RURAL URBAN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DEVELOPMENT
Challenges
Strategy
In our farmer development activity we
Result
- 16196 farmer suicides were registered in the year 2008
- Farmers are exploited by the traders as farmers lack information and access to the market
- Unsustainable use of natural resources
- High costs of fertilizer and pesticide put small farmers at a disadvantage right from the start, driving them off land while big farmers grow bigger
- Soil Productivity/ Fertility loss due to the heavy use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in certain areas
- High operating cost, ineffective agricultural inputs
- Health degradation due to low nutritional value crops
- Poor interaction between research centres and farmers leading to lack of information/ knowledge about cash crops or high value crops
Strategy
In our farmer development activity we
- focus on natural farming to develop a production system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems and people by use organic in house developed bio-pesticides and fertilizer.
- set up R&D and training centres for training on in house development of bio-pesticides and fertilizers.
- increase the price at which the organic produce is bought from the farmer by optimizing the supply chain network
- rely on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects.
- focus on cattle concentric organic farming. (hyperlink to livestock development)
- combine Tradition, Innovation and Science to fulfill the rural needs through utilization of cow dung, urine and milk.
- make sure the farmers remain centre of decision making process.
- promote Food Processing by our entrepreneurship development activity.
- develop of supply chain with the help of local entrepreneurs and monitoring them regularly.
- inform farmers about high value crops in collaboration with research institutes such as CIMAP (Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants)
- train farmers for efficient farming
Result
- Natural farming improved agricultural performance, nutritional adequacy, environmental quality, economic efficiency and social equity.
- Increase in the income of farmers
- Better quality of life for farmers
- Improvement in soil quality
- Better quality of food available