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Best Practices
(Successful programmes to be scaled up)
The North East India Piggery value chain – The DBI systems cover command area
Improving profitability from piggery enterprises in development, source sustainability, and Water User
terms of productivity, quality and efficiency, for Group promotion, apart from physical installation of
resource-poor households. the system.
The DHANII large Dairy programme - Sustainably Himalayan Livestock Development programme –
enhancing incomes of milk producers by building Enhancing the quality of life through
their capacity vis-à-vis milk production, animal livestock-based entrepreneurship models,
health, breed improvement and animal nutrition. interwoven around resilient and sustained
community institutions in the Central and Western
Fishery programme in Tripura and Assam –
Himalayan region.
Developing a comprehensive participatory
aquaculture development model for enhancing the The Central India Lakhpati Kisan programme –
livelihood of smallholder fishers. The community institution-driven Agri Enterprising
model, which involves layering of livestock, fishery
The Springshed programme in the North East and
and non-timber forest produce interventions with
Uttarakhand, linked to irrigation.
agriculture, has been proven to raise tribal rural
Diversion-based irrigation (DBI) systems in Odisha households’ average annual income to over
and the North East – Development, implementation `120,000.
and scale-up plan for diverting surface water by
gravity to small and marginal farmers' fields. An Animal Health Worker visits the home of
a milk farmer to explain best practices
in rearing milch animals
Challenges Faced
The Covid-19 pandemic created challenges for
programmes on ground, especially during the
sudden lockdown corresponding to the main
farming season. The reverse migration of people
due to the state-imposed lockdown stressed the
rural economy, but provided an opportunity for
them to try and explore rural income avenues, like
farming. Programmes were also affected by
restrictions on movement; however, the teams
managed virtually.
Raising funds has been challenging due to the
impact of Covid-19 on the operations of Corporates,
which usually share profits with CSR initiatives or
government funds.
New Government regulations in the farm laws
and farmer agitations have created uncertainty,
especially for the North Indian states of Punjab and
Haryana which saw an increase in crop burning.
Changes imposed by FCRA laws for the
development sector have made it difficult to
mobilise funds from foreign sources to support
ground work or programmes in certain areas.
Hear our voices: Women make their point at a community meeting
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