1) The document summarizes the community institutions and programs established to empower women farmers in rural areas. 203 women farmer groups and 38 panchayat-level women farmer groups were formed. 2) Various training programs were conducted covering topics such as institutional capacity building, sustainable agriculture practices, livestock management, and marketing. Over 3,500 women farmers were trained in practices like system of rice and wheat intensification. 3) The programs have led to increased participation of women in decision making, reduced input costs, increased household incomes by over 20,000 rupees per farmer, and diversification into vegetable production and backyard livestock raising.

1. Community Institutions of Women Farmer
Formation of Women farmer institutions
Level Name of Institution Achievement
Total
Ward Level Women Farmers Group ( WFG) 203
Panchayat Level Panchayat Level Women Farmers Group ( PLWFG) 38
Cluster Level Collection cum Marketing Retail Outlet 8

2. 2
Institutional Capacity Building Trainings of women farmers’ groups
Particulars Achievements (no. of
training conducted)
Total
Institutional Capacity building of Women Farmer Groups' leaders 23
Institutional Capacity building of Panchayat level Women Farmer Groups (PLWFG) 9
Institutional Capacity building of Committee members of collection cum Marketing retail outlet
established under MKSP
8

3. Institutional Trainings organized for the women farmers
Training of WFG leaders Training of PLWFG executives
Training of managing collection
cum marketing outlets

4. Exposure and Interaction Programs…..Field and Centre
Particulars Achievements (No. of women
farmers)
Total
Inter district Exposure visit 416
Interstate exposure visit 129

5. Exposure visits organized for Women Farmers
Sheep Breeding Farm, Deptt. of Animal
Husbandry , Taal ( Hamirpur)
Women farmers’ training cum exposure visit to
the University of Horticulture & Forestry, Nauni
( Solan )

6. Exposure visits……..

7. Name of training No. of members trained &
deployed
Training of CRPs on SRI techniques and other
sustainable agriculture practices
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Status of CRPs training

8. Field level trainings
Field Level SRI Training

10. Training on Vegetable Nursery Production under portable Poly tunnel

11. Vegetable Nursery Raising and Cultivation

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Improvement of Pastures and Availability of Fodder

13. Promotion of Backyard poultry
Particulars Number
Backyard poultry
9594 chicks provided, 837 women farmers started
Income from poultry (1.4.16 to 30.6.16)=Rs.138500
Income from poultry (1.7.16 to 30.9.16)=Rs.112213
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System of Rice Intensification (SRI)

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System of Wheat Intensification (SWI)

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Vegetable Cultivation

17. New initiatives - Wheat Seed production Program
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Activity No. of
women
farmers
Area in
Kanals (ha)
Production
(quintals)
Foundation seed
production of wheat
varieties HPW155,
HPW236, HPW349
625 560 (22) 502.9

18. Sustainable Agriculture Practices Adopted by the Women farmers
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19. Cattle feed preparation at farmers’ level

20. Promotion of Dhingri Mushroom
Particulars Number
Dhingri Mushroom
1543 women farmers started
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21. Information Dissemination & Training Material
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22. Inter Panchayat Experience Sharing
‘Inter Panchayat Experience sharing workshop organized on 26th
March 2016 at CORD; attended by 200 women
farmers under MKSP
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23. Mahila Kisan Gosthi
‘Mahila Kisan Goshti’ organized on 29th
March 2016 at Bagni panchayat ;inaugurated by Honourable DC
Kangra, attended by 1200 MKSP women farmers and other non MKSP progressive farmers
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24. Establishment of collection cum Marketing Outlets
Achievement
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year 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
Number 3 4 1

25. Inauguration of Marketing outlets
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26. Key outputs
S.
No
Key outputs Achievement
1. Increased participation of
women in decision making
Increased participation of women farmers at home, ward level and PLWFG , attend
regularly monthly meetings, record proceedings of the meetings, linkage with the line
departments
2. Decrease in cost of inputs Liquid organic manures production and use like Panchgavya 1966, Matka Khad 2110 ,
Amritjal 1773 , vermiwash 1966, women farmers ,due to this Less dependency on
chemical fertlizers , low seed requirement with adoption of SRI and SWI methods
3. Gross revenue generation
with livelihood
interventions
Rs. 20,000plus/ farmer
4. Increase in knowledge, skill
and attitude shift
3500 women farmers following SCI, organic manures and almost all the farmers
having kitchen gardening
5. Diversification towards
vegetable production
4960 quintals vegetable production by 2176 farmers doing kharif season of 2016
6. Backyard dairy/ poultry
development
Backyard poultry by 837 families, cattle feed production at home by 1966 farmers
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27. Expected Impact
1. Relevance:
• Works towards larger goal of visible
empowerment of poorest of poor,
marginal, and small women farmers all
across India and South Asian
mountainous region
• Increases individual food and nutrition
security for the household
• Will affect policy changes for 11 hilly
states in India through demonstrated
progress that advocates for
sustainability and self-help
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28. Expected Impact
2. Efficiency:
• Incremental increase in income of
25% in all the families
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29. Expected Impact
3. Effectiveness:
• Based on adoption rates progress
update, livelihood model is working
very well
• 3500 women farmers
• Achieved goal of incremental revenue
generation
• Goal reached for livestock activities
for women farmers
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30. Expected Impact
• Mobility, negotiation, decision
making and resilience
• Household income and assets
formation
• Human and social capital
• Food security and agricultural
productivity
• Sustainable and eco-friendly
effective management of natural
resources - soil, land, water
• Gender sensitization
• Women institutions of significance
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4. Contribution to empowerment through an increase in:

31. Way Forward
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• Practical learning platform for the farmers of the rest of the state and country
• Shift towards organic agriculture
• Post Project sustainability through established community institutions
• Producción & protección of indigenous seeds of crops and vegetables
• Community-driven institucional and marketing model
• Sustainable business model from inputs to production
• Network with Local stakeholders, government programs
• Replicable locally / nationally with minor context adaptations
• Institutional model leverages the strengths of local self governance and networking of various
government departments

32. Way forward……contd.
• Institutional model leverages the strengths of local self governance and networking
of various government departments
• Competence for providing training on sustainable agriculture practices like azolla,
SCI, organic manures , cattle feed preparation , vermicompost etc.
• NRLM can utilize the experiences of CORD for promoting livelihood activities with
the establishment of community institutions and sustainable agriculture practices
• Hand holding/management capacity development for next 2-3 years – Self reliance
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33. Conclusion
• “If the latent potential of poor, marginal and small women farmers is
harnessed in institutions, to build their organizational and operational
capacities, then they will transform and re-define sustainable agriculture
and allied sectors as the backbone of rural economy and household food
security, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
• It is for us to visibly acknowledge and recognize them in their journey of
empowerment as a key driver themselves.”
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