PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTION (PRADAN)

MISSION STATEMENT

IMPACTING LIVELIHOODS TO ENABLE RURAL COMMUNITIES

APPROACH

• CAPACITY BUILDING OF THE RURAL COMMUNITIES

• WOMEN SHG IS CORE COMMUNITY ORGANISATION

• SECTOR BASED LIVELIHOOD INITIATIVES

Present outreach

• Project initiation: 1994

• District: Banka

• Blocks: Katoria, Bounsi, Chandan

• No. of families covered: 4314

• % of ST &SC Families: 54Banka

Major Activities

• Promotion of Self-Help-Group• Tasar Sericulture• Tasar yarn production• Kharif Vegetables• SRI

Innovative Projects

• Tasar Reeling and Spinning

• Plantations in private lands and silkworm rearing

• System for Rice Intensification (SRI)

• Vegetable Cultivation in the Homestead

• Computer Munshi System

Who are the participants?•Women SHG Members

• Living in Remote rural areas

•Landless /Marginal farmers

• Illiterate

• No significant scope of earning livelihoods

Tasar Plantation and Silkworm Rearing

• Improvement of Host flora

• Adoption of Scientific practices

• Emphasis on capacity building

• Focus on enhancement of Productivity

Type of Lands: Private Wastelands

Aimed at Utilizing idle assets

Total Area coverage : 1460 Ha.

Family Coverage: 1938

Plant Survival : 90%

Raising Tasar Host Tree Plantations

No. of Kisan Nurseries: 286

Saplings raised : 66.71 lac.

Species : Arjuna and Asan

SHG members involved in:

• Selection of swarojgaris

• Selection of plots

• Planning

• Budgeting

• Implementation

Tasar Silkworm Rearing• Separate set of plants for Young worms

• Regular pruning to maintain height.

• Use of DFLs

• Day-long vigil

• Involvement of family labour

• Low investment

• Short duration

• Income realized in the lean season

• Rearing under Nylon Nets

•Risk Mitigation

•Higher survival rates

• Right way of feeding

• Watch and ward against predators

• Regular shift of worms to fresh plants

• Women play crucial role

• Working with 1650 numbers of farmers

• Expected to add 600-800 more farmers

• High grade of cocoons

• Harvesting in 60-70 days

• Av. Ann income / family: Rs. 8-12000

• Prophylactic spraying

• Absence of disease

• Synchronous growth of worms

Common Facility Centre for Reeling and Spinning

Total No. of CFC Promoted: 8

No. of Reelers / Spinners: 375

Annual Production of Yarn: 5.5MT

Annual Turnover: Rs. 75 lakh

• Asset owned by women

• Reelers responsible for:

•Production mgt.

•Record Keeping

•Asset Maintenance

•Raw material proc.

•Credit leveraging

•Market info. Gather

•Control over income

• Ann.income / Reeler -Spinner : Rs. 8-14000

Moving Towards Entrepreneurship

The Governance and Operation

MBT

Reeling/spinning centreMBT MBTReeling/spinning centre

MASUTA Producers’ Company Limited

Yarn Market

Representatives

Representatives Representatives

Reeling/spinning centre

MBT : Mutual Benefiting Trust (A kind of Private Trust)

SHG SHG SHGSHG SHG SHG

SHGSHG

SHG member

SHG member

SHG member

Reeled / Spun Yarn

Graineur

Rearers

Reelers

Weavers

Finishers

Wholesalers

Retailers

25%

14%

13%

3%

8%

25%

12%

Value Chain designed by PRADAN

(15%)

(10%)

Rationale for choosing Tasar Sericulture

• Important livelihood activity of forest dwelling communities

• Traditional activity: skills and resources available.

• Large domestic and international market

• Huge gap in demand and supply

• Require low investment

Scope for future expansion• There is huge gap in demand and supply in case of

tasar silk production. We can expand till 5times of present raw silk production to meet the demand with domestic Tasar.

• Scope for plantation of tasar host plant at Banka, Jamui & Mungare focusing to tribal cluster.

• Developing the mulberry with irrigated infrastructure with prevailing cluster approach

Strategies

Strengthening Collaboration

Creating Multiple Stakeholders

-Agency, Government, People, Banks, Research Institutions

Promoting Entrepreneurship based model-People’s initiative-Cost-Effectiveness-Commercial Viability-Market Demand Driven

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