Adoption and Promotion of Integrated Farming System/Integrated Livelihood Systems in UT of J&K (HADP Project 13)

What is HADP Project 13 on Integrated Farming Systems?

Adoption and Promotion of Integrated Farming System (IFS) / Integrated Livelihood Systems (ILS) in UT of J&K is the thirteenth of the 29 projects cleared under the all-round Agriculture Development Programme (HADP), the Rs 5,013 crore five-year package of the Agriculture Production Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

An Integrated Farming System is a deliberately different idea from a single-crop subsidy. Instead of paying a farmer to grow more of one thing, it redesigns the whole half-hectare so that each enterprise feeds the next: crop residue becomes fodder, animal dung becomes vermicompost, compost goes back to the vegetable block, boundary plantation gives fuel and fruit, poultry and bees add cash flow between harvests, and a pond, where possible, adds fish. For a farmer with half a hectare in Rajouri, Kupwara or Doda, this is often the only design that produces a year-round income from that much land.

How the project is structured, per the implementation guidelines

• The programme is launched in farmers' participatory mode on an 80:20 fund sharing basis between the UT government and the farmer.
• Beneficiaries sign an MoU to co-operate with the implementing agency and maintain all input-output records for the IFS farm; grassroots units monitor and authenticate that data.
• Both farm universities supply the formats for data recording, baseline survey and impact analysis, and ensure the free flow of IFS technologies over five years.
• A consultant is hired by the farm universities as per stipulated rules.
• Mapping and profiling of IFS units is done by the IFS units of the two farm universities and the executing agencies. Capacity building and training happen at the two universities, with SKUAST-Jammu leading because the live IFS model exists at its Chatha campus.
• The incentive is one-time, and only on farm components that do not already exist. Technology transfer, processing, value addition and marketing support continue through the five years, with impact analysis in the fourth and fifth year.
• 20 to 25 per cent modification of the 0.5 hectare model is permitted for the local agro-ecosystem. Where the area is rainfed and fishery is impossible, that land is reallotted to the horticulture block.
• Beneficiaries are grouped on an e-platform and connected with FPOs for better marketing of their surplus, ensured by the Nodal Officers. The Directors of Agriculture, Jammu and Kashmir.
• Funds allotted against each IFS intervention are interchangeable, depending on what already exists on the farm and on the survey findings.

What components can be claimed?

Fourteen application forms are listed for Project 13 on the Kisan Sathi portal:

1. Improved crop seed
2. Boundary plantation
3. Fruit plantation
4. Fodder slips, perennial grasses and legumes for round-the-year fodder
5. Vegetable seeds
6. Animal health camps
7. Requirements for artificial insemination
8. Mineral mixture
9. Poultry birds
10. Repair of poultry sheds
11. Low-cost portable vermicompost infrastructure
12. Mushroom spawn
13. Micro-irrigation, water harvesting, interlinking roads, ponds and biogas
14. Bee hives with colonies

Read together, these describe a complete farm rather than a list of unrelated subsidies, which is the point of the project.

Who is eligible for HADP Project 13?

You can be selected if:

• You hold about 0.5 hectare of land in Jammu and Kashmir. The guidelines specify selection of beneficiaries falling within 0.5 hectare or thereabouts.
• You are willing to sign the MoU and keep input-output records for your farm for the duration of the project.
• You will contribute the 20 per cent farmer share of the model cost.
• You are willing to join the e-platform group and be linked to an FPO for marketing your surplus.

You cannot apply, or are not eligible, if:

• Your holding is substantially larger than 0.5 hectare. This project is deliberately aimed at the smallest farms and larger holders are not the target group.
• You have already availed the same component under another scheme. HADP bars duplication of activities, and in any case the incentive is only for components that do not already exist on your farm.
• You will not maintain records or co-operate with monitoring, since the entire design depends on verified farm data.
• You are seeking the consultant hiring, mapping and profiling, or impact analysis budgets. These are institutional and executed by the farm universities.

How to apply for HADP Project 13

1. Register on the Kisan Sathi portal at hadp.jk.gov.in with your mobile number and Aadhaar details.
2. Log in and open Project 13 to Adoption and Promotion of Integrated Farming System / Integrated Livelihood Systems.
3. Select the component form or forms you need, from improved crop seed and fruit plantation to poultry birds, bee hives, vermicompost and micro-irrigation.
4. Enter your total holding, the existing enterprises on your farm, and the components you are missing — the incentive applies only to what does not exist.
5. Upload Aadhaar, land record and bank passbook.
6. Submit and note the application reference number.
7. Take part in the baseline survey conducted by the farm university's IFS unit and the block-level executing agency, and sign the MoU.
8. Receive the components after sanction and begin recording inputs and outputs on the formats provided. Field units verify and authenticate the data.

How to apply with offline help

1. Visit a Kisan Khidmat Ghar in your panchayat and ask the operator to file the IFS forms on Kisan Sathi for you.
2. Approach your block agriculture office to be included in the mapping and profiling survey. This is how IFS beneficiaries are identified on the ground.
3. Ask about the capacity building programme at SKUAST-Jammu or SKUAST-Kashmir. Training is central to this project, because the IFS design only pays if the farmer runs the enterprises as a linked system.

How do I check my application status?

1. Log in to hadp.jk.gov.in with your registered mobile number.
2. The dashboard shows each component application at its stage; submitted, under verification, sanctioned or supplied.
3. Because component funds are interchangeable, the final mix supplied to you may differ from the mix you applied for. The survey and the departmental finalisation of interventions decide it.

Why IFS applications get rejected

• Holding too large for a project aimed at farms of about 0.5 hectare.
• Component already present on the farm, since the incentive covers only missing components.
• Duplication of a benefit taken under another scheme.
• MoU not signed, or refusal to maintain the input-output records.
• Farmer share of 20 per cent not deposited or arranged.
• Fishery proposed on rainfed land, where the guidelines require the area to be reallotted to horticulture instead.

Where do I raise a complaint?

• Use the Grievance link on hadp.jk.gov.in and track it under Grievance Status.
• Contact the Agriculture Production Department at 0191-2505201 (Jammu) or devagri-jk@jk.gov.in.
• The Nodal Officers for this project are the Director Agriculture Jammu and the Director Agriculture Kashmir, who oversee distribution of funding and monitoring at end-user level.

Kisan Sathi registration is free. Every component under this project is supplied against the 80:20 share, and no agent is entitled to a payment for arranging it.