CROSS CUTTING INTERVENTIONS

Interventions and activities which are common to most of the IFFDC projects have been placed under the thematic area "Cross Cutting Interventions" which are as under: -

A.     Community Institutions

Building capacity for collective action is crucial for the successful management of Common Property Resources (CPR) and to provide sustainable mechanisms for continuing the development process after withdrawal of project based interventions. IFFDC has consciously adopted the policy of promoting Community Institutions for institutionalizing its development interventions. The promoted groups are strongly rooted in the cooperative principles but differently named depending on the purpose for which formed, under its different projects viz: Primary Farm Forestry Cooperatives Societies (PFFCS), Primary Livelihood Development Cooperative Societies (PLDCS), Farmer Producers Organisation (FPO), Livelihood Collectives (LCs), Farmer Clubs, Wadi Groups, Self Help Group (SHG), Water Users Committee (WUC) and so on.

PROGRESS

Being a Cooperative itself, IFFDC believes strongly in the strength of 'cooperative action' to uphold institutions at the local level and to provide support to the development process and help them sustain after withdrawal of the project. Community Institutions provide institutional mechanisms and opportunities for collective management of resources.

Community Institutions Developed and Nurtured under different Projects :

50. During the year, 56 new Self Help Groups (SHGs) have been formed and nurtured, consisting of 621 members.