{"id":5267,"date":"2022-11-15T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/?page_id=5267"},"modified":"2022-11-24T10:54:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T10:54:20","slug":"agriculture-allied-livelihoods","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/agriculture-allied-livelihoods\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture &amp; Allied Livelihoods"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5267\" class=\"elementor elementor-5267\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48e0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48e0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f01950c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f01950c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-13f429a column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"13f429a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-599f5c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gva-heading-block\" data-id=\"599f5c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gva-heading-block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gva-element-gva-heading-block gva-element\">   <div class=\"align-center style-1 widget gsc-heading\">\r\n      <div class=\"content-inner\">\r\n                     <div class=\"heading-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-content\/plugins\/gavias-oxpitan-themer\/elementor\/assets\/images\/icon-heading.png\" alt=\"WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATED FARMING\"\/><\/div>\r\n           \r\n                     <h2 class=\"title\">\r\n               <span>WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATED FARMING<\/span>\r\n            <\/h2>\r\n                           \r\n               <\/div>\r\n   <\/div>\r\n   <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7032b81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7032b81\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7073e98 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"7073e98\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1490 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7da1490\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tAs per National Statistical Office\u2019s Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households report, average monthly income of an agricultural household during 2018-19 (JulyJune) was Rs. 10,218 only and combined net receipts from crop production and animal husbandry constituted only 53% of their income. This implies that the agri-households face a grave situation as the single-largest income source of an agricultural household is from wages i.e. the producers are actually deriving their livelihood from nonagricultural labor.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-21fdb7d column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"21fdb7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9c4dcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9c4dcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHimachal Pradesh, in particular has witnessed downfall in contribution of Agriculture &#038; Allied sectors in total State Domestic Product from 57.9% (1950-51) to 8.8% (2017-18). Agriculture has become non-viable especially in the lower hills like Hamirpur, Bilaspur &#038; Una. Various reasons for the lost relevance of Agriculture here include; lack of irrigation facilities, rising invasion of wild animals, land fragmentation, logistic challenges etc.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a2a7ecb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a2a7ecb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-057748e column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"057748e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e6a elementor-widget 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<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-41bfcfc column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"41bfcfc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3736 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gva-image-content\" data-id=\"3736\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gva-image-content.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gva-element-gva-image-content gva-element\">      \r\n     \r\n    \r\n    \r\n\r\n         <div class=\"gsc-image-content skin-v3\">\r\n        <div class=\"image\">\r\n                      <div class=\"main-background\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/agri1.jpg);\"><\/div>\r\n                                 <h2 class=\"title\">\r\n                <ahref=\"#\">3<\/a>             <\/h2>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"box-background\"><span><\/span><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4731acb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4731acb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a80f72b column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"a80f72b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a832674 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a832674\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On-the-ground Research &amp; Data Analysis done by \u2018Act To Transform\u2019; found lack of awareness, agricultural knowledge and entrepreneurial vision amongst the farmers, a major limitation in realizing higher profits by them. Therefore, a \u20183S\u2019 strategy of Sensitization-Skilling-Supply was adopted to transform the lives of farmers in Himachal. As primary step, farmers from Hamirpur district were mobilized to take on scientific and smart agricultural practices.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7d750 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e7d750\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis was followed by a workshop on \u2018Integrated Farming\u2019 where Col. P.C. Rana (Retd.) was invited to guide the farmers. He is popularly known as the \u2018Turmeric Man of Himachal\u2019 for his brilliance in turmeric farming. The workshop was conducted in his farm where the farmers got exposure of integrated farming with special emphasis on turmeric cultivation and bee keeping. Other allied activities like poultry, fish culture, dairy etc. were also explored.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1ccede column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"f1ccede\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bacd4b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bacd4b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The zeal amongst the farmers could be assessed through their active involvement in the discussion around natural, organic and spiritual farming. The workshop successfully infused enthusiasm among the attendees to learn and practice the robust mechanism of farming with support from Act to Transform.