Community
Stronger Roots,
Stronger Communities
By fostering leadership within the community, these collectives create a sense of ownership and accountability, strengthening rural governance.
Cooperatives and federations take on additional roles, such as input supply, seed production, market linkages, and enterprise development, boosting local economies.
With organized collectives, farmers gain improved access to larger markets, better pricing, and reduced dependence on middlemen, increasing their profitability.
Federations establish retail shops for seeds, spices, fruits, and vegetable saplings, making quality agricultural inputs easily accessible to nearby farmers.
By indulging in community financing initiatives, these organizations enable further development and investment in local infrastructure and livelihoods.
Collectives play a crucial role in managing water, soil, and other natural resources, ensuring long-term farming success.
Women are leading the Livelihood Entrepreneurship Development Program in Barwani, Madhya Pradesh, supported by NABARD.
Lilabai’s Entrepreneurship Journey : With NABARD’s support, Lilabai built a thriving grocery business, allowing her husband to stay and expand into dairy and soft drinks.
In Barwani’s Jalkheda cluster, 90 women farmers launched a packaged spice business, now processing and selling chilli and turmeric successfully.
Spice Business Thrives
Chilli & Turmeric cultivation by 90 women farmers in Jalkheda cluster of Barwani district supported by the Caring Friend project gave handsome returns. Then, a group of women came up with the idea to make packaged chilli powder/spices to profit more. Our team then approached NABARD for financial support under LEDP that trained the women and provided them necessary tools and machines to process and package. The women group efforts and products were appreciated by the buyers and that's how the sale of chilli and other spices started to raise while increasing the profit margin. For example, the total processed products in a month is 75 kg of chilli, 30 kg turmeric with a total value of `34,200/-
Women Lead Entrepreneurship
Women taking lead in our Livelihood Entrepreneurship Development Program (LEDP) launched with support of NABARD in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh
From Migration to Growth
Mr. Yogendra Saini, DDM, Mandsaur, MP, interacting with Lilabai of Village Pichhla in the NABARD supported Watershed project Lilabai belongs to Banjara community and her family doesn't have any agriculture land. Lilabai belongs to Banjara community and her family doesn't have any agriculture land. For their livelihoods, her husband migrated to south India to sell blankets and toys while Lilabai was looking for an entrepreneur opportunity. She was supported by Village Watershed Committee with inancial supportof `68,000/-from ther evolving fund to open a grocery shop while she added her own savings to invest in materials. Her monthly turn over ranges from`35,000/-to`40,000/-giving her aproit of `5,000/-to `6,000/-monthly .She is paying back `3,000/-monthly to ther evolving fund. Due to her entrepreneur skills, her husband stopped migrating and started to help her with the business expansion that include sale of milk/curd, soft drinks stored in refrigerator purchased by them.
