Improved Livelihoods through Crop Diversification into Vegetables in Jharkhand and Odisha under the Central India Initiative (CInI)

Start date: 2016
End date: 2019

This project is to promote year-round commercial vegetable hubs in selected blocks of the CInI operational area in Jharkhand and Odisha.

KEY OUTPUTS

• Contribute towards achieving an increase in income of Rs. 60,000 per year per participating household through year-round vegetable cultivation (area cultivated of at least 30 dm for one season based on crop choice and season)
• Conduct with the active participation of farmers, at least 100 trials and demonstrations activities of key technologies promoted for adoption by farming clusters.
• Assist with development of at lease 1-2 nursery and other agro-input enterprises in each farmer cluster with a focus on promoting women entrepreneurs.
• Structured and need-based training delivered, totaling at least 2,500 person days and comprising local resource persons and progressive farmers.
• Production of training manuals, videos and multimedia products covering good agricultural practices of key vegetable crops.