| Sanction Date: | 26-02-2018 | |||
| Project Category | MG | |||
| Batch Year | 2017-2018 | |||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 3 Months Extension | |||
| BTA : | Livelihood Options and Employment Generation | |||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: | West district and Dhalai District | |||
| Organization/ Implementation Agency: |
College of Agriculture Lembucherra, Tripura |
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| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | ||
1. |
ICAR Research Complex for NEH region, Tripura Centre | |||
2. |
College of Agriculture Lembucherra, Tripura | |||
| Lead Proponent: | Dr. Ezekiel Reang Assistant Professor & In-charge, College of Agriculture Lembucherra, Tripura |
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| Project Brief Description: | Tripura is a hilly state in the north-eastern region of India and lies in five mountain ranges. Due to its geographical isolation, economic progress in Tripura state is hindered and poverty and unemployment continue. Most residents are involved in agriculture, horticulture, allied activities such as Horti-selviculture, livestock and fish farming. Women play an important role in the family's day to day livelihood activities. They show better appreciation of the need for conservation of forests and water resources, since they are more directly concerned with the collection of firewood and other minor forest products, as well as fetching water for meeting daily needs. They are also actively engaged in every stages of agriculture and horticulture production in the field, right from sowing till harvest and marketing. On the other hand, due to less knowledge and experience on improved and scientific method of cultivation of multiple crops. The availability of cultivable land is also limited as almost 55% of the state is hills and hillocks where normal cultivation practices cannot be followed. The paucity of plain land available for cultivation of agricultural crops is also an imperative cause for giving higher stress on exploring horticultural development on hilly terrains and introduction of crops of economic value by maximum utilization of land by growing multiple crops, preparation of value added product preparation, mushroom cultivation and crop diversification. In this context, a strong need is felt for livelihood intervention of the tribal poor through horticulture based eco-friendly development and promotion of women friendly entrepreneurship for livelihood improvement in rural area of Tripura, which may act as a very remunerative alternative to subsistence horticulture farming. To achieve this, locally available suitable measures will be taken up for promotion of horticulture based quality planting materials as well as nursery plant production and trade, processing and value addition of major and underutilized/ traditional fruits and vegetables. Additionally, improved technologies will be also provided for scientific multiple cropping such as mushroom, fruits, vegetables and flowers, with simple and locally available resources. |
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| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | Rural and interested women farmers among the two district. | |||
| Activity Chart (For 3 Years): | Click Here | |||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 96,52,640/- (Rupees Ninety Six Lakh Fifty Two Thousand Six Hundred Forty only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| Production of quality planting material of various horticultural crops (fruits, vegetables and flowers); | Establishment of 1 mushroom growing centre; | No. of planting material developed of indigenous horticultural crops, etc.; |
| Development, training and demonstration for preparation of processing and value added products from locally available fruits and vegetables; | Entrepreneurship and business venture establishment model (1) | Business venture /entrepreneurs developed (No) |
| Development of nutritional garden with the indigenous horticultural crops and medicinal plants as the main component and its conservation; | >1000 Rural women of different districts of the Tripura to be benefited from Horticulture techniques; | Periodic updates value added products developed (No.) along with the supporting Manual (No.) darft/published; |
| Increase income and socio-economic status of the individual/ SHGs or farmers group. | Development of nutritional garden with the indigenous horticultural crops and medicinal plants; | No. of Capacity Building Programmes/ Trainings conducted/ organized including No. of Stakeholders benefitted (No. of Rural Youth, No. of Women, and Total No. of Beneficiaries) with update on Income generation (Rs./ person); |
| Conducting skill building training and demonstration models (4 No.) for production of quality mushroom with help of rural woman and SHGs; | Policy framework/ draft (No.) for assisting the regional decision-making in scaling up the process for commercialization;. | |
| Increased income of beneficiaries (all selected beneficiaries). | Other Publications and Knowledge Products (Nos.). |
| S.No. | Name (Sanctioned Staff) | Qualification | Designation | Salary |
| 1. | 01 SRF @ Rs.28,000/- + HRA | |||
| 2. | 03 Field Attendant @ Rs.8,000/- per month |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment (Sanctioned Equipment) | Use of Equipment | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | Poly House | ||
| 2. | Laminar-AirFlow | ||
| 3. | Autoclave | ||
| 4. | Culture rack | ||
| 5. | Photoperodical rack |
