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marketing, fertiliser preparation, etc. These programs
significantly improved the lives of the community both in
terms of income and health.
Around 65 farmers were supported with the cultivation
of various types of crops such as leguminous crop,
Groundnuts, in Kharif season, which they successfully
cultivated, resulting in an average yield of 26kg groundnut
from 3kg of seed support. With the availability of excess
yield, families could use a portion for home consumption
as well. Through the course of this program, several farmers
were trained in the cultivation of commercial vegetables.
They successfully cultivated kharif and rabbi vegetables
such as bitter gourd, chilli, brinjal, tomato, fenugreek,
and ridge gourd. This was further made possible due to
the availability of harvested pond water. They were also
supported with the cultivation of moisture crops like gram
and beans to ensure utilisation of the field after harvesting
paddy crops. As a result of this program, net income per
farmer significantly improved due to increased area under
cultivation and yield from the field. The Initiative successfully
resulted in an overall yield worth Rs. 3.5 Lakhs.
As part of the floriculture program, over 44 farmers joined
the jasmine cultivation program. They were provided with
regular training, exposure visits, field demonstration on
aftercare, plant protection, and proponing practices. Among
them, 9 farmers initiated collective marketing for one
month resulting in a successful sale of 19kg flowers at Rs
400/kg.
Another initiative under this program was establishing 30
guava and jack fruit model plots of high yielding variety,
700 mango grafts and plantation of 700 cashew grafts by
35 farmers in individual plots. In addition to this, over 4500
saplings of bamboo, teak, and acacia were also planted on
the boundaries of these plots.

Training on organic fertiliser preparation was imparted to
the farmers to help them understand and adopt low-cost
organic techniques in cultivation. Further, to strengthen
the existing kitchen garden of the villagers, we promoted
the perennial saplings of curry leaves, guava, lemon across
150 families. This also involved an intervention to ensure
the quality of health of the villagers through the installation
of glass tiles and smoke tiles in the kitchen to allow clear
passage of daylight and reduction of smoke due to cooking.
A series of 5 training was also conducted,
focusing on various topics such as Jasmine
plot layout and its pit filling of Wadi pits,
plantation and staking of horticulture plants,
Organic techniques, Wadi aftercare and
stacking, weeding etc. This was followed
by a field exposure visit to a nearby project
area to train over 30 farmers on soil water
conservation and aftercare interventions.
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