Women Protect Land & Promote Self-Reliance, India
Organic farming in India
Summary
Promote organic farming to ensure food security, conserve local biodiversity and empower poor women in Bihar, India, to build economic livelihood opportunities for themselves and their families.
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Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,475 was raised for this project. |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
A consequence of modern agriculture is the introduction of high yield uniform crops, which seriously erodes the local variety of seeds, degrades soil nutrients and ultimately increases the cost of farming. To combat environmental degradation resulting from non-sustainable farming, Manavi trains women on alternative farming methods that reduce the use of chemical inputs. The project will work with 100 women to practice sustainable farming and identify opportunities to improve their livelihoods.
Activities
Organize 100 women into self-help groups to manage income-generating activities and build linkages with banks. Train women on leadership development, sustainable agriculture, seed conservation and new livelihood opportunities.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,475
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $2,475 . The original project funding goal was $13,310.
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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
1oo women will improve the livelihood conditions of their lives and their families. The women will develop their skill for decision-making to become more self-reliant and engage in sustainable income-generation activities.
Project Message
There is a strong demand for education and health – mainly for girls and women, most of whom are illiterate. As SHG members need to read and write women are more eager to educate their daughters.
- Annu, Secretary (Excutive Director), Manavi
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Katherine Zavala
Programs Coordinator, IDEX
827 Valencia Street, Suite 101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
415-824-8384
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Manavi
Professor's Colony Shiv Pahar
Dhumka,
Jharkand
814101
India
91-6434-226885
http://www.idex.org/partner.php?partner_id=5
Manavi's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
 Self-Employ 100 Women in Organic Farming in India |
 Self-Employ 100 Women in Organic Farming in India |
 Women in India Protect Land & Foster Self-Reliance |
Where this Project is Located
Country
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India
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Environment.
For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 26, 2007
Latest Update from the Field
Final Report
By Yael Falicov - Director of Programs, IDEX, August 08, 2008 06:57 PM
243 self-help groups (SHGs) have been formed in 17 village districts, with a total of over 5,000 women members. The women meet weekly to discuss issues affecting them and to turn in their weekly savings quota of approximately US $0.15. The savings can be withdrawn at any time and serves as an emergency fund when needed. They take out loans to support their farming and other related income-generating activities, which they pay back to the group.
The women receive training on organic farming and seed saving. The idea of worm compost has been very successful and communities gradually understand the importance of compost better with time. As a result the demand for building worm composting pits is increasing quite a lot. To meet this growing demand some banks have agreed to provide soft loans to the farmers for the construction of bigger compost pits. Farmers are not only creating enough compost to use in their fields, they are selling some too. Additionally the use of organic pesticides has enabled the women to control 60% to 70% of pests.
58 SHGs have been linked with different banks. Normally it takes six months to consolidate a formal relationship between an SHG and a bank. After six months of bank transactions, these groups are eligible for bank loans or other kinds of assistance.
25 SHGs have been able to mobilize financial supports from banks and Manavi, with a total investment capital of over US $16,000. Most of these groups have invested in activities related with agriculture, animal husbandry, trading of locally consumable items such as fishery, vegetables, fruits etc.
Federations of SHGs have been initiated in more than 10 districts. We are encouraging the federations to take up issues like atrocities perpetrated on women and adolescents, dowry cases, health & education related issues, and other village and district-level development projects.
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