CONTENTS

Chapter 1 (Preface and methodology) 2 Chapter 2 (Introduction) .3 Chapter -3 (Value Chain wise project interventions) ..4-5 Field Observations .5 Technical Support ..6 Experts field visit/consultations ..6 Table showing District and Block Level Training /Workshops..6-7 /Exposures organized Supply of Medicines & other inputs8 Suggestions based on Field Observations.9 Chapter 4 10-14 Chapter 5 ..15-17
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Chapter -6 .18-19 Chapter -7 ..20-21 Chapter -8 .23-25 Chapter -9 .26-37 Few more footprints of happiness from Uttarakhand Livelihood .38-47 Improvement project for the Himalayan

Chapter -1 Preface and methodology The report presented here is a brief description of various project endeavors. The methodology adopted for collection of data covers field visits to few clusters, selected on random sampling basis. In fact out of total 11 clusters two clusters were visited for grabbing the qualitative data from the field. During the field visits the federation members SHG members, business promoters and community resource persons were interviewed. For giving the relevant statics data base of District Management Unit have been analyzed. Data available in MIS section of DMU is presented in various sections.

For sampling of field areas the prominent value chains in each cluster have been identified and data of 20% of the value chains have randomly been verified through field visits. For analyzing the adoption of various enterprises undersigned prepared a ranking matrix and gave it to the concerned experts for quantifying the various aspects such as leadership, enterprise selection, marketing and benefit sharing. While interaction with DMU assistant managers, other experts and DPM were contacted and interviewed. Apart from above, special visits were done to have interaction with Chief Development Officer; the secretary of District level Cordinating and Monitoting Committee(DLCMC), field team and executive of private promoter M/s SOS organics private limited, Chitaii and the expert empanelled for technical support. Present assignment is being completed in a short period of five days thus there is a chance of some shortcomings for which undersigned will be solely responsible. While presenting the report, undersigned want to extend his sincere thanks to all the individuals and institutions directly or indirectly associated during the field visits, and report preparation process. Special thanks are due to villagers who patiently answered the queries raised as part of field observation. Last but not least I want to acknowledge the inputs given by DMU team, the District Project Manager and Mr. Girish Tiwari, Assistant Manager Enterprise Development. (Suresh Chandra Khanduri)

Chapter -2 Introduction:
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ULIPH in district Almora, is serving 203 villages in three development blocks viz : Bhasiyachana, Lamgara and Dhauladevi covering total 13 Nayay Panchayats.As per revised well being ranking exercise conducted in the year 2009-10, total household coverage is 12102 households. This consists of 1st vulnerable category of 1933, 2nd ultra poor- 3623, 3rd hard core poor- 3035 and 4th moderate poor -3521 households. Project interventions are mainly focused on the households from category I - III. ULIPH in district Almora has formed 722 SHGs and 10 Self Reliant Cooperatives in all 11 clusters, with the assistance of partner NGOs (including 01 PACS and 03 registered societies). Total 7304 HHs have been organized through 722 SHGs out of which more than 90% are exclusive women SHGs. In last fiscal year (Since April 2011 to March 2012) total saving is INR 35.9 Lakh while the cumulative saving is INR 155.1 Lakh of total 722 SHGs. Savings in FY 11-12 are --% higher than last year FY 10-11,thus the average saving per member has increased by INR 47.00 per month. All the project interventions are aimed to 1. Empowerment of the poor by taking advantage of the opportunities created by the on-going efforts to empower local bodies. 2. The integration of self-help groups (SHGs) with local self government institutions as a means of generating positive synergies between economic advancement, social, institutional development & empowerment. 3. Priority to the development of areas where rain fed agriculture is practiced, in recognition of the preponderance of poverty in these areas, activities to include micro-watershed development, waterharvesting and overall natural resource management; 4. Targeting of rural populations, with a special focus on the scheduled tribes and scheduled castes, as well as on women, in recognition of the higher incidences of poverty and vulnerability as well as generally lower social status of these categories.

Chapter -3 Value Chain wise project interventions To empower the federations and create the self reliant community based organizations, ULIPH, has coined various direct field interventions. The range of activities covers capacity building programs through formal trainings, technical support by intensive field surveillance and beneficiary consultations. Demonstrations units are established for dissemination of new technologies and advance package of practices on farmers fields, at suitable locations, having wide demonstrational value. In current fiscal year 11-12 the details of various value chain interventions are illustrated below in activity wise tables. Demonstrations: The activities have been acknowledged by beneficiaries as one of the most beneficial learning experience because the demonstrations are being carried out at field level in the real geo-climatic and cultural setup. The experts mobilized for conducting the activity have also observed that community setup gives the villagers more friendly environment to learn and ask about the various doubts regarding economics, required technical knowhow and other operational aspects. Some of these units have attained the excel level, and reasons for others not at par with need to be assed anticipatorily by the experts and the beneficiaries.
Table 1.1 showing various demonstrations

S.N.

Activities 1 Apiculture (Bee Keeping Programme) 1 2 Demonstration input-output center 1 3 Enterprise Seed Production 1 4 Demonstration of Kharif & rabi vegetabe crops 5 2

Demonstration 400 6 IGA SME 105

Achievement 400 6 No No 97

6 Demonstration of Kharif & rabi Spice crops 2 7 Demonstration of vegetable seed production 1 8 Demonstration of zero cool energy chambers 3 9 sheet etc. ( mulching sheet Demo ) 3
Demo. Of inputs other than seed, Plastic Crate/poly Demo of Other innovative Crops (Orchard Dev., house demo ) 3

48 10 3 2 1 500 450 901 10 50 100 6 2 5 50000 200000 50.0 qtls 20.0 kg 50.0 Qtls 20.0kg

