Impact Evaluation of KSNDMC

1 Page i Impact Evaluation of KSNDMC Help-Desk Services Implemented by The karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, Government of karnataka , Bangalore Aditya Chavali V Ramaswamy G Shivakumar Nayka K A Ambarish S Subramanian Center for Economic Studies and Policies Institute for Social and Economic Change Nagarabhavi, Bangalore-560 072 March 2013 Page ii ACK NOWLE DG EMENTS We are thankful to .. karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Cell, Bangalore For sponsoring the study.

2 Dr. V S Prakash Director, karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, Bangalore For giving us opportunity to undertake this study and for all the encouragements and help rendered to us. Prof. R S Deshpande Director, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore For providing constant support from initial stage of study to the finalization of report. For spearheading the work and without his prodding this study could not have been completed. Staffs of Institute for Social and Economic Change and karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Cell Bangalore For their excellent timely support Respondent in the selected districts of State level officials District level officials Taluk Level Officials Farmers Media For participating in the interviews and discussions and providing valuable information and suggestions.

3 All those who have directly & indirectly involved in the study. Usual disclaimer applies. -Authors- Page iii Table of Contents Acknowledgement .. ii List of Maps .. iv List of Figure .. iv List of Tables .. iv List of Appendix Tables .. vi Foreword .. vii CHAPTER I: Introduction .. 1 CHAPTER II: Socio-Demographic Profile of Respondents .. 10 CHAPTER III: The Farmers Responses .. 19 CHAPTER IV: The Officials Response .. 38 CHAPTER V: Summary and Recommendations .. 41 Appendix .. 45 Page iv LIST OF MAPS Map : Distributions of respondents by household income.

4 12 Map : Distributions of respondents by type of land owned .. 14 Map : Distribution of respondents source of information about KSNDMC .. 20 Map : Distribution of number of respondents contacted to KSNDMC .. 21 Map : Distribution of time frame of information sought from KSNDMC by respondents .. 25 Map : Distribution of respondents nature of information sought from KSNDMC .. 27 Map : Distribution of usage of information sought from KSNDMC by respondents .. 29 Map : Distribution of respondents level of satisfaction about KSNDMC .. 35 LIST OF FIGURE Figure : Distribution of sample respondents by size of the household.

5 11 Figure : Distribution of respondents by number of time calls made to KSNDMC .. 22 Figure : Distribution of sample respondents by duration of each call made to the Helpdesk .. 23 LIST OF TABLES Table : Hazards for which KSNDMC provide technical services .. 3 Table : List of stakeholders for the study .. 6 Table : Officials responded for emails and the telephone calls .. 7 Table : Type of response got for the telephone numbers of farmers provided by KSNDMC .. 8 Table : Age of respondents .. 10 Table : Distribution of sample respondents by educational level .. 11 Table : Distribution of sample respondents by type of lands owned.

6 15 Page v Table : Distribution of sample respondents by type of crops grown .. 17 Table : Distribution of sample respondents by type of resourceful officials contacted .. 18 Table : Distribution of sample respondents by nature of problems in getting Connected to Helpdesk .. 24 Table : Distribution of sample respondents by sharing of information .. 30 Table : Distribution of sample respondents by use of information by others .. 30 Table : Distribution of respondents by type of usage of information by others .. 31 Table : Distribution of farmers Sow seed irrigation and got rain next day .. 32 Table : Distribution of farmers by status of crop sown.

7 32 Table : Distribution of farmers by type of problem .. 33 Table : Distribution of farmers by extent of loss under gone .. 33 Table : Distribution of respondents by number of times affected prior to the Helpdesk services .. 34 Table : Respondents not affected/undergone loss after receiving the technical advice from KSNDMC .. 34 Table : Correlations between the key variables and the level of satisfaction .. 36 Table : Distribution of sample respondents by nature of suggestions .. 37 Table : Distribution of sample respondents by receipt of SMS and other services from KSNDMC .. 39 Table : Distribution of sample respondents by usefulness and continuation of the services from KSNDMC .

8 39 Page vi LIST OF APPENDIX TABLES : Officials response .. 45 : Additional farmers data .. 45 : Distribution of respondents by household income .. 46 : Distribution of respondents by type of land owned .. 47 : Distribution of respondents source of information about KSNDMC .. 48 : Distribution of number of respondents contacted To 49 : Distribution of time frame of information sought from KSNDMC by respondents .. 50 : Distribution of respondents nature of information sought from KSNDMC .. 51 : Distribution of usage of information sought from KSNDMC by respondents .. 52 : Distribution of respondents level of satisfaction about the KSNDMC .

9 53 : Questionnaire for various officials .. 54 : Questionnaire for farmers .. 55 : List of farmers contacted .. 56 Page vii FOREWORD One of the major historical drawbacks in meeting the challenge of drought was the availability of rainfall data without delay. Experience in the policy circles revealed that the response to drought was delayed because of the non-availability of the rainfall data and also lack of knowledge about the deficiency in rainfall. Dr. Prakash, Director, karnataka State Natural Disasters Monitoring Centre ( KSNDMC ), worked tirelessly in order to bring real time rainfall data-sharing with the help of telemetric rain gauge stations.

10 This work began a few years back and the success is unimaginable with a good speed. Now, KSNDMC has established rain gauge stations in every hobli of karnataka and the data are available for every point in the day for 24 hours on all the 365 days. The data are directly transmitted to the central server located in KSNDMC . These data are also used in generating weekly, fortnightly and monthly reports to monitor without any delay and respond to the call of drought or flood. The natural calamities thus, could be well responded within 24 hours using the network of officers, farmers and other implementing agencies.