| Sanction Date: | 19.06.2020 | |||
| Project Category | MG | |||
| Year | 2020-2021 | |||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 02 Months Project Extension | |||
| BTA : | LOEG | |||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
Almora District of Uttarakhand |
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| Organization/ Implementation Agency: | Secretary, Green Hills Trust Kranti Kutir, Poorvi Pokhakhali, Almora Uttarakhand- 263601 | |||
| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | ||
| 1. | National Collateral Management Services Ltd Team Towers, Plot No: A-1/2/A, - Industrial Park IDA - Uppal, Hyderabad - 500 039 | |||
| Lead Proponent: | Dr. Vasudha Pant |
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| Project Brief Description: | It is well known fact that agricultural biodiversity is on a decline at an alarming rate and human diet has narrowed significantly with nutrition be ing provided by very small number of plant species. Due to its wide-ranging benefits coupled with the fact that there is hardly any systemic research carried out in India, it is important to study such species with an objective of bringing them into mainstream so that humans can reap the benefits of Stinging nettle. It is rare to have species where all the parts have economic value and nettle is one of them. Hence, it will be in the interests of the society to dwell further into hidden aspects of nettle and exploit it for human welfare. This project addresses multisectoral problems by bringing an underutilized species into mainstream agriculture and subsequently part of local diet thereby addressing the nutritional issues. Vrikshayurveda practices are the means to save the local biodiversity as in vrikshayurveda a lot numbers of high value non-wood economic plants (weeds) including nettle which have high medicinal and nutritional value are being used to prepare and important decoction (Kunapjala) for good health of plants including their protection from various insects and pests, need to be explored and adopted on priority basis. Apart, development of value-added products creates opportunities for women of the hilly region to improve their livelihood through sustainable income generation. | |||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | Local population |
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| Activity Chart (For 3 years) | Click Here | |||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 97,06,000 (Rupees: Ninety seven lakh six thousand only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
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• Standardization of harvesting protocol. • Validation of traditional knowledge with regard to consumption and processes. • Raising awareness regarding nutritional potential and livelihood generation potential of nettle. • Standardization and validation of nettle-based preparation of Kunapjala an important decoction of Vrikshayurveda based agriculture for its used in various selected crops of district Almora. • To test the decoction for its medicinal and nutritional values. |
• Plantation of Urtica dioica in wasteland (20 ha) • Document on nutritional profiling of stinging nettle and its products • Developing value added food products, supplements and processes using stinging nettle (at least 8 nos) • Development of nettle based Kunapjala and its testing as plant growth promoter and plant protector. • Demonstration and imparting training to 1000 people from 25 villages (covering 11 blocks), including 600 women and 400 youth (> 300 people from SC community). • Creating awareness on benefits amongst local population (at least 5000 people mainly from SC community) |
• Area planted (ha.) • Number of products developed(No.) • Documents on nutritional profiles of stinging nettle and its products (No.) • Number of people to participate in awareness/training and demonstration program (No.) • No. of Stakeholders benefitted (No. of Rural Youth, No. of Women, and Total No. of Beneficiaries) • Technology Transfer Manual for Rural Entrepreneurs/ Eco-entrepreneurs etc. and other Publications and Knowledge Products (Nos.). |
| S.No. | Name (Sanctioned) | Qualification | Designation (Sanctioned) | Salary (Sanctioned) |
| 1. | 01 JRF | @ Rs.31,000/- + HRA | ||
| 2. | 01 Project Co-ordinator | Rs. 25,000/- | ||
| 3. | 01 Project Assistant | @ Rs.15,000/- | ||
| 4. | 01 Field Assistant | Rs.10,000/- |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment (Sanctioned) | Use of Equipment/ Details | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | Food processing equipment- Rs.2.30 lakh, RI detector- Rs.5.20 lakh, Water activity meter- Rs.4.40 lakh, Bomb calorimeter- Rs.1.80 lakh, Flame Photometer- Rs.0.60 Lakh, Electronic balance- Rs.0.75 lakh, Manual chaff cutter machine- Rs.0.10 lakh, Electronic weighting machine- Rs.0.10 lakh, Agricultural tools & implements- Rs.0.25 lakh, Sonication bath- Rs.0.25 lakh, Laptop- Rs.0.80 lakh, Sprayers, Mixer, Grinder, Juicer and Fridge- Rs.0.45 lakh. | 17,00,000/- |