42 9 3 2 2 500 450 901 10 50 111 6 2 5 45000 200000

10 Floriculture, Strawberry, Mushroom etc) ( shed net 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Demonstration of Empty cement beg cultivation 3 Distribution of DOCs 3 Construction of backyard Bada 2 Establishment of Mother units 1 Establishment of Rearing /micro unit 1 Micro dairy demonstration 1 Fodder bank Demonstration2 Milk collection center demonstration 1 ILDC establishment 3 Rosemary Demonstration 2 Lemongrass Demonstration 2 Ban haldi Demonstration 2 Marigold Demonstrations 2

Field observations:
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Out of above 23 numbers of demonstrations 08 have come up as the prominent value chain as a major enterprise in various clusters,

2. In some clusters the demonstration units have come up as a centre of excellence, but attempts should be made to cherish these units as best practice centers.
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08 demonstrations could not come up as prominent value chain but could emerge as a vital activity in near future. 06 have proven a best practice for supporting the prominent value chains in the clusters.
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Technical support

DMU extends its support to federations, SHGs and the individual entrepreneurs through informal meeting, consultations , site visits, evaluation and by assessing the feasibility of the proposals submitted by SHGs and federations for support and financing. Once proposal/enterprises accepted for the support then it gets further assistance through supply of material, finances and management training. Apart from above DMU gives the visioning and exposure to the community by conducting the demonstrations on different techniques, new cash cropping patterns and other potential livelihood options. Brief descriptions of all the activities under this category are summarized below. Experts field visit/consultations: As a follow-up activity professionals deployed at District Management Unit conduct regular visits to the enterprises. In these visits subject matter expert discuss the does and donts with the entrepreneurs in presence of other team mates. In the process other assistant managers also get the indicative check list for guiding the field endeavors carried out by the beneficiaries. District project manger also accompanies some of the visits to see the communication flow and assess the impact of trainings carried out as well as the follow-up process. In case of major problems governmental extension services used as specialized inputs the description of the same is being included in training inputs section. Table showing District and Block Level Training /Workshops/Exposures organized
S.N. Activities 1 Workshops and Exposure Planned Achievement Target 1 1 Cost Table organic farming 7

2 Trainings and Campaign 3 Workshops and Exposure 4 Trainings and Campaign 5 Exposure and workshop 6 Trainings 7 Exposure 8 9 10 11 12 13 Training Exposure Workshop Training Exposure Training

7 2 15 7 18 34 5 3 11 21 2 5 3

8 2 8 8 11 24 2 6 9 14 2 4

Apicultur e Apicultur e seed productio n seed productio n Horticult ure Horticult ure Kurolier Kurolier Kurolier Dairy Dairy Map

14 Workshop & exposure 15 Training 16 Exposure 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Training Exposure Training Exposure Training Workshop Exposure

2 Map eco

9
8 4 2 5 1 7 1 2

3 tourism
3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1

crp eco tourism crp Cmre Cmre Lrbme Lrbme Viewing Viewing Viewing

Monitoring and facilitation: DMU team through field visits continuously supported the field operation ahe details of the same is presented below.

Table shows the DPM level inputs extended to the field.

S.No Cluster Name of Officer AM(TS) AM(ED) 1 Bamanswal 2 Sirsoda 3 Jamradi 4 Naini 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Motiyapathar Badiyar Bisht Bhanauli Gurunabaaz Jainti Dhyadi Danya TOTAL 8 8 7 6 22 18 6 6 9 9 5 104 22 22 6 9 8 12 12 9 6 6 8 120 AM(EPCB) 4 7 4 4 5 11 12 7 8 5 7 74 DPM 22 22 11 9 12 6 6 12 8 8 9 125 No of Field Visit during year 56 59 28 28 47 47 36 34 31 28 29 423

Supply of Medicines & other inputs: To sustain the enterprises established District Management Unit, assisted the federations by supplying the quality material such as germplasm, pesticides, cattle & poultry feed and a wide range of agricultural implements including drudgery reducing post harvest machines. These items were given to the federations for further extension on cost sharing basis. Sl.No 1 2 Name of Item Seeds Pesticides Descriptio n of activity Vegetable seeds, Cereals Organic grade Quantity Unit Quantity Cost in Lacs

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Cattle feed Kuroliers feed Post harvesting Implement s

Pallets Pallets, Mixture Graders, threshers, pulvelizers, Refrigerati on and Storage Cans, cream separators etc.

Suggestions based on Field Observations:

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Community level workers managing the IOC and LRBME need to trained and sensitized to regularize the stock inventories, investment and profit statements, The details of different items supplied by DMU through IOC and LRBME need to be shared with these centers so that in case of any demand in future they may have an option of contacting the vendors and suppliers directly. Any such example of direct procurement by these community institutions could be treated as a success indicator for ULIPH. For running the IOC and LRBME centers Gram Panchayat and other community owned infrastructure should be opted to minimize the operational cost, In case of issuing major assets to the community the same could be registered in GP asset register so that the cost of maintancence in case of major breakdowns could be managed through GP funds.
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Chapter -4 Type of interventions in Each Value Chain: To fulfill the primary objective of improving the livelihood of vulnerable groups in a sustainable manner through the promotion of improved livelihood opportunities and strengthening of local institutions that relate to livelihood development, self help groups were made the pivotal point of all project interventions. Confederations of these village level groups were done to develop a wider network for assisting the strengthening rural communities categorized in 1st to 4th well being of ranking. DMU Almora has made attempts to support various value chains in the ruaral areas. The strategy, process and data regarding input and out puts is being narrated in the section Enterprise building general strategy and process: 1. The Federation members have been motivated to encourage SHG members to follow the ladder approach, while undertaking any enterprise each entrepreneur, initiating any enterprise is motivated to
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start with low or no investment options like backyard poultry and later can expand the same. 2. The livelihood interventions are constantly improved quantitatively and qualitatively so that it could become a viable enterprise. The process is continued till adequate extension services and investment support is attained. 3. In each cluster the prominent value chain is expanded systematically through adoption and replication to establish a feasibly marketable volume of produces 4. Through organizing buyer- seller meet at district level market linkages are established. 5. For fetching the optimal prices due emphasis is given to grading, semi-processing, branding and packaging of produces. 6. For establishing external market links federation are also encouraged to explore the marketing possibilities on their own. 7. Due emphasis is being given to do the business through federation, for promoting inclusiveness and collectiveness. As a result the producers are getting premium price of the produce. In present scenario 90 % member have taken share holding of the federation which shows the confidence of people on federation. 8. Established the linkages of CBO/Federation with insurance company for providing insurance services in the region. The variety of insurance will be livestock, life insurance, health insurance, agriculture insurance etc. for risk coverage for the enterprise. 9. Develop a cadre of local community resource persons as Para extension workers for providing timely support to bridge the technological gaps. 10. Attempts to develop a system for ensuring the income to service provider by introducing a nominal fee from the producers. 11. Organizing camp in close collaboration with line department at district level for raising the awareness level of producers on current governmental schemes, programs and facilities. Micro Dairy development strategy and process:
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Identification of suitable pockets based on available skill of community, availability of local support resources and also where the marketing of milk is disabled due to poor connectivity.

