The project aims to work in direction of curbing land degradation and building capacity of community on different fronts for a better living.
Project Objectives:
1. To improve the food security of small, marginal & landless farmers including women headed families through land development, farm bunding and other capacity building training.
2. Increased integrated farming activity including agricultural and horticultural inputs for recovery of livelihood systems of most vulnerable landed families in drought hit villages.
3. Construction of wells under MNREGA.
4. Construction of 500 smokeless cook stoves.
5. Rejuvenation of 10 defunct water structures. (through MNREGA)
6. Providing paddle pump to widow and women headed family for irrigation.
Project Activities:
1. Formation of village development committee (VDC) and village forest protection committee (FPC).
2. Formation of SHGs.
3. Formation of BMCs.
Project Outcomes:
1. Land improvement for 150 farm families for optimum water utilization.
2. Asset creation in the land of tribal and deprived community members through MNREGA.
3. Most scientific agro-horticultural input package for 300 families based on agro- climatic conditions.
4. Facilitating groups to avail the provisions of NRLM for initiating livelihood activities on their own.
5. Empowered community to form groups and bargain collectively for better right in decision making and watershed development.
6. Capacity building of the government/ other institutions on integrated farming system on watershed basis for sustainable development.