There are 442 projects that match your search.
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India
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Biodiversity
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2013
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16,696.40
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/2013/15/GUJ01 |
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?India has the largest area under pearl millet and this crop is at the third rank after rice and wheat production in India. Today, farmers? concern is mounting as the cultivation of traditional millet seeds like Bajra, Jowar, Ragi, and foxtail is ( ... )
ing year by year. The local farmers in the region of Gujarat in India discuss that millet production is shrinking and are slow to adopt the millet farming and are confused as government policies promote the use of chemical inputs that are forcing them to use of traditional varieties production transgenic seeds that influence the farmers? perception of less production if traditional varieties are
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India
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Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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33,710.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/2013/24/MP01 |
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? The three tribal communities involved in the project (Koel, Gond, and Bhumia) are dependent for their livelihood on selling fuel wood from the nearby forest to the town market. These communities prefer to stay in the forest but the livelihood ( ... )
unities are shrinking for them.
? The project focuses on conservation of indigenous seeds varieties and promotion and conservation of medicinal plant species in Parsmania Pathar.
? It is proposed for bringing more than 250 acres of land under organic food grain production involving about 350 farmers in 10 villages thereby producing more than 1350 quintals of food
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India
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2013
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33,487.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/MF/2013/13/KAR05 |
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Project Activities:
- Undertake the preservation of the natural resources mainly land, water, vegetation to sustain life on the said lands
- Maintaining ecosystem and to prevent exploitation of these resources by some section of the society and ( ... )
ng equitable
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India
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2013
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38,710.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/2013/18/RAJ01 |
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?Rajasthan has always been a water deficit state with erratic rainfall pattern due to its geographical and agro- climatic situation in the area, it has faced recurrent droughts practically once in every three years. These droughts results in ( ... )
ge of food, fodder and water. There is also a great variation between their supply and demand.
?The Average annual rainfall in the whole State is 531mm, but it ranges from 100mm in Jaisalmer District to 800 in Jhalawar District.
?With an acute shortage of water with the average availability for 2-3 months only, Water has to be fetched from great distances of an average of 10-14 kms.
?Most
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India
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Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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41,274.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/2013/31/MP04 |
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? The Gond tribes for thousands of years have been relying on their own harvest and identifying, selecting and storing the best seeds for their food security.
? Due to industrialization of agriculture and green revolution, the new improved seeds ( ... )
een promoted. These seeds though have high yields and have shown positive results in the increase in food production but have degraded the biodiversity of the area.
? At present the hard crops like koddo, kutki as well as mecca have been replaced by wheat, paddy, and cereals, which require more external inputs and effect tremendously to adverse situations like drought, pest, diseases etc. This
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India
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Biodiversity
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2013
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32,565.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/COMDEKS/SGP/2013/05 |
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The project opens the avenues for eco-tourism as an enterpise to conserve biodiversity in the Kausani valley region located in Almora district of Uttarakhand state of India. There are 11 villages hit by the exploitation of natural resources like ( ... )
and land degradation creating inappropriate environment to grow crops and vegetables. This has moved villagers to leave their tradition to grow cereals. Nature tourism provides resources both financial and physical for long term conservation of natural resources and incentives to improve biological diversity. Thus, mitigating the threats and producing the socio-ecological production landscape.
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India
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Biodiversity
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2013
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34,533.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/COMDEKS/SGP/2013/06 |
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The project provides opportunity of practicing livestock based livelihoods to the rural communities residing around Himalayan ecosystem in Haldwani district of Uttrakhand state of Indian sub-continent. Last decade has witnessed rampant deforestation ( ... )
l erosion in the area. The implications counts loss of soil fertility and effects are visible in livestock too. Considering Himalayas one of the fragile ecosystems the project seeks for a relief for 7 villages which through available animal population will establish a firm sustainable dairy model as a source of livelihoods. Improvement in animal health, medication, breeds will enhance milk and
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India
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Biodiversity
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2013
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34,906.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/COMDEKS/SGP/2013/02 |
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Doon Valley is well known for its biodiversity and the Rajaji National Park (RNP) situated in this valley was created in 1983 which is spread in three districts of Uttarkhand State. The Park has the largest area representing Shiwalik Eco-system ( ... )
is the home to a large number of animal, bird and plant species. This is surrounded by 66 villages which are historically dependent on forest resources for their livelihood and approximately 50,000 cattle enter the park daily for grazing. This puts enormous pressure on the Park and its eco-system. With support from Sir Ratan Tata Trust and GEF/UNDP SGP, a demonstration alternative livelihood
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India
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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29,032.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/2013/25/MAH02 |
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Stree Mukti Sanghatana (SMS) is working in the field of Solid Waste Management in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai and kaliyan ?Dombavili for last 13 years. SMS has developed several projects and later on handed over them to cooperative of waste pickers ( ... )
ated by SMS). One of its projects in Kalayan Dombivili Municipal Cooperation is already displayed on UNDP website in Best Practice section. Over the years SMS has developed training manuals for waste pickers in composting, life skill development and leadership training and has been recognized as training Institute for waste pickers by Municipal cooperation of Greater Mumbai. SMS is license holder
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India
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2013
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28,911.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/ 2013/04/KAR02 |
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Project Objectives:
- Strengthening livelihood of 300 small farmers in 200 hectares
- Minimize soil erosion and increase soil fertility
- Increase ground water table and increase sustainable agricultural practices
- Convert degraded land into ( ... )
e land
- Increase local green cover- vegetable cultivation, horticulture and forestry
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India
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2013
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39,535.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/ 2013/10/TN01 |
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The goal of the project is to enhance the marine fishery resources and improve the socio-economic conditions of the fisher folk. It is emphasized that there is a decline in the stocks of fishery resources in the inshore waters due to over fishing ( ... )
vironmental degradation. Coastal traditional fishermen are suffering due to decline in the fish production and are struggling very hard to come above the poverty line. This activity envisages increasing the bottom hard surface of the inshore area to facilitate the settlement of benthic fauna and flora leading to the increase in the total biological production of the artificial reef area. This
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India
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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31,174.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/ 2013/21/RAJ04 |
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? Rajasthan is the largest State in India with a population of about 56 million and holding about 14% India?s cultivable land, of which only 1% is irrigated and categorizing it the most water deficit state.