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In such areas training inputs provided on hygienically collection, grading, storage and value addition through processing in form of Ghee, Butter and paneer (Cheese) etc. These low volume high value products can economically transported to nearby markets. For ensure additional income of the producers due focus is given to composting for its use in agriculture to improve the soil quality for higher agriculture yield.

Kuroiler Units development strategy and process: Identification of suitable entrepreneurs from the targeted community based on past skill, experience, availability of local support resources such as space for making sheds and willing to work as per the project guidelines. Mother units play the role of resource centers for the concerned cluster. 2. Mother units are developed by careful selection of beneficiaries from the self help groups and are supported through finances, training, material and market support. Mother units, federation and DMU enter into a tripartite agreement with clearly defined scope of work for each party. 3. Cluster level federations keep a close watch on operations of mother units and create a peer pressure on them for better performance and repayment of loans availed. 4. Through business promoters DMU ensures surveillance and services. 5. Rearing units are spread around mother units and are also supported through finances, training, material and market support. 6. In initial phase local youth having good communication skill and relatively wider experience are deployed as community resource persons for a span of two to three months for motivation and awareness raising works. 7. For each rearing unit concerned Self Help Group, assists in general monitoring and facilitate in trouble shooting and the repayment process. 8. DMU assists the rearing units in establishing coordination with local markets like butchers and other poultry rearers. 9. The federations are involved in marketing so that in future they could do it proficiently.
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ensuring the regular supply of the chicks DMU also links the federations and mother units with the local hatcheries such as SNK Smarak, Pantnagar Directory of Kuroiler stakeholders is in process and later 11. DMU also conducts market promotion activities such as advertisement through printing pamphlets and other IEC material 12. For optimizing the benefit of the enterprises due focus is given to No. of cycles. It helps in ensuring the feasible marketable volume of produces and regularizes the availability of Kuroilers in the market. 13. Each rearing unit is given the mandate to supply the Kuroilers to micro units of 50 to 100 birds capacity in other households of village or even outside the villages of cluster. 14. LRBME also provide the market outlet for retailing of the egg as well as meat . Off Season Vegetable development strategy and process:
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Each member of the federation is motivated to cultivate off season vegetable round the year on an average in an area of 2 to 3 Nali per
Nali = 200 square meter area).

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To ensure production round the year protective cultivation the technologies such as Poly House, Shed Net, Poly Tunnel, Mulching etc are demonstrated and promoted through financial and technical support. To ensure availability of water construction of LDPE tank, Rain water harvesting tank and Community water tanks are being promoted as per the site conditions. Community Resource Persons identified, trained and deployed from local targeted villages have been trained to support the awareness and extension services For the purpose of local collection centers and as an entry point for forward and backward linkages input output center have been established in each cluster. Collective marketing of produces is being promoted by the federations. Attempts have been made to link the federation with mother dairy and other private promoters. Federation is also taking their technical expertise from seed to market. To mitigate the risks idea of crop insurance has been introduced.
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Convergence with line departments for disseminating the information regarding the schemes and services practiced regularly. Promoting Spices cultivation, strategy and process:

1. Each member of federation is encouraged to cultivate spices on an average in an area of 2 to 3 Nali (1 Nali = 200 square meter area). 2. The Turmeric, Ginger, Chili and Coriander having good market demand have been promoted. 3. To ensure optimal yield production protective cultivation measures such as Poly House, Shed Net, Poly Tunnel, Mulching, etc. are being promoted. 4. To ensure availability of water various harvesting techniques like LDPE tank, Rain water harvesting tank and Community water tank etc. are being promoted. 5. Local youth having good communication skill and relatively wider experience are deployed as community resource persons for a span of two to three months for motivation and awareness raising works. 6. Input- output center have been established in each cluster. 7. Collective marketing of Spices been promoted through federations. 8. Attempts have been made to link the federation with mother dairy and other private promoters. 9. Federation is also taking their technical expertise from seed to market. 10. To mitigate the risks idea of crop insurance has been introduced. 11. Convergence with line departments for disseminating the information regarding the schemes and services practiced regularly. 12. . To get premium or the better prices off farm activities like grinding units have been established in the project areas. 13. Linkages for post harvest management and value addition has been established with a local promoter having expertise of marketing the Himalayan agricultural produces at very profitable prices i.e SOS located at Chitai village only 08 kms from district. Non Farm Sector development strategy and process:

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Linkages with public sector enterprises; the District industry Corporation (DIC) It will help in giving an additional opportunity for marketing the products generated by various federations. The Samadhan, SRC Federations has developed the expertise in production of FMCGs like Phenol and liquid soap, DMU is assisting in marketing through its retail outlets situated at district level. DMU team has also started the communication will district administration for working out the possibilities of marketing the same to district hospitals, PHCs and other departments which required such products. Marketing of the liquid soap produced by one federation will be done through village level SHG. As this product have potential of high demand at household level thus feedback from the consumers will be collected to improve in the product quality and making it widely salable in open market through other shops also. DMU is trying to link the federation with financial institution and banks. Regular inputs are provided to SHGs and Federations for proper upkeep and maintenance of the stock, sale and profit statements to manage the enterprises.

