The Odisha Livelihoods Mission (OLM), a society under the aegis of Department of Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water, signed MoUs with technical support agencies (TSAs) of national repute like the Samunnati Foundation and the Goat Trust (TGT) here on Thursday.
The partnership project is named as ‘Livelihoods Promotion through Partnership (LPP)’ which focuses on delivering technical and capacity-building support to the Self-Help Groups (SHGs), farmers, goat rearing clusters, producers’ groups (PGs), producers’ companies (PCs), farmers producers organisations (FPOs), etc. functioning under the realm of OLM and Mission Shakti.
The Goat Trust will render multi-scale support to goat rearing clusters. It will focus on improving present-day goat-based livelihood environment and create a robust goat value-chain in State. The Samunnati Foundation will assist OLM and ORMAS in creating financial linkage to FPOs through financing and establishment of value chain ecosystem to ensure sustainability and proliferation of best practices.