Improving livelihood status of small and marginal and women farmers through integrated development of vegetable crops
Duration : 2004-2010
Location : Gorakhpur and Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh
Supported By : National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation, Nashik, Maharashtra
Focus Area : Scientific packages of practices in olericultural interventions for improved livelihoods
Tag Words : Scientific packages of practices, Small and Marginal and women Farmers
The project focused on the dissemination of scientific and technology-based solutions for integrated vegetable cultivation. The programme aimed to adopt scientific packages of practices by helping small and marginal farming communities in district Gorakhpur and Kushinagar.
- The key activities undertaken
- Technological Innovations at Farm Level like low tunnel poly house and IPM.
- Varietal evaluation and replacement of old varieties of vegetable crops.
- Development of Community Institutions and Business Models.
- Development of post-harvest technology.
- Outcomes
- Scientific packages of practices reduced 25-30% cost of cultivation..
- Nursery within low tunnel polyhouse ensured plant survival by 95 percent.
- The extension and dissemination services through 17 community institutions like Agro Services Centre (ASC), Farmer Field School (FFS) and Self-Help Group (SHG) have played critical role in scaling up the technologies and high yielding varieties of vegetable crops with special focus on onion and garlic..
- Multi-layered farming system with appropriate crop combinations reduced various input costs by 25-30%.
- 517 small and marginal and women farmers increased their income by 25-40%