Key activities proposed
- System of Crop Intensification (SRI and Vegetable Cultivation):
The basic strategy will be to focus on communitization of the system for scaling up of SRI and any other upgraded technique, for which Krishi Sakhis will be trained and developed in the project area for promotion of SRI in the project area.
Strategy
- Identification and training of Krishi Sakhis is the prime focus. These Krishi Sakhis are members of SHG and practicing farmers, validated by VO. Krishi Sakhis are being supported on task based assignment from the project.
- The Krishi Sakhis will be supported in demonstration, training and day to day monitoring.
- The Krishi Sakhis on an average will be able to support 50-100 farmers per village .
- Capacity building at three levels
- SHG level/community members
- Krishi sakhis level/ CRPs i.e. community cadre
- Village Organization level/livelihood sub-committee level
Facilitation and Technical support from ICAR, Assam Agricultural University, KVKs and other Line Departments will be sought.
Livestock, Fisheries and Micro-enterprises intervention
Basic strategy will be identification of best practitioners in the field of animal husbandry like dairy, piggery and poultry. Thereafter, focus will be on organising these farmers into Producers Groups, to upscale their activities along with marketing facilities.
Handloom intervention
Basic strategy will be identification of best practitioners in the field of handloom. Thereafter, focus will be on organising these weavers into Producers Groups, to upscale their activities along with advanced handloom techniques, branding of products and marketing facilities.
- Farmer Field School will be initiated with the help of thematic project staff in selected VO initially in crop season. The existing best practices will be identified and documented for up-scaling.
- Development of IEC materials: Information on generic agricultural practices of different crops will be developed and disseminated through development of IEC materials.
- Promotion of livelihoods collectives: Producer companies can help smallholder farmers participate in emerging high-value markets, such as the export market and the unfolding modern retail sector in India. We build on the ideas of value-chain governance and collective-action literature and introduce the functions and organizational structure of producer companies in the state within this context. Already products have been identified, where farmers are in the form of loose producers collectives and intervention are required at different levels from ASRLMS.
Provision of livelihood support services for productivity enhancement/ value addition, livelihood diversification, market integration etc.
