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Initiatives towards change
PRADAN focuses on social mobilization and sustainable livelihoods, with significant initiatives in community irrigation, water management, and commercial farming, benefiting thousands of families. In FY 2013, they mobilized Rs. 396 million for various agricultural and livelihood projects, enhancing food security and income opportunities. New initiatives include adult literacy programs, a partnership with Ambedkar University for an MPhil in development practice, and integrating nutrition into crop planning.
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- 1. www.pradan.net | Allrights reserved Initiatives towards change Picture the Change | Change the Picture
- 2. www.pradan.net | Allrights reserved SOCIAL MOBILISATION ADDRESS HUNGER & FOOD SECURITY MANAGE NATURAL RESOURCES SUSTAINABLY IMPROVE LIVELIHOOD OPTIONS ORGANIZE SELLING & MARKET LINKAGES RIGHTS & GOVERNANCE EMPOWERMENT 1 Enter a new area Transition exit once change is sustainable 2 3 4 5 6 7 OUR APPROACH TO CHANGE
- 3. www.pradan.net | Allrights reserved › Major Initiatives: Community Managed Lift Irrigation Community Water Harvesting Tanks Homestead Wells Check Dams in Watershed › Investment Worth Rs. 396 million mobilised in FY 13 › Key Sources: MGNREGA, SGSY, IWMP, MKSP, OTELP. › Approx 3,278 Ha belonging to about 10,424 families (83% ST/SC) treated in FY 13, assuring kharif and rabi crops Integrated Natural Resource Management
- 4. www.pradan.net | Allrights reserved › 8,000 families grow cash crops – vegetables , oilseeds, pulses › 20,000 truckloads of different vegetables with a turnover of more than Rs. 600 million › 11,044 families. Half of them sold 600 truckloads of mangoes earning a collective income of Rs. 60 million Commercial Farming
- 5. www.pradan.net | Allrights reserved TASAR › Over 6,800 participants › 195 decentralized grainages processed 6.3 million seed cocoons › Total commercial crop production was 34.1 million cocoons Lac Cultivation › Over 1,100 farmers from over 250 SHGs › Technical training provided to participants › 26.6 tons of Lac produced in FY 13 › Turnover of Rs. 13 million Forest Based Livelihoods
- 6. www.pradan.net | Allrights reserved Poultry › 6,017 families participated › 19 cooperatives › Turnover of Rs. 1830 million in FY 13 › Margin of Rs 107 million to the producers Small Holder Poultry
- 7. www.pradan.net | Allrights reserved › Pilots in Purulia, Balliguda, Koderma › Work initiated with UNICEF & GoJ in 20 projects in Jharkhand › Under Tata-Cornell Initiative collaboration with Aquaclara or design of international quality water purification system › Partnership with Gram Vikas under OTELP & BMGF › Plans to work with CINI around sanitation in Jharkhand Water & Sanitation NEW INITIATIVES
- 8. www.pradan.net | Allrights reserved ›Concerted efforts in 9 teams focus on: integrating nutritional dimensions as a variable in crop planning › MoU with Tata-Cornell Initiative (TACO- AN): Collaboration aimed at building locally relevant knowledge › Partnership around “Pulse initiative” with McGill World Food Forum › Exploratory discussions with PHRN, and a few nutrition experts Integrating Nutrition with livelihood gains NEW INITIATIVES
- 9. www.pradan.net | Allrights reserved › PRADAN has taken up a program on Adult Functional Literacy (AFL) in the Purulia district of West Bengal. › The functional literacy program is targeted to reach around 3,200 women across two blocks—Barabazar and Kashipur. › After passing through the Adult Functional Literacy Program, the neo- literate women are using their literacy and numeric skills in personal contexts. Functional Literacy and Education Program NEW INITIATIVES
- 10. www.pradan.net | Allrights reserved NEW INITIATIVES ›Two year inter-disciplinary praxis based MPhil Programme in Development Practice in collaboration with Ambedkar University, Delhi › Received 223 applications and finally 24 students joined in July 2012 › School of Development Studies (SDS) and School of Human Studies (SHS) of AUD are offering the course › In-house AUD Faculty and visiting Faculty from PRADAN along with Field Guides from PRADAN are working together to teach and supervise the Students Partnership with Ambedkar University, Delhi
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