By Gillian Wilson | Communications Director, IDEX
Horticulture is a key activity for Sahyog and its self-help groups. In particular Sahyog promotes planting native, drought tolerant plants that will yield crops both for sale and for consumption by the farmer.
The horticultural units need to be planted just before the monsoon season begins. However many of these plants take a year or two to bear fruit and for families to start making money from them. Sahyog recently reported that:
The previous 3 years’ trainings and horticulture promotion has supplemented income for villagers as some of the horticulture units have started fruiting and the excess is being sold for income. Sahyog hopes that more people will adapt horticulture units as supplementary income activities in the future.
Agriculture promotion has helped some of the SHGs build good relations, mobilize support for development, and successfully implement effective irrigation systems. Plants that are typically cultivated are Gooseberry, Mangoes, Lemon, Guava, and Coconut.
These income generation activities have enabled the villagers to increase production and earn more income during a drought year. Even better, Sahyog is working with governmental departments to generate sustained support for the families and provide them with more resources.
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