture, Rural Development Department, Sikkim Cooperative Milk Producers' Union, Sikkim Dairy Products Private Limited
Fact sheet
Type: Trust fund project
Start: 1993
End: 2006
Status: Closed
Joint venture with: Government of Sikkim
Region: South Asia
Country: India
Working domain: Natural Resource Management | Local Governance and Civil Society
Key topic: Municipal development and decentralization | Local governance | Strengthening of associations and interest groups | Organisational development | Self-help groups and CBOs | Product and market development in agriculture and forestry | Market information management and market appraisal | Agri-post-harvest technologies | Milk processing and marketing | Sustainable agricultural and livestock production | Livestock production and management | Organic farming | Fodder production | Integrated pest management | Agricultural advisory/extension methods and strategies | Policy framework | Participatory methods | PRA | Participatory technology development | Participatory programme monitoring and evaluation | Gender balanced development | Gender analysis | Human resource and institutional development | OD / ID | Capacity building
Funding source: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Staff
Project responsible: CK Rao
Responsible at Delegation/Representation: Rupa Mukerji
Responsible at Head Office: Philippe Vaneberg
Advisors, programme officers:
Contact
Address:
PO Box 138, Gesarkhang,
NH 31/A, Pani House
Deorali, Gangtok 737101
Sikkim, INDIA
Phone: 0091 3592 281560 Fax: 0091 3592 281854
Resp. for this entry: ckrao
