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Agriculture &
Horticulture
Development
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Agriculture
is a major livelihoods option of the tribal
families’ in form of settled and shifting
cultivation. As has been observed, the
people have very limited land holding and
they mostly do settled agriculture in the
community lands. The output from agriculture
has a direct impact on the food security of
the tribal. It supplements about half a
year’s food requirements for them.
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They mostly practice traditional varieties
of seeds and crop husbandry. The programme
activities under this component aim at
increasing the productivity through small
but critical interventions on those crops.
Introducing new crops, technology, cultural
practices etc through successful
demonstrations will be the types of
interventions under this component. At least
five trials in a MWS will be taken up in the
initial years of the implementation of the
activity thus exposing the farmers in the
programme villages to the successful trials
and thereafter the farmers be facilitated to
take up similar cropping practices
extensively in order to enhance the
productivity. As regards to horticulture
backyard fruit tree plantation, vegetable
cultivation, kitchen garden etc. should be
promoted in the programme villages. Families
having no or less agricultural land should
be given priority in demonstrating this
activity. The total funds allocation under
this component for the project cycle is
Rs.43000/- per MWS. Out of the above, the
villagers are to be facilitated to develop
agriculture resource centres by procuring
improved farm machineries. At least three
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resource centres should be promoted in
each MWS and the total funds for such
resources centres per MWS is
Rs.18000/-.Balance. Rs.25,000/- MWS is meant
for agriculture/ horticulture farm
demonstration, along with supply of
materials such as seeds, fertilizer kit,
planting materials etc to be used for farm
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this
component will start from the first year of
the main implementation phase (third year of programme cycle) and should be completed by
the end of main implementation phase. |
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