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MAP development strategy and process: 1. Attempts to motivate maximum number of federation members to cultivate spices. 2. The Alovera, Rosemary Lemongrass Banhaldi and Marigold having good market potential have been promoted. 3. To ensure optimal yield production protective cultivation measures such as Poly House, Shed Net, Poly Tunnel, Mulching, etc. are being promoted. 4. To ensure availability of water various harvesting techniques like LDPE tank, Rain water harvesting tank and Community water tank etc. are being promoted.
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5. Local youth having good communication skill and relatively wider experience are deployed as community resource persons for a span of two to three months for motivation and awareness raising works. 6. Collective marketing will be promoted as except Alovera other crops are yet to be harnessed.

Chapter -5 Data on enterprises developed during the year 2011-2012

Kurolier : The enterprise is generally opted by the households having less or no land holdings. Out of the total 1710 benefiting from this mode of livelihood ---are women headed HHS, ---are SC/ST and ---are others. On an average from a mother unit of 1000 birds capacities, the range of monthly benefit is from Rs. ---/ per month to Rs--- per month. Initially beneficiaries practiced only 3 cycles in a year which have now gone up to 6 cycles in more than 40 % in units. General improvement in seen in the health status of women and child health. The mother units have supported total from 50 rearing units while further down wards 901 micro units have been established. While the above rearing units through adoption and replications have helped up back yard kroliers. All the enterprises established have paid their share of contribution within the stipulated period. Rate of Kurolier meat are 50% higher than the general chicken available in the market, while the egg also fetches 200% higher rates. As the farm fresh meat and eggs from ULIPH supported Kroliers have been established as high value product thus the sell in local market are on even on higher rates. None of the beneficiary has complaint about problem in marketing of its produces.
S.N. Activities Quantity

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Total No of HHs Enterprises IGA ME Replication By HHS

1710

1650 60 299

Micro Dairy : The enterprise is generally preferred by the households of 2nd 3rd and 4th WBR category having no land holdings to small farmers. Out of the total 111 micro dairies enterprises 95 are women headed, while 16 are being managed by the male members. 16 beneficiaries belong to SC/ST category. On WBR ranking 05 units are of 1st category, 58 from 2nd, 47 of 3rdand 01 unit of 4th category households. On an average from a micro enterprise having 02 cattle units, the range of monthly gross benefit is from Rs. 2500/ per month to Rs 4500/ per month. The difference in range of benefit is due to the fact that the milk yield and the price are low in case of cow. Table given below shows the details of enterprises in this category.

S.N. 1 Total No of HHs 2 Enterprises A IGA B ME C SME

Activities

Quantity 164 40 111 13

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Rural Non Farm Sector: As the landholding and support infrastructure for land based activities in the targeted villages are limited thus non farm sector has also been considered as a supplementary livelihood. In village matkaniya under the cluster Gurnabaaj which is being associated with an international ecotourism agency Village wez 22 households are practicing home stay tourism. While out of 52 Community Managed Rural Enterprises (CMRE) spread over 11 clusters, only two are being financed by the ULIPH, rest came up as adoption and replication category. These 50 units are being facilitated through SHG loans. Nine Local Rural Based Micro Enterprises (LRBME) are being facilitated by the ULIPH finances and support.Statics of LRBME and CMRE is being given in statics and economic section. In Dhyari cluster 22 beneficiaries are engaged in weaving as a support livelihood option. ULIPH team assisted these weavers by giving them affiliation with local Khadi Gramodhyog Board unit situated in Almora. Table given below shows the details of enterprises in this category.
S.N. 1 2 3 4 Ecotourism CMRE LRBME Weaving Name of Activity IGA ME SME Total 20 50 0 22 0 0 9 0 1 2 0 2 1 52 9 24

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Chapter -6 Type of enterprises in each Value Chain: Through analysis of the data available at DMU level, prominent value chains in each cluster have been identified and data of 20% of the value chains have randomly been verified through field visit. The table illustrated below shows the cluster and federation wise value chains. The adoption ranking is been analyzed through available data and the ranking of each federation is being done through interviewing the federation members during the field visits in 20 % samples, while for others DMU assistant managers were contacted and interviewed. The ranking shown in the table is indicative based on semi structured questioner having qualitative assessment. Table showing cluster/Federation wise value chains
S.N o Cluster Federati on Value chain Adoption ranking Ranking on 01 to 10 scale for 1-Leadership, 2-Enterprise selection, 3-Marketing 4-Benefit sharing

Sirsoda

Chetna SRC

Kurioler, Micro dairy, OSV Kurioler, Micro dairy, OSV OSV

Baman swal

Maa Purna Giri SRC Pragati SRC

1. Micro dairy 2. Kuroile r 3. OSV 1. Micro dairy 2. Kurioler

1- 05 2-05 3-04 4-04 1- 08 2-09 3-09 4-09 1- 08 2-09 3-06 4-08 21

Motiyap ather

1. OSV

Jainti

Bisjula SRC

Kurioler, Dairy, MAP, Seed Production Kurioler, Seed Production, MAP Kurioler, MAP

1. Kuriole r, 2. Dairy, 3. MAP 4. OSV 1. Kuriole r, 2. Seed Produc tion, 3. MAP 1. Kuriole r 2. Dairy, 3. MAP,

1- 07 2-06 3-08 4-07 1- 06 2-05 3-06 4-06 1- 04 2-04 3-05 4-05

Bhanoli

Navoday a SRC

Badiyar bist

Samadha n SRC

Garuna baj

Jhakhers em SRC

Bee Keeping, Kurioler,

Danya

Ekta SRC

OSV, MAP, Dairy, Kurioler Kurioler, Dairy, Seed Production,

Jamradi

Nari Ekta SRC

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Naini

Pragati SRC

OSV, Spices,

1. Bee Keepin g, 2. Micro Dairy 3. Kuriole r 1. OSV, 2. MAP, 3. Dairy, 4. Kuriol er 1. Kuriole r, 2. Dairy, 3. Seed Produc tion, 4. MAP 5. OSV 1. OSV, 2. Spices , 1. Kuriole r, 2. Weavi ng

1- 04 2-04 3-04 4-05

1- 07 2-08 3-05 4-06 1- 08 2-09 3-09 4-08

1- 09 2-08 3-07 4-09 1- 05 2-05 3-04 4-04 22

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PACS

Kurioler, Weaving.

