Food Security India Project #1891

Support Small Farmers in India

by Seva Mandir

Project Report | Mar 6, 2011
You helped 13 farmers in Udaipur India grow chick peas! Excellent

By Deepti Ameta | Program In Charge Resource Mobilization

The chick peas harvested this year

Dear Friends,

Many thanks for supporting this project and ensuring food security for tribal farmers of our region.

As you know Seva Mandir is participating in Top 10 Wins challenge on Global Giving. We are promoting your favorite project –“Improving Food Security for Tribal Farmers in Udaipur, India”.

We are reaching out to 5000 farmers every year and with a variety of interventions attempting to increase their agriculture production; more specifically growing vegetables, promoting the use of organic manure (composting done with earth worms) and an access to a seed bank program.

This program is doing really well with your support. We encourage you to consider making another donation between 1st March to 14th March (the period of this challenge) to help your project win more money and attention.

I am enclosing a small report that my colleagues (who are directly involved in this program in the villages) have put together for you. Last year in the month of February, 13 farmers received green gram seeds. Green gram apart from being highly rich in nutrients is also beneficial for crop rotation as it enriches soil with Nitrogen (very good for soil productivity).

The farmers have recently harvested their crop using the seeds given to them last year. These farmers are now planning to sow wheat for the next crop both because it rained adequately last year and also they have better soil for the wheat crop now.

These 13 farmers were able to sell their harvest for over 1200 USD together. This is remarkable sale and this has all been possible because of your support.

This year has begun with a vibrant color of green. All the farmers in villages are now waiting for the festival HOLI (festival of colors). Along with this great harvest it is also the time for all of us to have late night celebration( Jagran ) in villages and looking forward to play with colors on the 19th and 20th March (Holi festival).

Please do consider to support your favorite project again and make it a winner in the Top 10 Wins Challenge (before 14th March). This is also the perfect timing for you to give away a gift to these farmers on HOLI.

Wishing you all a very Happy Holi from all of us here!!

With warm regards,

Deepti

Links:

you can help more farmers before 14th march - here is a chance

Attachments:

13 farmers earned 1200 USD with your help (DOC)

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Jan 3, 2011
Happy 2011 from Durga Kumari and all of us here

By Deepti Ameta | In Charge Resource Mobilization Program

Dec 23, 2010
Dalu says Thank you. You've helped her earn $ 489

By Deepti Ameta | In Charge Resource Mobilization Program

Dalu with her coriander crop

Dear Friends,

Happy Holiday Season!

Hope you are enjoying the holiday season. This year the winter started a little later here but it is pleasantly cold right now. We hope it is also nice weather where you are.

Thank you for supporting the village farmers and families becoming food-secure in our region. The farmers we work with are mainly dependant on agriculture and animal husbandry. These tribal farmers own very small pieces of land i.e. less than 1 ha. Udaipur is a dry and drought prone area with an average annual rainfall of 625 mm.

However, with little encouragement and support, farmers can produce vegetables all round the year. Vegetables can be cultivated on small plots of land with very little inputs. Seva Mandir is encouraging farmers to grow vegetables on both small and medium scale.

In small scale initiative we promote vegetable nurseries. A number of farmers pick healthy vegetable saplings from the nurseries. For the medium scale production, the farmers are trained to grow vegetables on an intensive and professional way, called as sabji-wadi technique (Vegetable Field). The story given below – is of an explanation of the vegetable cultivation activity.

We are also very happy to share with you a detailed report on this program. Please find enclosed a midyear progress report on Vegetable cultivation program.

It is exciting for us to share the progress with you at the time of holiday season. Thank you for being an incredible partner to us. Please consider donating again to this program at this festivity and also tell about it to your friends.

Many thanks once again. Happy Holiday Season to you once again from all of us here.

With warm regards,

Deepti

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Dalu Bai and her husband are residents of village Majera of block Kumbhalharh. They are very happy and proud farmers because they underwent training last year and subsequently cultivated coriander in their fields. Dalu Bai and her husband used to cultivate mainly the field crops for subsistence, such as Maize or Wheat if there was enough water. Dalu Bai in one of the meetings conducted by the CIG (Common Interest group) learnt more about the vegetable cultivation.

Earlier, she and her family didn’t know that it could be possible in their region as well. A technical training on vegetable cultivation organized and supported by Seva Mandir helped them know more about the various aspects of vegetable cultivation. After the training Dalu was provided with one kg of coriander seeds. She and her husband sown the seeds on 0.1 hectare of their land. Dalu Bai was able to produce 400 kg of coriander leaves. She sold her produce in the vegetable market of Udaipur and Rajsamand for Rs. 55 per kg. In the end, she earned Rs.22,000/- (USD 489). She and her family is so very happy at this income.

Links:

Seva Mandir Annual Report

Attachments:

Half Yearly Report April-September 2010 (DOC)

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