<\/p><p>Further, the interested farmers from Hamirpur would be provided certified training in beekeeping with the support from Rural Self- Employment &amp; Training Institute (RSETI), Hamirpur. Col. P.C. Rana Ji will keep sharing his valuable insights with the farmers and would also assist the farmers in marketing their produce.<\/p><p>Act To Transform won\u2019t limit its intervention to sensitizing and training alone, the trained farmers would be supported to supply their produce to the market. They will receive evidence based assistance to do value addition and reach out to the consumers right from their farm. We are also prepared to help farmers in getting their produce certified and packed. The \u20183-S\u2019 strategy would transform the farmers into microentrepreneurs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e7e313 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e7e313\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70da3e0 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"70da3e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eb62d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gva-heading-block\" data-id=\"7eb62d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gva-heading-block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gva-element-gva-heading-block gva-element\">   <div class=\"align-center style-1 widget gsc-heading\">\r\n      <div class=\"content-inner\">\r\n                     <div class=\"heading-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-content\/plugins\/gavias-oxpitan-themer\/elementor\/assets\/images\/icon-heading.png\" alt=\"EXOTIC MUSHROOM CULTIVATION\"\/><\/div>\r\n           \r\n                     <h2 class=\"title\">\r\n               <span>EXOTIC MUSHROOM CULTIVATION<\/span>\r\n            <\/h2>\r\n                           \r\n               <\/div>\r\n   <\/div>\r\n   <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ff7f65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ff7f65\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-75944a0 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"75944a0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad87cca elementor-widget elementor-widget-gva-image-content\" data-id=\"ad87cca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gva-image-content.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gva-element-gva-image-content gva-element\">      \r\n     \r\n    \r\n    \r\n\r\n         <div class=\"gsc-image-content skin-v3\">\r\n        <div class=\"image\">\r\n                      <div class=\"main-background\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/m3.jpg);\"><\/div>\r\n                                 <h2 class=\"title\">\r\n                1             <\/h2>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"box-background\"><span><\/span><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5cc0b47 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"5cc0b47\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4c4d25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gva-image-content\" data-id=\"b4c4d25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gva-image-content.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gva-element-gva-image-content gva-element\">      \r\n     \r\n    \r\n    \r\n\r\n         <div class=\"gsc-image-content skin-v3\">\r\n        <div class=\"image\">\r\n                      <div class=\"main-background\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/m2.jpg);\"><\/div>\r\n                                 <h2 class=\"title\">\r\n                <ahref=\"#\">2<\/a>             <\/h2>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"box-background\"><span><\/span><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4291ae8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4291ae8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7646d54 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"7646d54\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6b5e45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6b5e45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Himachal, average land holding size of farmers is about 1 hectares which limits their revenue. In Hamirpur region, the non-lucrative practice of the traditional farming of Wheat and Maize is forcing the villagers to leave for the urban areas in search of better income opportunities. Moreover, absence of proper irrigation facilities and menace created by wild animals is making people abandon farms. Hence, there is a need for a low cost and maximum profit plan to support their income.<\/p><p>Therefore, we identified two small groups of women farmers who already had the knowledge of cultivating common varieties of mushroom like button and oyster. The objective was simply to create a success story which gets scaled up by ripple effect. These group faced two major challenges; first, the profit margin for the varieties cultivated by them was small; second, they lacked the know-how to market their produce well. To address these issues, we designed a program to train the groups for exotic varieties of mushroom which have large profit margin and to establish a buyback mechanism by connecting them with different stakeholders of the mushroom industry.<\/p><p>For the identified groups, a 3-day course on cultivation of Ganedorma mushroom was conducted in two batches for the women of Gahli Panchayat and Loharkad Panchayat of Nadaun Block. The training was conducted by experts from Han Agro, a Dehradun based Mushroom Company. It included sessions on scientific cultivation, disease management and harvesting.<\/p><p>The groups were provided 555 substrate bags for free with the groups themselves purchasing another 408 bags from their end. The women farmers are now being guided on daily basis through video calls, so as to ensure that the substrate bags are provided the right conditions for optimum growth. They were also provided with digital meters for accurate reporting of room temperature and humidity. The groups have divided their work with a roster assigning duties to women in groups of two for morning, afternoon and evening sessions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3146bdf column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"3146bdf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f3680c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f3680c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt is expected that there will be 3-5 flushes of Ganedorma and there will be a guaranteed buyback of the produce at Rupees 800-1000 per kg by Han Agro from the doorsteps of the women farmers for which \u2018Act To Transform Foundation\u2019 has signed an agreement with the company on behalf of the farmers. Post completion of buyback, the bags can be emptied into the fields as manure or used as fuel by the farmers.