Uttar Pradesh Diversified Agriculture Support Project-II
Project Location within Country: Uttar Pradesh, India
Name of the Client : Diversified Agriculture Support Project Government of Uttar Pradesh
Time Period: May 2009-May 2014

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

Diversified Agriculture Support Project (DASP) commenced on September, 1998 with the mission to intensify and diversify agricultural production systems through farmers' participation in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The DASP assisted Govt. of UP in its effort to accelerate diversified agricultural growth in the State in line with regional advantage of different agro-ecological zones (9). UPDASP Phase-1 focused on technology development (11%), demand-driven technology dissemination system (24%), rural infrastructure development (42%), public-private partnerships (3%), Project management and capacity for policy analysis (10%). The results and achievements of Phase-1 of the project are widely regarded as positive. Internal end-of project evaluations by the World Bank rate the project satisfactory on all kinds as is demonstrated by following summary points:

Institutional Aspects :

Productivity Aspects :

Rural Infrastructure Aspects :

It was envisaged that the DASP would cover all the 70 districts in the state in two phases (32 districts in phase I and 38 new districts in Phase II). The Project activities in Phase- II are expected to build on the successful initiatives of the initial project (Phase I), with the addition of new interventions to address emerging marketing issues – for both fresh and processed produce. Project activities are categorized into two components:

(i) Promoting Intensification and Diversification of Agricultural Production

(ii) Expanding Market Opportunities and Increasing Access

The DASP II covers 38 districts in the state spread across four zones. Within each district, all the blocks are included in the project. Thus, there are a total of 445 Community Development Blocks in the state, the maximum being in Zone II (146), followed by Zone III (132), Zone IV (89) and lastly Zone I (78).

Services Provided by NRMC :

As external M&E agency NRMC is tasked with following broad activities. In addition there will be some activities/deliverables that will evolve with the DASP II implementation.