By Suresh Pradhan | Project Leader
During the reporting period, community awareness, expansion of livelihood base and & allied activities was the focused intervention among the vulnerable communities to reduce the impact of Covid 19 pandemic and reduce the barriers around them.
Our target group is General Public, returned migrant workers, daily wage earner, women headed households, farmers , young adults and adolescents
Community Awareness: In 300 villages meeting had been organized with the active engagement of adolescent group and peer leaders and increased creating awareness among the households regarding the new infections now a days . the awareness mainly focus in terms of covering in terms of covering one’s mouth and nose with a tissue/elbow when coughing or sneezing ,avoid spillting in public places, using masks in crowded spaces and frequently making a practice of hand washing.
Promotion of Climate Resilient Agriculture: Millets being the traditional & climate resilience crop among the people which can be grown even in upland with very low water availability and high nutritious value in all respect, we have joined hands in materializing the government efforts in the state. We have spread our reach to 4 blocks of three districts for this activity and cultivated 1538 hectors of lands with the involvement of 3342 farmers. During the reporting periods period we have organized various activities like : Organized village meetings for millets recipe demonstration and importance of millets production, millets food festivals, awareness campaign for millets procurement, promotions of millets tiffin centers, exposure visit among farmers, organize various farmers field schools and demonstration of various organic manure to promote NPM based cropping system, which resulted the following.
Organization Building: During the reporting period we have given specific emphasis on promoting and capacity building of the farmers producer organization and producer groups. Regular meeting have been organized in 24 producer groups and women farmers producer organization board of directors, which resulted the following achievements
Production enhancement: In production enhancement component we have achieved following results during the reporting period i.e
Value edition and Marketing: This is one of the new and important area we are involve to ensure marketing of the products and give a good and assured income to the vulnerable households. The following are the major activities and achievements which are mention below:
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