? The socio-economic condition of the ( ... )
is very poor due to various natural vagaries like recurrent droughts, low productivity of land, traditional practices and area specific resource poverty.
? The adaptability of climate change is very poor in the state and it saw 27 droughts in 50 years, and as a result the land productivity has gone down, soil salinity and erosion increased, vegetable cover reduced and common property resources
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India
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2013
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16,129.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/2013/17/GUJ03 |
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?The area under project was considered as a drought prone area in the past and even though the quantum of rain fall has improved but because of the geographical structure of the area, water was running down from seasonal Fofal River. Due to ( ... )
uous runoff, many problems have been occurred in the area such as land degradation, crop failure, migration of people to urban areas, social unrest, unemployment and the waste of valuable human resources.
?The project is based on the river?s catchment area and the hard core activities in which 35 families and 130 hectares of land are targeted and 34 wells have to be recharged with an additional
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India
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Land Degradation
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2013
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2,419.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/2013/28/MP02 |
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? In the project area, the livelihood of people is in jeopardy as fish fauna is depleting due to habitat destruction, invasive species, increasing anthropogenic pressure and destructive fishing.
? Due to siltation there is a problem of ground ( ... )
recharge and flooding in the agriculture fields which is in turn is affecting the traditional decision making and conflict resolution systems, widespread ignorance about the various conservation issues among local people on one hand and government departments on the other.
? Samvardhan has started this project in the area of Bembla basin of Karanja Taluka of Washim District for the conservation
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India
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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33,700.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CC/2013/02/KAR01 |
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Project Objectives
- Upgrade the technical and entrepreneurial skills of the communities in adopting and offering low carbon /renewable energy technologies
-create dissemination to spread the use of low carbon technologies.
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India
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Biodiversity
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2013
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21,869.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/BD/2013/03/AP01 |
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Project Objectives:
- Enhance coordination for sustainable use of resources with improved livestock management to reduce forest dependency and conservation of forests.
- Capacity building and facilitate transfer of technology to FMCs (communities) ( ... )
- Enhance fodder requirements to eliminate migratory rearing and to facilitate conservation of forests and biodiversity.
- Institutionalizing FMCs with Govt. programs, and gram
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India
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Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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36,968.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/2013/26/MAH03 |
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? 1,253 of the indigenous tribal families such as Koli Mahadeo, Thakars and primitive tribes such as Katkaris, living in the valleys of the Ghod and Bubra rivers have been displaced by the construction of the Dimbhe dam, which submerged eleven ( ... )
es and destroyed the croplands in another thirteen villages. The project is located in 1,200 hectares of a significant fragile ecosystem of Western Ghats.
? Shashwat helps these local communities to develop small scale fishing activities in the dam reservoir and improve agricultural production. The reservoir has been stocked with fish and the local population is supported to obtain fishing
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India
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Chemicals
Chemicals
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2013
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36,702.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/2013/22/GUJ04 |
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? After the massive earthquake in January 2001, a temporary housing site was developed for the affected communities of Bhuj City and this area was later designed as a permanent relocation site for the poorest sections of the society. Around 300 ( ... )
were constructed and it has been decided to connect the site to the main sewage line of the city which became complicated and expensive.
? 2,600 households from 13 areas have been studied where Sakhis collect household waste of 340 gram per household.
? Bhuj city does not have a Sewage Waste Management system in place that addresses the need of its citizen and also the methods in the place to
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India
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Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
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2013
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35,474.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/ 2013/07/KER01 |
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The goal of the project is to promote climate friendly farming practices and livelihood enhancement opportunities through community initiative in order to (a) facilitate the generation of renewable energy at the farm -household and community levels ( ... )
rease carbon sequestration and storage in plants and soils,(c) strengthen agro-biodiversity ,(d) augment income and employment at the farm-household and community levels through gender sensitive enterprises,(e) improve the skill and knowledge of the local community through capacity building /appropriate training
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India
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2013
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28,839.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: IND/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/ 2013/20/RAJ03 |
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Gramin Vigyan Seva Sansthan (GVSS) is an NGO registered under society Registration Act 1860 on 13 Sep 1988 . GVSS has approximately eighteen years of experience and has implemented projects such as ?Conservation and Management of Natural Resources? ( ... )
mote sustainable agriculture and improved livelihoods with emphases on biodiversity aspects. It has provided irrigation facilities to poor farmers and promoted the techniques of using organic manure, compositing, plantation and providing seedlings to the farmers for promoting agro- forestry. These activities improved economic condition of the poor and marginal farmers as well as rural women.
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