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ECOMONIC DEVELOPMENTWe aim to ensure financial security for families in the project area by: Empowering women through Self Help Group: Enrolling women members in Self Help Groups, train them on thrift and credit and maintaining their own group records and accounts. Linking the group with banks and involve them in Income generation activities to enable minimum additional income of Rs.2000 / month. Improved agriculture practices Focus on adoption of scientific methods of agriculture that are economically viable and environmentally sustainable. Individual farmers are organized into farmers association through which they are exposed to new technology and farming practices to enable them to get better yields and income. Improved Livestock management Arrange regular veterinary camps to reduce incidence of disease among cattle, introduce effective livestock and animal husbandry management practices Youth development Providing employable vocational skills to unemployed or underemployed youth by providing career counselling, training skills and help them in job placement that can help them to be gainfully employed. Success Stories Sign of DawnTraining on skills gave opportunity to become successful entrepreneur.Women entrepreneurWhen women participate in the development process, they become catalysts of change.SRI-Paddy Cultivation in Chikkakanya VillageModern method of cultivation with improved irrigation have dramatically increased crop yieldPoverty alleviation through Augmented Income GenerationSST and Fisheries College, Thoothukudi jointly provided Pisci-culture training to the SHG's during last year as a part of additional income generation program.Rearing Milch Animal - Raising Life StandardsA case study of Mrs. Tamilselvi, JadagondapuramTurmeric as IntercroppingSST had advised to take up inter cropping of vegetable and cash crop like Turmeric and red gram as it fetches good price in the market since last two years |
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