To provide nutritional and economic security for tribal and marginalised communities. IFFDC has initiated projects with financial assistance from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for the development of Small Orchard/Wadi in the tribal belts. The project addresses the growing concerns related to malnutrition in women and children in rural areas and the need to look at these problems in a wider perspective, to find appropriate integrated solutions. These projects envisage the mobilisation and organising of tribal families into affinity based groups called 'WadiTolee' and building their capacity to grow fruit trees, alongwith inter-cropping and other allied activities, on designated piece of one acre land of each selected family . The emphasis is on up-scaling beyond family consumption to build a 'value chain' that will serve to enhance income and livelihoods. The project has diverse ramifications for integrated rural development from supplementing incomes to increasing land productivity.
The major components of the Wadi Programme include: (a) Orchard development (fruit/plantation/herbal crops & forest plants) as the core component (b) Soil conservation (c) Water resources management (conservation and use) (d) Improved agriculture (e) Human Resource Development (Community Development) (f) Gender Mainstreaming, (g) Community Health (h) Micro-enterprises Development for landless people. 8,515 families have been covered under wadies programme in different States.
PROJECT DETAILS
State |
District |
Target Families |
Families Covered |
Project Status |
Madhya Pradesh |
Sagar, Chhindwara |
2,000 |
1,887* |
Completed |
Rajasthan |
Pratapgarh |
2,750 |
2,791* |
Completed |
Chhattisgarh |
Kawardha, Bilaspur |
2,000 |
2,000* |
Completed |
West Bengal |
Bankura |
1,500 |
837* |
Completed |
Telangana |
Adilabad |
500 |
500* |
Completed |
Jharkhand |
Palamu |
500 |
500* |
Completed |
|
Total |
9,250 |
8,515 |
|
* Projects completed.
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