Chapter -7 Prominent value chain in each cluster Table given below shows the comparative analysis of turnover of various federation, in FY 2011 and 2012. Data revels that in all the federations there is an upwards trend in terms of gross turnover, which shows a progressive trend and potential of further upwards growth. It has been observed that in each federation the examples of adoptions and replication are continuously increasing thus the federations have potential of growth, besides the fact that many unexplored enterprises are yet to be harnessed optimally. Thus based on the data provided by DMU Almora, (MIS/ ULIPH/DMU/ Almora ) it is suggested that to sustain present trend and for assisting the federations to attain self sustainable level ULIPH should continue the marketing support for next 3 to 5 years treating these federation as collective livelihood endeavors and establishing the same as centre of excellence.

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S.N Name of federation Value Chain Turn Over From Value Chain 2011-12 in Lac 17.00

Maa Purnagiri Swayatta Sahkarita Chetna Swayatta Sahkarita

Dairy, O.S.V.

Dairy, Kuroiler

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Bisjula Swayatta Sahkarita

Seed Production

2.5

Navoday Swayatta Sahkarita Pragti Swayatta Sahkarita, Motiya Pathar Nari Ekta Swayatta Sahkarita PACS Samadhan Swayatta Sahkarita Pragti Swayatta Sahkarita Naini Jhakarsem Swayatta Sahkarita Ekta Swayatta Sahkarita Total

Seed Production

1.7

O.S.V

O.S.V., Map

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Kuroiler O.S.V., Dairy, Non form sector O.S.V.,MAP Bee keeping

0.3 1.15

9 10

1.5 0.57

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MAP, O.S.V., Kuroiler

7.00 38.82

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Chapter -8 Value Chain Wise federation Turnover

The current section deals with the turnover of each cluster showing the data presented by DMU for each prominent value chain wise. Community preferences were the basis of enterprise selection in each cluster; the DMU experts rationalized the demand and helped in filling the gaps.

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Data of enterprises Enterprises developed in the district are summarized into following categories. Benefeeries belong to S.N . Name of Enterprise Category of Enterprise Income Microenter Small Generatin prise Micro g Activity Enterprise (IGA) (ME) (SME) 1182 0 0

Enterprises established through seed production/cr ops 2 Through Bee 158 0 Keeping 3 Horticulture 1685 23 4 SWC 175 0 5 Kroiler 1650 50 6 Micro Dairy 40 111 7 MAP & 470 0 Forestry 8 RNFS 92 9 Ref: CT-05,CT-06,CT-07,CT-08,CT-09,CT-09,CT-10
Ref MED-1 Cluster wise data showing IGA,ME,SME