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a6ec99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a6ec99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/m1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a777611 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a777611\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This mushroom based micro-enterprise would provide an opportunity to the women farmers to earn better at their native place itself and transform themselves from small farmers to agri-entrepreneurs. In future, they can even scale up their work through value addition and making products like Pickle, Cookies, Nuggets, Soup, Protein Powder, Papad etc. In long term, this would also help in addressing the problem of nutritional deficiencies in rural people.<\/p><p>Moving forward, more batches of women farmers would be similarly trained and assisted for marketing. It is also important to inform these groups about the existing government schemes which can help them in terms of investment support and scaling up their work. Eventually, a pool of mushroom-based micro enterprises would come up in the region which will make it competitive and transform the region into an export hub of medicinal\/exotic mushroom.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea8ffb1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea8ffb1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1712fb5 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"1712fb5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bac614 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bac614\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mushroom cultivation has great scope in India and in some of other developing countries because of the cheap and easily available raw materials needed for this activity,<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mushroom cultivation can directly improve livelihoods through economic, nutritional and medicinal contributions.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Globally, China is the leading producer of mushrooms with more than 70% of the total global production which is attributed to community based farming as well as diversification of mushrooms.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, owing to varied agro-climate and abundance of farm waste, different types of temperate, tropical and sub-tropical mushrooms are cultivated throughout the country.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trade in cultivated mushrooms can provide a readily available and important source of cash income &#8211; for men and women, however, the role played by women in rural mushroom production can be very significant.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, there has been a spectacular growth in, and commercial activity associated with, dietary supplements, functional foods and other products that are \u2018more than just food\u2019. Medicinal fungi have routinely been used in traditional Chinese medicine.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, an estimated six percent of edible mushrooms are known to have medicinal properties and can be found in health tonics, tinctures, teas, soups and herbal formulas. Lentinula edodes (shiitake) and Volvariella volvacea (Chinese or straw mushroom) are edible fungi with medicinal properties widely diffused and cultivated.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shiitake are said to have anti and antiviral properties and remove serum cholesterol from the bloodstream.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mushroom cultivation activities can play an important role in supporting the local economy by contributing to subsistence food security, nutrition, and medicine; generating additional employment and income.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shiitake offers a market value of approximately 6 times more than other locally grown mushrooms such as button, oyster, etc. in Himachal Pradesh.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since it does not require access to land, mushroom cultivation is a viable and attractive activity for both rural farmers and peri-urban dwellers and can provide a regular income throughout the year.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mushrooms can be produced in temporary clean shelters. They can be cultivated on a part-time basis, and require little maintenance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a55c152 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"a55c152\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d6f754 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d6f754\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indirectly, mushroom cultivation also provides opportunities for improving the sustainability of small farming systems through the recycling of organic matter, which can be used as land fertilizer. Through the provision of income and improved nutrition, successful cultivation and trade in mushrooms can strengthen livelihood assets, which can not only reduce vulnerability to shocks, but enhance an individual\u2019s and a community\u2019s capacity to act upon other economic opportunities.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in order to deal with the biggest challenge of Market Linkage, a 100% buyback from the doorstep of the farmers\/individuals, along with the training programme has been ensured.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far,\u00a0over 400\u00a0women have been trained across 15 villages to cultivate medicinal varieties like Ganedorma &amp; Shiitake. For the identified groups, a\u00a02-3 day\u00a0training\u00a0on cultivation of medicinal mushroom is conducted by industry experts which includes sessions on scientific cultivation, disease management and harvesting. The women farmers are then guided throughout the crop period, so as to ensure that the substrate bags are provided the right conditions for optimum growth. They are also provided with digital meters for accurate reporting of room temperature and humidity. The produce is then being collected from the doorsteps of the women farmers.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On an average, a woman is able to earn 7.5k to 20k by putting in 40 man-hours in a period of 2 months.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Post completion of buyback, the bags can be emptied into the fields as manure or used as fuel by the farmers. This mushroom based micro-enterprise would provide an opportunity to the women farmers to earn better at their native place itself and transform themselves from small farmers to agri-entrepreneurs.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In future, they can even scale up their work through value addition and making products like Pickle, Cookies, Nuggets, Soup, Protein Powder, Papad etc. In the long term, this would also help in addressing the problem of nutritional deficiencies in rural people.