(3) Introduction of New Agricultural Techniques (Sample Proposal)
“Improved micro-irrigation systems, agriculture and agro-forestry techniques and cash-cropping techniques will be introduced. The community will receive financial and technical support for implementing these techniques. Technical support will be provided in participatory infrastructure management and improved production practices. Study tours will be organized for farmers to agriculture fairs, local markets and other models.”
(4) Building Sustainable Community-Based Organisations (Sample Proposal)
“Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) such as cooperatives ensure long-term sustainability of interventions, in addition to promoting concepts of equity, self-reliance and good governance. The project will promote community-based cooperatives to undertake disaster management, production and marketing practices in a more organized manner to reduce risks and increase incomes. Through a set of planned interventions, the project will create awareness and education on cooperatives and help the communities to build them so as to enable them to organize easy, flexible and cost-effective financial services, leverage technical resources, gain input supply, undertake production planning and carry out marketing services in agriculture, NTFP and micro-enterprises.”