0 0 0 10 13 0 5

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Chapter -9 Case studies: The section deals with the success stories as narrated by the villagers and the federations. In some narrations the statics as told by the beneficiary is given, which may not appear totally realistic on logical framework but is placed as such as community satisfaction stattement. Rural communities of district Almora have proved that if given accompaniment and technofinancial support, they can change the face of villages by reviving the rural enterprises. Few success stories narrated by the villagers are briefly plotted here. The statics shown in the stories are placed as per the assessment of community. In 2nd section the statics drawn by the DMU experts are also placed as few more footprint... Stitching became the way to cut the miseries Anita devi is a village women resides in village. Few years back while coming back from the forest after fetching the fuel wood head load she found a gathering of village women sitting around a city girl dressed uniquely in the panchayati chauk of pradhan bakhli. Due to the curiosity and urge of relaxing for few moments she unloaded the wood bundle and came close to the gathering, in fact it was a meeting convened by the local NGO; INHERE worker Sunita didi. The point of discussion was about deciding the loan from the self help group of village women. Anita already knew about SHG from her young daughter. She saw the fresh currency notes being given to one of her neighbor without any guarantee and paper formality and that too in the village itself. She was impressed because her husband complains about banks tough paper formalities, every time, when she asks him to start a new business through availing some loan from the bank situated in local market --- only ---kms away from the village. She could not resist her wish to be to be a member and asked about it, yaa didi ji how can I become a member of this group. Everyone present in
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the meeting turned their face and starred her surprisingly because despite of repeated episodes of motivation by her friend in the village and the NGO staff, she always denied for the membership because her husband never approved the idea. This time she convinced her husband Pappu lal, who works as agriculture labor in the village. Now Sunita devi recollects her memory and tells that when she joined the group 03 years back the membership was of Rs. 20.00 per month, which was later revised, when the members started asking frequently & even higher amounts as loans for meeting the demand for initiating or supporting some income generation related activities. She also applied for the loan of Rs. 25000/- and returned the same timely to the group by paying the installment of Rs. 1500/- per month. In fact all the members of the Jai Vaishnav devi SHG helped her in repayment by giving her orders of stitching the cloths for them and their children. So now her cutting and tailoring shop is working well as she delivers the services in stipulated time as agreed at the time of taking the order. She proudly acknowledges that on an average basis she earns Rs. 4000/- per month and gets enough time to see her aged in-laws & children as the shop is within her house itself. Thanks to the Ajivika pariyojna, which gave Sunita a new recognition, as now she is a shop owner and people call her by her name, she no longer is only the wife of Pappu but a proud individual also. Other members of group now sometimes come to Sunita Devi from other villages of Jamradi cluster to ask how she did so well. She shares it openly and tells it was the support of her family and group and also the learnings from the project trainings that made her strong enough to face the challenges. Dream came true through a village shop Mrs. Tulsi Devi w/o Mr. Chandan Singh has a childhood dream of owning a shop as she used to see the shop owner sitting comfortably away from the struggles and hassles unlike her mother, father, elder brothers and sisters in tough rain fed agricultural & other household chores in her parental village. After marriage even she had almost forgotten the dream and compromised with the situation. She started working for more than 16
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hours to fulfill of definition of being a good wife , a mother and moreover to support her husband in raising the family at least at sustenance level. In the year 2007, she heard about Ajivika pariyojna and also about forming Women self help group in her village -----.She along with 08 other women came forward for organizing a meeting and finally Jaigan Ghati SHG was formed. The idea was to bridge the scarcity of cash flow through small monthly savings for the dry months when there is no harvest and no other means of cash or kind income. They also knew from their friends and kens of adjoining villages that the group if does well, through savings and inter-loaning, may get some support from the local bank and even the project will provide seeds of high yielding varieties, insecticides, medicine, feed and some monitory support too. So Tulsi devi asked for a wish from her goddess---- to kindly give them all strength and willpower for making the group a really functional and active. She helped the NGO worker in convinced her co-members, to regularly attend the meetings deposit their due share and pay the loans consumption or economic well in time. The group raised the share of monthly contribution from Rs. 20/- per month to Rs. 50/- for making their capital sizable enough to sustain the demands of all the needy members. She becomes the 2nd member of the group who availed the facility of loan of Rs. 80000/- at a time by pooling the capital from the bank CCL, group savings and ULIPH support .The purpose of the loan was to start a general store in the village. Tulsi devi and her husband were trained by the project staff to learn the delicacies of running a shop. The couple worked hard to get enough to repay the loan amounts of Rs. --per month and got success in settling the amount in just ---- installment. Now some times Tulsi Devi laughs on her childhood dream and smiles as she knew that even shopkeepers have to work hard to run the shop. The happiness in Tulsis family has given positive induction to other women in the village to motivate their life partner to take some concrete step for raising the family income. Tulsis family now earns Rs. 5000/-monthly. Infect her success has made conducive environment for other villagers also as now project functionaries can think of supporting others in Tulsis village and cluster.
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Cultivation in Empty cement Bags The Naini cluster of Dholadevi block and Motiapather cluster of Lamgara block of Almora district is 70 kms far away from the district head quarter both are very remotest hilly terrain always subjected to adverse climatic conditions , landslides areas resulted in community migrated areas for the search of livelihood means . Villages fall under both the clusters are very remotest not approachable by the roads and detached from any type of input supply .Agriculture and allied sector being a main activity of livelihood is not able to provide the ensure production for the food requirements of the community due to geographical conditions adverse climatic conditions and always attack of wild animals and ultimately severe migration . Migration caused the adverse massive changes in the village economy only older age people is living in the villages and young mass have been shifted to the big cities . Now the challenges start to the older age rural community for the survival in the villages for the food and finally the food security, nutritional security as well as balanced food by the production of agriculture produce from the land based activities and became the dream for land less community to get the food security and nutrition security.