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moving forward, more batches of women farmers would be similarly trained and assisted for marketing. It is also important to inform these groups about the existing government schemes which can help them in terms of investment support and scaling up their work. Eventually, a pool of mushroom-based micro enterprises would come up in the region which will make it competitive and transform the region into an export hub of medicinal\/exotic mushroom.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51d4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b27 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"b27\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd73342 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bd73342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/signn.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f734248 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"f734248\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gva-heading-block\" data-id=\"59e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gva-heading-block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gva-element-gva-heading-block gva-element\">   <div class=\"align-left style-1 widget gsc-heading\">\r\n      <div class=\"content-inner\">\r\n                     <div class=\"heading-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-content\/plugins\/gavias-oxpitan-themer\/elementor\/assets\/images\/icon-heading.png\" alt=\"SCIENTIFIC DAIRY FARMING\"\/><\/div>\r\n           \r\n                     <h2 class=\"title\">\r\n               <span>SCIENTIFIC DAIRY FARMING<\/span>\r\n            <\/h2>\r\n                                       <div class=\"title-desc\">Livestock rearing is one of the oldest and most important economic activities in the rural and semi-urban areas of the country contributing significantly to the Indian economy Livestock sector is an important subsector of the agriculture of Indian economy. It provides supplementary income to most of the families dependent on agriculture and for many landless families, the income generated through the livestock rearing activities has been the mainstay<\/div>\r\n         \r\n               <\/div>\r\n   <\/div>\r\n   <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fbe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fbe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32c3 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"32c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3679 column-style-bg-overflow-right column-top\" data-id=\"3679\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b6cc5c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b6cc5c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1dad8d5 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"1dad8d5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35e9c2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35e9c2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As per surveys conducted by \u2018Act to Transform\u2019 in 30 different panchayats of district Hamirpur, it was observed that milk production in particular and its lucrative marketing in general is a key constraint to dairy development in the region and prior to addressing the marketing challenge it is essential that firstly, present levels of milk production in an identified cluster be estimated, Secondly, the farmers be trained to undertake scientific dairy farming so as to improve the quantity and quality of milk, Lastly, probable partners like cooperatives, private players and probable buyers be reached out simultaneously so that the marketing channel gets established in concurrence to training of the farmers.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-daf7756 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"daf7756\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba330f2 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"ba330f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9b1524 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9b1524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are also working with Society for Innovation &amp; Entrepreneurship in Dairying (SINED) to prepare a training curriculum as per the priorknowledge, available resources and climatic conditions of the lower belt of western Himachal. Poor crop productivity, low availability of per capita arable land, substantial availability of common property grazing lands, and lack of other incomegenerating activities have made the rearing of dairy animals an economic compulsion in this region. Selecting the right breed of dairy cattle, technique to grow green silage, disease control, calf management, milk processing etc would ensure an increase in the income of farmers and upgrade the living standard of family members, especially of women, who in particular labor for dairy in the household without getting any pecuniary benefit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed3ffdf column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"ed3ffdf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-045b3ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"045b3ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ll12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-343a5c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"343a5c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-468e114 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"468e114\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5afd842 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gva-heading-block\" data-id=\"5afd842\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gva-heading-block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gva-element-gva-heading-block gva-element\">   <div class=\"align-center style-1 widget gsc-heading\">\r\n      <div class=\"content-inner\">\r\n           \r\n                     <h2 class=\"title\">\r\n               <span>If Agriculture goes wrong, nothing else will have a chance to go right in the country<\/span>\r\n            <\/h2>\r\n                              <div class=\"sub-title\"><span>\u2013 M.S. Swaminathan<\/span><\/div>\r\n                  \r\n               <\/div>\r\n   <\/div>\r\n   <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATED FARMING As per National Statistical Office\u2019s Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households report, average monthly income of an agricultural household during 2018-19 (JulyJune) was Rs. 10,218 only and combined net receipts from crop production and animal husbandry constituted only 53% of their income. This implies that the agri-households face a grave situation as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5267"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5651,"href":"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5267\/revisions\/5651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acttotransform.org\/newwebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}