Development of rural employment and land valorization

Project region : PrPuram village, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu region.

Aim : improve the environment and living conditions in 5 villages.

Course of action :

• Food processing training and farmers organization (training of young leaders)
• Creating new jobs opportunities in the food iprocessing sector (production of oil from peanuts and cachou nuts)
• Mango tree plantations
• Establishing a network between organic farmers and local markets
• Converting to organic farming (assola)
• Raising awareness to the rights of the women on their lands through the creation of women’s self help groups

A successful agricultural chain

Part of this project was implemented by LAFTI, an association inspired by the works of Gandhi, which Ekta Parishad has been working with for a number of years: LAFTI have given 84 hectares of land to the local farmers, all registered in the women’s names.

400 women have been training. 200 farmers have started organic farming, 400 young people have been training and 2.5 km of irrigation pipelines have been installed.

Subsequent to our last assessment, we have decided to continue supporting Ekta Parishad. In this respect we have sent over two volunteers for an internship with this partner. They are currently monitoring Ekta Parishad’s activities and studying its program to assess their new propositions.

Partners : Ekta Parishad and LAFTI
Duration : Two and a half years (September 2007 to May 2009)

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