Rural poor community of both the cluster is getting food grains from the PDS or village grain store or grain centre but both were not able to get the vegetable round the year as per the daily requirement for the human being from the production and other outer supply system due to the very remoteness, geographical conditions and always adverse climate conditions with subjected to attack of wild animals resulted in no production. It was great challenge or dream for the rural poor community of without land to get the fresh vegetable round the year for food security and nutritional security. Uttrakhand livelihood Projects for Himalays ( ULIPH) , IFAD funded properly known as Ajeevika is working in both the blocks with the objective of to provide sustainable livelihood interventions to the rural poor community
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and being implemented in the area since 2007 . ULIPH staff along with Partner FNGOs Formed the SHG of rural women and identified the drudgery reduction technologies foe the agriculture production because women is back bone of hilly agriculture , Agriculture activity is fully depended on women so food , nutritional security and balanced food availability based intervention is primary objective of the project n the concern clusters. After analyzing the problems and opportunity and finally the SWOT analysis for the vegetable production to the land less community by the utilization of unused locally available waste materials which is easily available round the year on cost basis or their own, That is named as Empty Cement Beg Cultivation (Uses of cement beg after complete disposal of cement from it). A demonstration was conducted with the 50 Nos. of HHs for the rural community. 10 Nos. of unused empty cement begs or plastic begs or wooden crates or any such type of materials for per HH were used . height of the materials filled with vermin compost + mud and kept them in to the house area or around the house and 5 types of vegetable seedling planted in these 10 begs , HH level water was used for the irrigation or very small quantity of water was used ( After the meal water is used for hand wash etc.). Vegetable seed lings were planted in the month of june 2010 or planned according to vegetable growing seasons. No additional work / wages for management , crop watching were required for the production of vegetable . Out of 50 women 30 women purchased the begs @ Rs. 2/ beg while other managed own . All the women purchased the vegetable seeds or seedlings from village @ Rs. 0.50 / seed lings from village level nursery. Total cost per beg was Rs. 10 15 per vegetable in 34 months vegetable period and returned were Rs. 40 60 in same periods women told that they have eaten the vegetable in sufficient quantity and after that sold the vegetable of Rs. 30 35 from each bag.
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Result of the demonstration showed that every land less rural poor started to get the fresh vegetable as per tier own needs for the food and nutritional security and after that they started to sell the surplus vegetable on cash basis in villages or bear by areas , Every HH with 10 begs is earning Rs. 1500 1800 / year after their own consumption of vegetable . and they are saving Rs. 2500 3000 / year on vegetable expenses and round the year they started getting fresh vegetable at their doorsteps . The unused material is being used for the productive purpose and protection against environment from polythene as became degradable. By this techniques total increased 1.25 ha under vegetable in each cluster with involving 500700 HHs rural poor. By the project intervention in the villages of concern clusters was only 500 no at presents more then 1000 HHs are engaged in this activity and started earning the money at local village level and ensure the food security . This intervention resulted in positive indicator for the ensure vegetable production in any conditions for the land less or landed community at the doorstep and additional area increased with disturbing the existing cropped area. This activity is expanding in all project and non project areas with the stake of 5000- 6000 HH. Rural poor is going to link this activity with MNREGA and existing Federation of the cluster for the mass production by utilization of MANREGA used cement begs and marketing / business of surplus produce through federation. Massage:Right Technology with right intervention as per need implemented with local resources a vision symbol model of community owned sustainable enterprise. A collective endeavor has changed the lives of the entire community Lamgara block is one of the most remote areas in district Almora of Uttarakhand state. The topography of the block is scattered, 15% family has migrated from the villages to urban areas and adjoining area of the market due to unavailability of the resources.
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The main source of earnings of the villagers of the lamgara block is agriculture, livestock, vegetable production and temporary wage labour, which was not sufficient for fulfilling the need of the entire house hold members. As per survey 60 % of HHs belongs to poor and poorest, annual income is less then INR 12,000 although villagers have sufficient agriculture land but the productivity, technology and prices were major issue. Apart from this as concerned livestock they were rearing low productive animals due to lack of best practices and knowledge. The food production from these areas was not sufficient to feed them; on an average food security was only 6 to 8 months. Therefore, almost one member form each HHs members have to move urban area for at least 10 months to find temporary labor. The economic, social status and awareness level was low and they seemed to be frustrated and had low self esteem. Most of the villages were not connected by the road due to this they are unable to market their produce individually. In April 2006 the Uttarakhand Livelihoods Improvement project for the Himalayas (ULIPH) has selected this block for the implementation of project activities. The project is joint venture of IFAD and Uttarakhand Govt. being implemented by UGVS a NGO formed by the state government. After analyzing the need of the area through participatory approach the project firstly gathered to the women of the area through forming their self help groups and involve them in saving, credit process and linking them to the banks, under this process project has formed 72 SHGs in the 18 villages of Bamanswal cluster of Lamgara Block. To meet out the challenges of the area, the project has also formed a federation of 72 SHGs which is registered under self reliant act Maa Poornagiri Swayat Shakarita Lamgara with the following objectives:To provide backward and forward linkages on agriculture, livestock, horticulture and other non farm sector based products for ensuring economical and social development of its members.
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To provide financial support to the entrepreneurs for establishing enterprise through collaboration with formal and non formal financial institution. The federation prioritized the economic activities by listing out from the existing activities based on the market demand, technical knowhow, ecological environmental and availability of inputs locally. Livestock, horticulture has become weighted activity in this region. Project with the support of the federation has provided demonstration of 30 qtl potato seed of kufri jyoti to the 50 members in 2008, which have shown its positive result. In the second year project has provided 50 qtl. potato seed of kufri jyoti to additional 80 members with technical knowledge. In 2010 federation has purchased 100 qtl. potato seed for its 154 members through interloaning. On the other hand the project has also provided demonstration of 10 micro dairy and 159 micro, mother and rearing unit of kuroiler. As result additional 28 micro dairy has been established through financing from formal and non formal institution. Apart from this one kuroiler mother unit (having the capacity of 2000 chicks) has been established which was financed by SBI Lamgara of INR 1, 34,500 under the venture capital scheme of NABARD. Kuroiler rearing has come forward better option of additional income source thus additional 142 units were replicated by the villagers. To make sustainability of dairy and kuroiler activity the federation has developed the system for providing feed and other technical services.

Result of the test production showed that farmers replaced their traditional seeds kufri jyoti and the productivity is also increased up to four to five times, livestock demonstration also showed that

