Good Orchard (Jujube) management practices promoted under RGVN-APF project for rural communities and the results are of flying colors. 2 no mini orchard is producing a good amount of Jujube which are being sold in the local market and the farmers are getting good return of their hard work.
The 21th century had been witness to unprecedented onslaught on the environment in general, and forests in particular. In India, the question of how forests should be managed has been one of the burning issues that extends to rural livelihoods as well. About 30 years ago, mainly due to the sustained and concerted efforts of …
The handloom industry in India has been playing an imperative role in preserving India’s rich cultural heritage and socio-economic development of the country. National Handloom Day, observed on August 7 honors the handloom weavers of the country. It is a day that also recognizes the Swadeshi Movement which was launched on the same date in …
On 23/06/2022 a LEDP survey and a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) was conducted by RGVN in asscociation with NABARD (RO) on Piggery in Morigaon district. It envisages conduct of livelihood promotion programmes in clusters. Livestock (goatery, poultry, duck rearing, and piggery) provides supplementary income to the large number of rural households and that is the …
RGVN aims to build livelihood clusters, it follows three phases, experimentation and innovation, stabilization and scaling up. Under CSR support form HCCBPL we are supposed to support 8 beneficiaries in Tribal Basti Areas of Jalpaiguri in North Bengal for organic vegetable, but under group pressure we have supported 11 numbers for organic garden for their …
Pabitra Bordoloi, is the son of a tribal farmer of village Khulagaon, Mayong Block, Morigaon. He has got 2.5 bighas of cultivable land, while his father distributed his landed property among his sons. The piece of land inherited by Pabitra is on high land without any irrigation facility, so he was very upset. He knew …