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 …
Promoting Farmer Collectives and Improving Resilience of Vulnerable Communities Project: A livestock vaccination camp was organized in Jerenga Gaon (Morigaon District) recently. The importance of Vaccination in animals : *Veterinary vaccines have had, and continue to have, a major role in protecting animal health and public health, reducing animal suffering, enabling efficient production of food …
A visit to a Science museum has numerous benefits that go beyond fun and learning. If there’s any place that could better build up individuals’, especially, the youth’s aspirations aligned in the field of Science, than the school or through your science tutor, that would probably be nothing else than a Science museum itself. Visiting …
The Assam Project on Forest and Biodiversity Conservation (APFBC) was created by State Government of Assam as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and is supported by Agence Française de Développement (AFD). The overall vision of the project is to contribute through the Forest Department towards the conservation and …
Moitreyee Ghosh from APPI and Indrani Sharma from RGVN recently visited Kalbari and Singimari village of Morigaon District. They monitored the previous activities and coordinated among the members of the Seed Village Programme. Objectives of the Seed Village Programme *To improve the quality of farmers saved seed through use of different seed enhancement techniques. *To …
“YANGLI FARMER PRODUCER COMPANY” covered by East Mojo, a leading news portal of North-East India.
Capacity Building Programme & Business Plan for Board Of Directors, Yangli Farmer Producer Company (FPC) and Staff was recently held in Morigaon. Yangli FPC Limited is a business set up run by women from 15 villages under Bhurbandha Development Block of Morigaon district. Business plans are important to allow a company to lay out its …
Soft Interventions – Training Of Trainers(TOT) for the above mentioned project has been started. Successful implementation of a SFURTI cluster development programme (CDP) would require involvement of trained personnels who can streamline development initiative in the desired manner. The programme aims to improve knowledge and skill of the participants which would enable them in successful …
ITC MISSION SUNEHRA KAL- NITI Aayog Aspirational District FARMER FIELD SCHOOL: A farmer field school is a group-based learning process which is adopted by many NGOS as well as government to promote and transfer of technology among farmers and rural population. A farmer field school also brings together different methods and concepts for community development. …
A State Level Inception Workshop on Agriculture Development under Aspirational District Programme was organized by NITI Aayog and ITC Mission – ‘Sunehra Kal’ at Assam Administrative Staff College, Guwahati yesterday. The Aspirational District Programme is a maiden initiative led by Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji to transform more than 100 most under-developed districts effectively. …