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of best practices in livestock have increased the income of the members especially women. As result women are playing significant role in family income and have created value in the family as well. Presently an average annual income of its member is increased by INR 13,500, INR 5000, INR 7,500, INR 21500 by micro dairy, potato cultivation, kuroiler micro and mother unit respectively. In the first year, 50 farmers started potato cultivation of kufri jyoti variety, 10 farmers has started of micro dairies with the uses of best livestock practices and 159 micro, mother and rearing unit of kuroiler. By the intervention of the project the farmers has up scaled the activities and established 28 micro dairies, 142 kuroiler units and 154 members are showing kufri jyoti (potato). Consequently the federation is planning to increase the potato cultivation area approx. 5.4 ha and increase production also to provide them handsome profit by collective marketing approach. Apart from this federation is now planning to establish 5 milk collection centers at village/block level and linked them to the market through collective approach. (1000 Ltr. milk per day) Federation is also in process to develop backward and forward linkage for 350 kuroiler micro including rearing and mother units. Due to the project intervention and federation services 20, 15, 30 mandays are needed for potato cultivation, rearing kuroiler and dairy activity respectively. Consequently for producing of 1000 ltr. Fresh milk, Potato cultivation in 5.4 h.a and 350 kuroiler unit, a total of 11,945 man days employment opportunity in the next year since the members do not need external labor, they will get employment opportunity themselves. 357 HHs has increased the food security period from 8 to 12 month however all things go well and as per plan of federation for 2011-12 the entire house hold will get rid of food shortage problem as they will afford the food for themselves. Federation has 0.1 h.a of land value INR 200000 and the total 550 share holders. Twenty eight farmers have purchased new high yield cattle and developed houses for animal rearing, value of the each micro dairy is INR
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40,000, and farmers also developed kuroiler units by investing 5000 to 25000. What Pushpa did to make her house Pakka Jai Dana Golju Self help Group has become instrumental in reincarnation of an ordinary peasant Pusha devi, to a successful business women. She is from village Pattalchaur habitation of Lingurta Gram panchayat in Bhaisiyachana block of District Almora. She belongs to the scheduled caste category family, her husband works as a labor, which gets hardly 15 to 20 days work in a month and moreover the task less man has stated drinking on daily basis and has became an Alcoholic. In even such adverse conditions, Pushpa continued cultivating vegetables and started selling them on her own as the husband may ruin the cash income in buying some drinks for him. She used to carry the vegetable through head load in nearby market of bhisiyachana. The income was not enough to attract her husband towards the vegetable cultivation because pushpa never shows him the cash but buys the essentials, while husband needs and likes the cash income only. When she heard that if the vegetables are grown on a particular season with certain precautions, it may earn double price and this mode of cultivation is called off season vegetable. She asked more about it and also joined the Self Help Group. She saw a silver lining in off season vegetable and thought if she doubles her sale and gets four times of what she gets now, then she may think of showing some cash to her husband. It may change the picture of her family because when husband will not be able to fetch some work outside, he may also think of joining hands with him, in cultivation, or in washing the vegetables or packing or in any other way. She further thought that it may divert his attention towards bad habits and the bad company of his present friends. She took the firm decision, got the training and doubled the land area allotted for the vegetable cultivation, followed all the precautions required to get the speculated yield as told by the trainers. Her husband saw her work and labor but she did not disclosed her plans. Now seeing her added labor, he sometimes helps her in caring the children and sometimes in packing unpacking the vegetable load prepared for selling.
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When the first crop of ------ got ready for her surprise few villagers came to her doorstep for buying but she was not willing to sell it in the village as in this mode she may lose the benefit of additional cost. She somehow managed to refuse though her husband did not liked the idea. She discussed the same in the group meeting, as some other women were also doing the same work, so it was decided that the vegetable will be sold on a particular rate in village and outside. Some part will be transported to local market so that off seasons rates may be established and demand for cropping area extension may also be assessed. Now for off season cultivation she works in the fields with her husband, who seldom goes for fetching the work as labor outside and even gets less time for wasting with his friends. The family has made their house pakka. The added income of Rs. 4000/- is enough as now there is no leakage in her income for any useless activity. Pushpa is happy now and gives credit of her happiness to Ekta Swayat Sahkari Samiti Jamradi her colleagues in the SHG and the NGO & ULIPH staff. My LRBME shop Vimla Devi, w/o ------------from mehragon, cluster of block Dhauladevi, district Almora, has also a story to share with all her visitors and relatives. After acquiring the informations and the skill of running a shop, she established her shop (General Store) under Local Resource Based Micro Enterprise (LRBME) scheme under ULIPH in her village. Vimla with her husband in their nuclear family were trying hard to sustain their family by working as labor and agriculture in their 04 nalies of dry agriculture land. Due to repeated dry spells in last few years they were not able to recover the cost of inputs from their agriculture land and so were thinking of migrating to Rudrapur; a farthest industrial area in kumaon division. Even Thaggu Das started taking to some of his friends, who have already left the village for want of a regular income by working in some industry. As his friends gave him the feedback that because of some problem regarding the tax some of the industries may get closed in near future. So both of them reviewed their decision as they were aware that once they quit the village, sales out all his cattles than the kuccha house may also get destroyed due
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to lack of required regular maintenance and then they will have no choice but to forget the village forever. Vimal was already member of the women SHG formed in the village under ULIPH for last few months. She analyzed the pro and cons of shifting the mode of employment from working as labor to a small shopkeeper. And for getting the required confidence she attended the trainings provided under the project, even attended the exposure conducted, to see the success of program in adjoining villages. Once she was confident, she applied for the loan of 35000/- out of which 25000/- was from the project, while rest was from her SHG. She opted for a grain shop and kept other essentials also in the shop.Also gave a marketing outlet to the producers of her colleagues in SHG. She established a good rapport with all the villagers and kept the quality material unlike others so became a popular shopping joint in the village. She repaid the loan in --- months and now earning an additional amount of Rs. 3000/- per month on an average basis. She says thanks to Ajivika pariyojna which have saved her draining out from her loving village where she has access to all her dear and near ones. Similar success story is being narrated by Beena kandpal, member of Durga Devi SHG, from Bhaloli, village. She was B.A. when she got married but was working alike others in the village as there was no scope for her to work as per her education and qualifications. But when ULIPH initiated the activities in her village she proactively participated as she found it as an opportunity to give some meaning to her studies. She was first to apply for the loan when their SHG got CCL of Rs. 50000/- , and also pooled some of her savings to start the grocery and general store shop in the village. Once she earned the amount of Rs.4500/- Iin a month from sale of first lot material she reapplied for a loan of Rs. 40000/-. This time the profit was Rs. 8500/- as more people came to her shop and she kept all the items which her customers generally enquired for. Now she enjoyed the game of risk
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taking and asked the suppliers to keep their products and assumed payment within one month, it raised the stocks without spending any additional cost. Now she is an economically independent person and some time her husband teases her calling Beena ji; the Shop owner, it gives her pride on herself. She thanks the day when she decided to join the Self Help Group. My wife showed me the way to earn and learn Sarita Devi w/o Sanjay Singh has a very high reputation in his family and village. She alike few other village women of kapkot, village Bamsval, custer joined the SHG. She describes that under ULIPH, the self help groups play the pivotal role in the federations formed under the program. The trainings, the technical know-how, the observational study tours; in form of exposure visits and the regular consultations in the villages by the expert professionals all are available to us freely and regularly available to us once you join a group. When I got informations about off seasonal vegetables in a meeting then I was first to ask about 12 questions from the trainer. After the training session all other 09 members of the group asked me about the reason of such excitement. I just smiled and told, just wanted to clarify some of my doubts. That evening I was waiting for my husband more anxiously. He came and after dinner without any preamble I told him everything, he sat down on his bad and asked many questions. I gave thanks to my patent trainer who has already empowered me with adequate solutions to most of his queries. He told me next time when the expert comes he will meet him. This time expert came after 12 days, and I was already aware about his program so I requested my husband to come and meet him. To me this meeting was key to my success as Sanjay ji not just got all the answers but enquired about giving his 5 Nalis of land or the off season vegetable cultivation. We decided to plant potatoes as the crop has less gestation period and we could see the results so early. We invested Rs. 3000/- for purchasing the 250 kilograms of quality seed and invested Rs. 3000/, which was loan from the group. In just three months time we earned 18000/- and the encashment of our labor was 15000/-.The next step was

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