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Intensification has been introduced allowing for
additional crops and augmentation of land and A total of 56 aggregation centres
water resources – land development, on-field
water control, irrigation and orchard provided services in 65+ villages.
development across. 40 youth have set up Aggregation centre with CLFs in MP
enterprises across the primary, secondary and
tertiary sectors. Partnerships have been forged got government mandate for
with Our Food, Next Connect, Vakrangi, FINO to procurement of produce under
establish franchisee-based rural enterprise Minimum Support Price program
models. Partnership has been done with India
Micro Enterprise Development Foundation (MSP). This is the first time a women
(IMEDF), School for Social Enterprises (SSE) for federation has got such an
supporting rural youth on enterprises options.
Additionally, demonstration of new cultivation opportunity in the state, leading to
practices, regular technical training for improved 10-15% increase in price realization.
practice adoption within existing crops was key
intervention. Commercialization of farm sector by
developing appropriate local solution
Additionally, the VCAs provided different kinds of mix brought 30 local youth as Value
farm-livelihood services, good quality vegetable
saplings to the women farmers, non-chemical Chain Actors, supported 12,000
/natural nutrients and pest repellents and farmers diversify into commercial
impetus for marketing efforts. During the project
period several new remunerative crops like farming including 2,500 farmers in
broccoli, fennel, marigold, mustard, select cash/vegetable value chain integrated
medicinal plants etc. were taken up by women
farmers and they received fair price through through formal or informal farmers
VCA-market linkage. This has created a high level collectives and brought 4 commercial
of confidence among the state-NRLM team that
farm livelihoods can be scaled up using entities engaged in procurement or Transforming Rural India Foundation ANNUAL REPORT 2021-22
this approach. processing.
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