Trainings

Skill Development for Rural Women Entrepreneurs Supported by BNY Mellon

Promotion of micro-enterprises and various income generation activities is an important aspect of women empowerment. Although it is extremely difficult to find remunerative self-employment, there are enormous untapped opportunities in the rural sector. These include both on-farm and off-farm opportunities.

15 women were trained in the skill of jute bag making. A total of 66 beneficiaries were trained over the past 2 years in jute bag making. Many women started their own business venture as a collective group formed by SHG. They are getting many orders from nearby offices, schools etc. and are successfully running this enterprise.

CSR Watershed Team Refresher Workshop

A customized workshop was designed to engage the CSR watershed staff on various elements of work life at NAF. 35 CSR watershed staff from various locations of India participated in this motivational workshop. Aside from reviewing performance of various teams, the workshop also dealt with building new knowledge in aspects such as community mobilization, social development and sustainability of projects, technical aspects of watershed development and management of staff, in addition to team building and motivation exercises for the team.

Workshop cum Refresher Training For FPO Staff

A customized training cum workshop was organized for the 35 staff in Agri business division ,to motivate them as well as to update them on ROC compliances, registration of FPC, auditing compliances, Business planning, Preparation of DPR, leadership and time management. This workshop was also an opportunity to facilitate peer earning and share and exchange knowledge and ideas to help improve the team efficiency.

Skill up gradation of agro service providers for Economic Empowerment of Small Farm Holders in Tamilnadu State, India Supported by Pershing India holdings Pvt Ltd

The objective of this training is to enhance the knowledge and skill sets of agro service providers/farmers to enhance the crop productivity and profitability of small farm holders thus enhancing their livelihood. The program aims at developing the hard and soft skills of farmers/service providers by providing training on handling machineries, attending minor faults at field level, preparation of bio inputs with available local inputs and next set of training given to farmer producer company shareholder's to develop their soft skill in accomplishing timely compliances, effecting good governance and selecting sound business plan which in turn

enhance the profitability of small holder farmers by converting them as entrepreneurs and feeding them as stake holders in value chain markets.

Project Activities:

1. Training on preparation of bio inputs

2. Training on repairing and maintenance of tractor

3. Training and repairing of power weeder

4. Trainings on "Developing professional skill set of BODs and CEOs for effective Management of FPO"

No of beneficiaries capacitated:

334 Nos from various 15 districts of Tamilnadu

Intensive Technical Training on Lean farming Technologies for farmers Supported by Orelikon Friction Ltd

Under this training head, 39 farmers from Pune district came for a 3 day residential training program to CFRD. They were given insights and exposure on Soil Health management, INM, IPM, modified land use management etc. They were also given full day training on Farmer producer organization.

  • Training activities:

    1. Concept of lean farming

    2. Soil Health Management

    3. Integrated nutrient management

    4. Integrated pest management

    5. Benefits of forming Farmer Producer Company

    6. Exposure visit to progressive farmers and successful FPC

    7. Demonstration on preparation of bio inputs

    8. Exhibition on critical inputs to crops

SDP – Sustainable Development Plan project Supported by NABARD

The Sustainable Development Projects aims to build the capacities of rural stakeholders through various need based training and awareness programs, like strengthening of Village watershed committee, Self-help groups, book keeping and record maintenance and other agri technical trainings. A total of 424 beneficiaries have been trained over the past 2 years under this Project

  • Project Activities:

    1. Effective function of VWC and other Community based Organization

    2. Effective functioning of SHG & Federation for holistic development

    3. Financial inclusion through SHG in watershed Village

    4. Awareness programme on government scheme

    5. Awareness on credit facilities in bank

    6. Training on Cattle management and feed production

    7. Exposure visits to KVK, FPC