Community Ownership and Development - Towards Sustainable Livelihoods!

Session for farmers on Organic Farming by Netsurf Communication Pvt LTD Date: 23 rd Nov. 17 Venue: Tarodi Total Members: 7 Resource person: Mr. Prakash Kamble, Sandeep Sambre and Mr. Santosh. One of our Core Committee members Mr. Edwin Nunis took the initiatives and organized this session for the Farmers. This team came from the Netsurf communication Private Limited. The purpose to have this session is to guide the farmer’s related organic farming. The team mainly spoke on how to do the organic farming how the farmers will benefit from it. They explained how the chemical farming will harm the health of the consumer and how the organic farming will give good health and will get nutrient food.   In order to have the practical the farmers took them to the field and showed them the cultivation that they do. Based on that once again the team explained to them right and wrong ways of doing the farming. Immediately some of the farmers asked the team to provi...

Exposure visit of Farmers to Agriculture Department at Kalyan – Dongri Day:                Monday Date:                9 th Oct. 17 Target Group: Farmers Activity:          Exposure Visit Agriculture department Venue:            Kalyan Number of Participants: 5 Dongri CCO had taken the exposure visit to Agriculture Department at Kalyan. During this visit they had discussion with Mr. Vijay Patil on following points: ·          Will give the training on how to do the Vegetables cultivation.      Group formation of the farmers: Its benefits and Schemes        Information about subsidy (Which is online)   ...

New group formation of Farmers at Dongri Date: 26 th Oct. 17 Venue: Tarodi Topic: Formation of New group   Total Participants: 14 Prior to this meeting on 22 nd of Sep. had the meeting with the farmers at Tarodi sabhagruh. There were total 10 members present for the meeting.  During this meeting Mr. Dayanand and Mr. Edwin explained about the formation of group and its benefits. Most of them agreed to from the group of the farmers. They decided to pay visit at Kalyan Krush adhikari Dept. Then they decided to meet on 26 th Sep. at same time and same place to discuss about the forming new group. Also suggested to inform the others who are interested and could not attain today’s meeting. Then on 26 th of Sep. total 14 members came for meeting. First asked the farmers whether they are interested in forming the group. All the farmers agreed to form the group. Then Mr. Dayanand explained to them the rules and regulations of the group and...

On 29 th November 2017 Savdhan Samaj Kendra, Manori organized the first interactive meeting with Farmers at St. Padri Pio zone, Manori with a total of seven participants. Ms. Snehal CCO staff gave a brief introduction of the CCO. She specified the objectives that is to provide information on farming and the importance on the formation of groups to address issues. During the meeting, she inquired on the types of crops, the season in which they are cultivated and the difficulties they face. The Farmers replied that it is only during the monsoon they would cultivate rice & vegetables and the rest of the season they are stuck to selling ‘Thadgole’ (A kind of fruit). Mr. Dayanand, CSA staff gave adequate information on crops which could be cultivated with less water usage since the farmers were dependant on the rainy season. There are some institutes that teach farming techniques, effective methods etc. like Krushi vidhyan Kendra (KVK), Dahanu where farmers can get more infor...