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Sanction Date: |
22-08-2019 |
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Project Category |
SG |
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Year |
2019-2020 |
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Project Duration |
3 Years + 06 Months and 27 Days Project Extension + 07 Months Project Extension + 04 Months Project Extension + 1 Month Project Extension |
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BTA : |
WRM |
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Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
Namsai District, Arunachal Pradesh
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Organization/ Implementation Agency: |
Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI)
A T Road, Chenijaan, Jorhat, Assam-785001 |
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Project Partners: |
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Name |
Roles & Responsibilities |
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Rain Forest research Institute, Jorhat, Assam
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Planning and execution of project works |
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Arunachal Pali Vidyapith Society, (UId: VO/NGO AR/2014/0076007), Vill: Chongkham, Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh. Pin: 792102
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Assisting by providing manpower and guiding in community participatory activities & organization of training etc |
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Lead Proponent: |
Dr. Prosanta Hazarika
Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI)
A T Road, Chenijaan, Jorhat, Assam-785001
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Project Brief Description: |
Namsai distract of Arunachal Pradesh is situated at the juncture of Eastern Himalaya
and Patkai Range of Mountains, under the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot. Tai Khampti,
Singpho, Adi, Deori and Mishing are forests dwelling tribes that transforms the original
landscape into habitat and various land use activities. Presently the district has 178 villages
and major populations are Tai- Khamptis. There are two types of land system in Khampti
villages, i.e. individual and community land. Every household has homestead, wet rice field
and dry land cultivation. The remaining village land earmarked community under various
activities such as pasture and forest land that belongs to the customary ownership right of
the Chauman (village headman). The emerging trend of privatization of landed property and
prevalent customary rights of ownership of land vested in the Chauman has created
inequality in land holdings. Increased population pressure and small land holding families
caused the biodiversity and natural resource depletion. As such, with time their traditional
agriculture and other livelihood practices become unsustainable. Till now, there is no
specific management plan of homegardens all over the region though it has tremendous
contribution to greening the nature.
Hence, introduction of agroforestry to their traditional homesteads may be a viable
alternative to optimize land and bioresources utilization in eco-friendly manner. It will help
in enhancing the productivity, promote ecosystem services, and ensure conservation and
sustainable use of biodiversity.
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Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: |
Khampti community and other inhabitants, SHG of the Namsai district will be benefited.
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Activity Chart (For 3 years) |
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| Project Objectives |
Quantifiable Deliverables |
Monitoring Indicators |
| Optimizing land use with integration of productive components of local bioresources to existing traditional homesteads to switch into a productive high density agroforestry system |
• Establishment of agroforestry in homesteads as pilot mode through participatory approach (At least 5 plots) |
• Number of Homesteads developed (Nos.) |
| Value addition & skill development to generate superior products of marketable grade for sustaining livelihood and capacity building. |
• Develop the market linkage of value added products (10 Nos.) |
• Number of value added products are developed (Nos.) |
| Motivate the younger generation for self employment exposing with modern technologies |
• Organize Technology awareness camp (15 Nos.) for sharing knowledge for sustainable utilization of bioresources |
• Number of training and awareness programmes conducted (No) |
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• Exposure training to young entrepreneurs (10 Nos.) |
• Number of beneficiaries village/ local people (Nos.) |
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• At least 04 Knowledge products: 02 Research publications including journal articles, 01 book chapters, and 01 policy briefs. |
• No. of Reports/Research articles/Policy documents prepared and published (Nos.) |
