The objective of the baseline study was to provide information specifically on, a) Household income and, in particular, the contribution from marketable produce, wages, external remittances b) Land holding, area, crops under cultivation, irrigation c) Access to water resources, viz., drinking water d) Health status and malnutrition among children e) Knowledge of government schemes and their beneficiaries, their participation and assistance from these schemes, and f) Poverty  situation based on a group of indicators. This information was meant to enable to project implementers assess the impact of the project on its beneficiaries after completion