ABOUT PROJECT
Sustainable Rural Livelihood Security Project (SRLS)-Maharashtra:- Under component 3 of NAIP, BAIF as consortium leader will implement SRLS project
in 5 backward districts of Maharashtra.The Consortium partners of BAIF are PDKV,
MPKV, MAFSU, BVU, and HSS. Project pofile is as under.
Objectives:- The overall objective is to develop replicable and holistic
approach for promoting sustainable livelihood for tribal and remote areas of
Maharashtra through integration and blending of tested technologies and
strategies of family focused and area based programmes.
The specific objectives are:
• To impart appropriate technologies suitable for improving the productivity of
natural resources and enhance employment opportunities.
• To improve livelihood systems, device appropriate mechanisms and build capabilities
of people for seeking their entitlements.
• To document the impact of different technologies for sharing the experience with
farmers and development agencies for wider
replication in the state.
• To identify avenues for higher returns and market for the produce through suitable
post-harvest technologies and forward linkages.
Programme Design:-The overall Programme design is innovative.In the proposed
innovative design the consortium would like to offer a holistic approach with convergence
of the successful and tested technologies.
The approaches / technologies:– “Wadi” for orchard based / tree based
tribal development,livestock development through doorstep service approach, Silvipasture
for converting degraded community land into productive asset, decentralized water
resource management, family based on-farm/off-farm enterprises for gainful self
employment, processing of flax for omega-3 products and giving higher returns to
farmers, enrichment of animal nutrition,etc. of the consortium partners will be
converged in a cluster by ensuring quality inputs. The programme will evolve a new
approach of holistic cluster development in the selected backward clusters and will
have very high replication potential in the backward regions.
Strategies :-
» Livestock Development
» Water Resource Development
» Development Of Women
» People’s Participation For Sustainable Development
» Policy On Service Delivery System
» Development of Community Centres
» Sustainability Strategy
Expected Outcome:-
• Increased farm productivity of participating farmers by at least 75%.
• Increased milk productivity (>1600lit/lactation) and additional income from
sale of livestock.
• Increased local employment opportunities (>60%) in on-farm and off-farm activities
leading to reduce distress migration
• Increased livelihood options to participant families (>3 options per family).
• Better realization of price to farm products through post harvest management,
value addition and market linkages(>20%).
• Empowered and vibrant people’s organizations addressing their own developmental
issues (>90% POs developed linkages with Govt/
Non Govt organizations for development programmes).
• The project learnings will provide quality inputs in formulation of programmes
influencing the public policies addressing issues of
poverty.
BAIF Development Research Foundation is a
voluntary organisation established in 1967, as a public charitable trust by Dr.
Manibhai Desai a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi. BAIF is implementing a
multidisciplinary development programme covering livestock development, water
resource development, promotion of orchards, community health and empowerment of
women in 12 states, benefiting over 2.25 million families including tribals and
other weaker section of the society, spread over 40,000 villages.
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