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Jagruti Kandhamal

Promotion of Agriculture Production Clusters in tribal Regions of Odisha

Promotion of Agriculture Production Clusters in tribal Regions of Odisha

• The project serves as a dynamic platform for sharing experiences among Producer Groups (PGs) and fostering mutual support to enhance their overall performance. It aims to amplify the voice of marginal farmers at the village level and create opportunities for inclusive development interventions focused on poverty reduction.

Promotion of Agriculture Production Clusters in tribal Regions of Odisha

Promotion of Agriculture Production Clusters in tribal Regions of Odisha

• The project serves as a dynamic platform for sharing experiences among Producer Groups (PGs) and fostering mutual support to enhance their overall performance. It aims to amplify the voice of marginal farmers at the village level and create opportunities for inclusive development interventions focused on poverty reduction.

Promotion of Agriculture Production Clusters in tribal Regions of Odisha

Promotion of Agriculture Production Clusters in tribal Regions of Odisha

• The project serves as a dynamic platform for sharing experiences among Producer Groups (PGs) and fostering mutual support to enhance their overall performance. It aims to amplify the voice of marginal farmers at the village level and create opportunities for inclusive development interventions focused on poverty reduction.

About the Project

These initiatives demonstrated that collective approaches significantly improve efficiency in input procurement, production, and marketing. The adoption of sustainable practices like NPM not only reduces input costs but also supports environmental conservation. Additionally, the use of improved cultivation techniques and shared mechanization contributes to increased productivity and better resource utilization.

Project Snapshot

Status

Active

Collaborators

JAGRUTI, Daringbadi

Focus Areas

Women empowerment

Scheme

Livelihood

Promotion of Agriculture Production Clusters in tribal Regions of Odisha

Project Summary

  • APC is a special project in tribal highland regions of Odisha.
  • APC aims growth in farm sector, sustainably double the income of small and marginal women farmers in the tribal highland regions of Odisha.
  • To establish the model of Agriculture Production Cluster (APC) in some backward blocks of the state, as an effective method to organize production system and services of markets
  • APC to double the income of women farmers by collectivizing them in to producer groups and producer companies & linking government convergence.
  • Farmers skill development, crop practice, farm mechanization, creating irrigation infrastructures, storage, marketing are also main objectives.

6.1. Major interventions planned for the reporting period (in Brief):

  • 1.      Cover 1113 smalls and marginal women farmer in Daringbadi blocks of Kandhamal district.
  • 2.      1500 women farmers to engage Agri/horticulture actives in 15 producer groups.
  • 3.      Cultivation of high value vegetables in 1000 acres of land.
  • 4.     Cover-up existing irrigated agriculture land by using the existing infrastructures and creating new irrigation infrastructures.
  • 5.      introduce fully Organic cultivation in 50 Acres.
  • 6.     Provide livestock support to 800 households through proper livestock care and management. Shed support for 50 poultry and goat each and establish a model by following POP.

6.1.	Major interventions planned for the reporting period (in Brief):

Name of the State

Name of the District

Name of the Block

No. of Gram Panchayat

No. of the Villages

No. of HHs Targeted

Odisha

Kandhamal

Daringbadi

07

23

1113

S.N.

Activity Description

Unit

Additional Target for FY 2025-26 (As per YPO)

Actual Progress during the reporting period (1st Apr 2025 to 31st March 2026)

1.1

Formations of PGs (as per OLM guideline)

No. of PGs

25                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

25

1.2

Total villages under PGs

No. of Villages

25

23

1.3

Total Families under PGs

No. of Families

3000

1887

1.4

No of Agri-entrepreneur groomed

No. of AE

10

0

1.5

No of PGs received IB & CB

No. of PGs

25

0

1.6

No of PGs received Working Capital

No. of PGs

25

0

1.7

Grant mobilized (Rs) for PG

In Lakhs

0

0

1.8

No. of PGs under grade A/B

No. of PGs

25

0

1.9

No of women received income in their hand

Number

500

397

1.10

No of women received institutional credit through SHG/bank/PG/KCC etc.

Number

500

132

1.11

No of SHGs availed credit from bank as per Mission Shakti MoU

Number

50

58

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