Income Generation of farmers

belonging to Raji tribe through

organic farming of Vegetables

PIA:
Info International Education and Welfare Society
246, Bankhandi Road Rishikesh,
Ph: 9897888321, Email: ceo@iiews.com
 Objective
• To generate self-employment of farmers from Raji tribe through
organic farming of vegetables
• Up-grade the skills and methodologies of sustainable farming
among the Raji farming community
• To enhance knowledge of farmers on improvement of soil fertility
and land productivity
• To reduce the dependence of farmers for most of the inputs like
seeds, manures and plant protection material by sourcing local
resources there by reducing the cost of cultivation

Target Group
• 80 families from the Raji tribal community will benefit out of this
project
• Age group: 18-50
 Summary of the Project
Sl. Title Description
Income Generation of farmers of Raji tribe through organic farming of
1 Title of the Project
vegetables

2 Project Duration One Year

3 Project Location  
Total No. of District One, Pithoragarh
Total No. of Block covered One

4 Project Coverage Name of Blocks Dharchula

Total No. of Beneficiaries 80
Targeting beneficiaries Farmers of Raji Tribe in remote areas of
Dharchula, Pithoragarh

Info International Educational and Welfare Society

Project Implementing 246, Bankhandi Road, Rishikesh, District Dehradun - 249201.
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Agency Ph.: 0135 – 2430993, 9897888321
Email : infointernational.rks@gmail.com Web: www.iiews.com

6 Total Project Cost Rs. 41.00 Lakhs

 Project Objectives
 To generate self-employment of farmers from raji tribe through organic farming of
vegetables.
 To make the target group self-dependent.
 Up-grade the skills and methodologies of sustainable farming among the Raji farming
community.
 To enhance knowledge of farmers on improvement of soil fertility and land productivity.
 To reduce the dependence of farmers for most of the inputs like seeds, manures and plant
protection material by sourcing local resources there by reducing the cost of cultivation.
 Judicious use of precious water sources and maintenance of production level.
 To improve farmer’s income through production of quality produce.
 Promote bio-pesticides and disease management.
 Project Area and Beneficiaries
Numbe r o f
Sl Dis tric t Bloc k
Be ne fic iarie s
1 Pithoraghar Dharchula 80
To tal 80

Project Duration
• Project duration is one year
• Training duration is 90 days
 Project Component
Sl. Items of work activities Duration Topics Covered
 Improved compost preparation
 Vermi-compost preparation
1 Soil Health Management 3 days  Application of bio-fertilizers
   Application of green manures
 Use of pot manure and liquid manure
 Use of organic mulches

3 Soil and Water Conservation 1 day  Construction of water harvesting structures

and Ground Water Recharging  Pit digging

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Bio-diversity Conservation 1 days  Resilience to climate change-Integrated Natural Resource Management
   Use of Indigenous Technology

Selection of sessional
15 days  The training duration will be scattered in entire one-year period. Various inputs and
5 vegetable spices, seed/ technical how know provide to the beneficiaries by the experts.
Nursery Development

 The training duration will be scattered in entire one-year period. Various inputs and
6 Cultivation of crop 2 months
technical how know provide to the beneficiaries by the experts
Organic Vegetable Planting
7 2 days  Use of seeds and seedlings
Methods
8 Weed control 2 days  Various biological weed control procedures

9 Organic pest control 2 days  Use of organic ways of pest control

 Marketing Strategy.

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 Marketing of rural products through State level/District level/Block level Marketing
Market Linkage 3 days
centers/other govt. infrastructure

 Marketing of rural products through local markets/ vegetable vendors

 Implementation Strategy
• Identification of the potential farmers in the project area
• Recruitment of trainers and experts to train the farmers
• Training of the beneficiaries (Theoretical and practical both)
• Monitoring and timely reporting of the project
• Marketing of the end products under the brand name “Uttra Fresh”
• PIA will channelize the remaining produce of the beneficiaries at
market cost
 Propos e d c rops for the proje c t
1. Pe a 2. Coriande r
3. Radish 4. Ginge r
5. Fre nch Be an 6. Turme ric
7. Cabbage 8. Chilli
9. Okra 10. Garlic
11. Tomato 12. Capsicum
13. Brinjal 14. Cauliflowe r
 Marketing Plan
Considering the environment in which the rural market operates and other related problems, it is
necessary to evolve effective strategies for rural marketing. The strategies proposed to be
implemented for marketing of rural products is as under:

 Contact with retailers in the local markets: Contacts will be made with the local retailers. 

 Marketing of rural products through State level/District level/Block level Marketing

centers/other govt. infrastructure: The products will also be displayed and marketed
through marketing centers which are established at Block, Districts and State level.
 Project Expected Outcome
• Net increase in the income of farmers of the Raji tribe using organic
farming technique
• Increase in Organic Farming skill of Raji tribe
• Increase in soil health, fertility to sustain vegetable farming based
livelihoods
• Increase in the water conservation and utilization in agriculture
• Increase in the sustainable farming practices
• Increase in use of bio-pesticides and organic manure
Thank you..