NABARD provides several promotional funds to support rural development programs in Odisha. These include funds for microfinance, watershed development, tribal development, farm innovation, financial inclusion, and natural resource management. NABARD also supports farmers clubs, capacity building for new technologies, wadi development for tribal families, and watershed development projects. Funds are also provided for rural non-farm development, agri-business centers, rural innovation, and producers organizations.

1. Promotional Schemes of
NABARD
Odisha Regional Office
NABARD

2. Promotional Funds of NABARD
• Promotion of Rural Non-Farm Sector
• Micro Finance Development Fund – SHG /
JLG / Micro Enterprise Development
Progarmme
• WDF - Watershed Development Programme
• TDF - Tribal Development Programme (Wadi)
• Farm Innovation and Promotion Fund
• Farm Technology Transfer Fund – Farmers
Club / Seed Village / SRI / Village Development
Programme / Capacity Building for Technology

3. Promotional Funds of NABARD
• Rural Innovation Fund
• Financial Inclusion Fund / Financial Inclusion
Technology Fund
• Umbrella Programme for Natural Resource
Management (UPNRM)
• Producer Organisation Development Fund

4. • A collective of progressive farmers in the village
• May be a formal or informal entity
Main functions :
• To act as a bridge between Govt Dept / banks and
farmers
• Facilitation of adoption of improved farming
• Activities like aggregation, value addition,
processing, collective farm produce marketing, etc
• Also undertake community works for socio-
economic development
Farmers Club Programme

5. Future Strategy for FC
• Encourage Contract Farming through Farmers’ Clubs.
• Act as a small tools bank for providing FM related
services on hire purchase basis
• Deepening the services provided by Farmers’ Clubs.
• Efforts at developing Farmers’ Clubs as revenue
models.

6. Capacity Building for Adoption of
Technology (CAT) Scheme
• To sensitise farmers towards adoption of proven
technologies for agriculture development by
research institutions, progressive farmers, etc.
through exposure visits
• Technologies covered include Integrated Pest
Management (IPM), organic farming, tissue
culture, rainwater harvesting, livestock
management, improved rice cultivation (SRI
technology), poly house technology, vermi
composting, etc.

7. • Aims at economic empowerment of tribal family
through development of 1 acre Wadi (small orchard)
• The components include - Establishment of Orchard,
Water resource development and soil conservation,
Plantation of Fruit trees (2-3 types), Boarder plants
(forest sps.), Intercropping, Training & capacity
building, Women Development / Livelihood
component, Marketing & Processing
Tribal Development Fund

8. • It is a loan – cum – grant based product
• Supporting sustainable NRM-focused initiatives
to improve livelihoods
• Capacity building of communities
• Some of the activities supported by Odisha RO
include :
1. Promotion of Farm Forestry
2. Integrated Fish Farming Activities
Umbrella Programme For Natural Resource
Management (UPNRM)

9. Watershed Development
• Area under each micro watershed ranges between
500 to 1000 ha
Project components include :
• Community Mobilisation through Shramdan
• Soil & and land management
• Water management
• Afforestration
• Agri development / Fodder development
• Live stock management
• Rural energy management

10. Non Farm Sector
• Various programmes for promotion of Rural
Non Farm Sector include :
1.Rural Entrepreneurship Development
Programme / Skill Development Programme
2.Rural Haat Scheme
3.Rural Mart Scheme
4.Loan – cum – Grant based products for
production, processing and marketing of farm
and non farm produce

11. Scheme for Agri Clinic and Agri Business Centres
(ACABCs) by Agriculture Graduates
Agri-Clinics:
• To provide expert advice and services to
farmers on technology, cropping practices,
protection from pests & diseases, market
trends, prices of crops etc and also clinical
services for animal health
Agri-Business Centres:
• To provide farm equipments on hire, sale of
inputs and other services

12. Rural Innovation Fund
• Promotional programmes supported from RIF
include Innovative & unconventional experiments
as also replication of proven technology in a new
area
• All organisations, institutions & individuals are
eligible for assistance
• The activities funded are for development of new
products, processes, prototypes, technology,
patenting and extension support

13. “Producers Organization Development
Fund (PODF)”
• Producers Organization Development Fund
(PODF) will be used to support Producers
Organizations across three areas, viz. credit
support, capacity building & market linkage.
• The focus is development of business model
involving primary producers as well as to
ensure their sustainability & economic
viability.

14. THANK YOU
Odisha Regional Office
NABARD