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Women Empowerment

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Livelihood

Ankita Singh

75% of rural India survives on Rs 33 per day. India ranks 100 among 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index (GHI). Hunger and poverty are more pronounced in the rural landscape amongst small landholders and landless families. An intermingling of multiple phenomena has given rise to deep farming distress in the rural populace: including land fragmentation, limited technical skills resulting in traditional agricultural practices, lack of crop diversification as well as tapping existing opportunities in cash crops. Rising cost of agricultural inputs, non-existent market linkages, lack of irrigation infrastructure and institutional support for the most vulnerable farming and landless groups further fuels disempowerment. 
 PRADAN aims to overcome hunger and poverty through engagement on livelihoods in remote villages of India. When PRADAN started working through Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the village of Debgaon in Chhattisgarh four years back, lack of year-round food security and little income from agriculture were the most pertinent issue in this Adivasi village. Over a course of engagement with the women of the village, a new method of agriculture, System of Root Intensification (SRI), was introduced in all crops. There was initial scepticism in the village about abandoning the age-old traditional methods. But an exposure to another block where PRADAN was working on food security and new technologies in cash crops had convinced Kumari Bai. There was a way out of the farming malaise that had engulfed her and other families in the village. What started as one woman adopting new farming methods, soon picked up by everyone in the village. Integrating both the traditional knowledge of Indian farmers and modern technologies, SRI practice was also introduced through the use of traditional indigenous seeds which are resistant to pest and disease and have high nutrition value. SRI, trellis based creeper cultivation in the village and a strategy of mixed-multi tier cropping pattern ensured doubling of cereal production with farmers selling their vegetables in the nearby market and beyond. 
 Unsurprisingly, it was Kumari Bai who was the first woman in her village to venture into the market to sell vegetables - many barriers of patriarchy and entrenched social norms broke that day. Farmers like Kumari and others now earn more than Rs 30,000 through vegetable cultivation through the Machan system of agriculture. A woman farmer in this village led to this transformation. In its operations across India, PRADAN supports more than 370,000 women for their livelihood improvements through agriculture, market linkages, livestock rearing, and forest-based activities, promotion of enterprises and natural resource management. 270,000 farmers adopted improved production methods (SRI, DSR etc.) of paddy and 120,000 farmers’ intensified diversification to pulses, vegetables and oilseeds for food security, nutrition and combating effects of climate change.

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Community & Rural Development

As per the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) survey (in 2011), about 80% of India’s poor live in rural areas, and livelihood of most of them is dependent directly or indirectly on the performance of agriculture. The rural farm and non-farm incomes are interdependent such that a strong non-farm rural economy requires a vibrant agricultural economy.The COVID-19 outbreak exacerbated the suffering of small marginal farmers (SMF) as there was an absolute collapse of the rural economy - crops were not being harvested or if harvested were sold at throwaway prices as local haats and mandis were not functional. The farming community ran low on food stock and there was a huge erosion of whatever meagre savings they had. Across Eastern and Central Indian remote rural pockets, farmers are now are running out of capital for seeds, fertiliser’s and other inputs to sow the next batch of crops which feed their own families and the country. In this scenario, PRADAN with its direct presence in 10,000 villages of India across seven states and 500 professionals engaged in the grass-roots is in a unique position to ameliorate the aftermath of pandemic. Reviving the agriculture and allied sectors is now relevant and critical more than ever! Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Agri-entrepreneurs (AEs) would be the key focus areas to promote and facilitate sustainable agriculture, thereby revitalizing the rural economy. 
 There is need to work with farmers with a ew paradigm. We would need to balance the need of immediate farm incomes by intensive chemical-based agriculture and on the other hand the need for adopting sustainable eco-friendly agriculture practices. PRADAN has the experience on both fronts and can help our farmers to move towards adopting sustainable agriculture. We would be working with 2,50,000 farmers over the next few years so that we can have a measurable impact at scale.With the loss of income and erosion of savings, SMFs, do not have sufficient capital to invest in the coming sowing season. FPOs or similar organized Farmer groups can play the role of providing inputs like seeds, fertilizers, ploughing and other land preparation services to start sowing/cropping process. PRADAN plans to help set up and support 100 such FPOs, who in turn would support around 4,00,000 SMFs through providing such inputs and services on credit. For the coming years, the focus would be on cultivation of cereals, oilseeds and pulses to ensure food security at the household level as well as contributing to the national food security. FPO’s can play an important role in mending the value chain and provide some market assurance to its farmers.PRADAN would also promote 5,000 AEs who would provide various services like custom-hiring centres for small farm implements, providing vegetable seedlings, para-vet services for small ruminants and poultry, and marketing services to the farmers of various commodities. Some of them would also produce organic manure and plant protection products to be sold to the SMFs to reduce their dependence on chemical fertilizers and pesticides and reduce input costs. 
 We seek to garner support of INR 30 Lakh for the aforementioned 3 areas through this campaign. Your contribution will complement, fortify, and strengthen the assistance we are currently receiving from our other donor partners for these initiatives. Through these holistic efforts, farmers would be facilitated to attain gross annual Income level of ~INR 80,000 which will take them above the poverty line, leading to a virtuous cycle of growth. We look forward towards your support and contribution for facilitating the revitalization of rural lives.

Rural Economy Revival Post COVID-19 - Focus on Livelihoods and Food Security

PRADAN is one of India’s foremost agencies working on large scale rural poverty alleviation. Given the deep deprivation in rural pockets, particularly among tribal and vulnerable groups, we promote sustainable livelihoods, integrated with work on issues of gender, WASH, Health &amp; Nutrition, Climate Change, Education &amp; Skilling, and Governance &amp; access to rights and entitlements. Founded in 1983, PRADAN has been at the forefront of innovations in rural development. PRADAN has played a design improvement role in all major programs like the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP), National Rural Employment Programme (NREP), Swarnajayanti Gram SwarojgarYojana (SGSY), Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY), and National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and MGNREGA to improve the field implementation of the Government of India’s (GoI) rural development programs. PRADAN is the National Support Organisation to NRLM, the flagship rural development programme. PRADAN has helped promote sectoral Institutions like Tasar Development Foundation (TDF) and National Smallholder Poultry Development Trust (NSPDT), for small landholders which are among the largest organized efforts in the country. PRADAN’s innovations are adopted by government and civil society organizations at the national, state and local levels. As of March 31, 2022, PRADAN works with 9,63,324 families in 9,127 villages spread across 40 districts, 115 Blocks in 7 States, ~65-70% of who belong to the most vulnerable groups such as dalits (SC/ST) and tribals and PVTGs (Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups) (indigenous community). Along with this direct outreach, in collaboration with CSOs/Govt. dept., another 7,92,000 households were reached out to through various partnership projects. Our primary focus is to help people in marginalized communities (e.g. Small &amp; Marginal Farmers, Tribals &amp; Dalits, Minority Communities, Single Women, Widows, People Below Poverty Line, Women) develop their own skills and initiatives, instead of delivering services or solutions to them. We focus primarily on women because we believe that even people considered to be the most disadvantaged in society are capable of driving the change they need.

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