Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NGO Vasan to include the families of Primitive Vulnerable Tribal Groups of the State in the mainstream of development by connecting them with a strong livelihood through Jharkhand Millet Mission. The MoU was signed by the Chief Executive Officer Nancy Sahay and the Director of Vasan, Dr. Sabyasachi Das at the State Office of JSLPS at Hehal.
Under this non-financial agreement, Vasan will work to improve the livelihood of PVTGs within the scope of the UDAN project run by JSLPS. To revive the cultivation of honey, work will be done to increase the income of tribal families by connecting them with improved cultivation of honey. After signing the MoU, Sahay said that Jharkhand Millet Mission will be launched, through which the goal of making the State malnutrition free along with livelihood for tribal families will also be achieved.
Vasan will provide technical assistance from millet production to processing, marketing etc. This initiative will help in making the PVTG families of the State prosperous by linking them with the means of sustainable livelihood. Sabyasachi Das, Director of Vasan, said that Vasan will help JSLPS in the implementation of Millet Mission in the State and will help in providing marketing and processing facilities from honey production. Through this initiative, the Birhor, Asur, Sabar, Pahariya, Korba, Birjia and Parhiya tribal groups will get direct benefits.
Through this initiative, an increase in the income of PVTG families will also be ensured by establishing a model of entrepreneurship through backyard poultry in 20 blocks of the State.
Training and production will be promoted for improved cultivation of Millet, Madua to the tribal families of the Udaan project area. Considering the immense potential of development through millet cultivation, work will be done to increase the income of PVTG families in the state by connecting them with millet farming. For the development of PVTG families in the project area, training and capacity building of project staff will be ensured through habitation. VASAN will assist JSLPS in formulating the forward strategy for the development of PVTG families. This MoU is completely non-financial. PVTG will be linked to the cultivation of honey in the state to provide sustainable livelihood to the families. The production, marketing and marketing of Madua will be arranged under the UDAN project. In the value chain approach, Madua and Bazar will be linked with the livelihood of PVTG families in the state.
Under the UDAN project, about 15,000 PVTG families of the state will be linked to the backyard poultry and madua based value chain. Through this initiative, about 15,000 tribal (PVTG) families will be linked with millet production and processing by launching the Jharkhand Millet Mission in the JSLPS state. Along with this, Vasan will also provide technical help for the capacity building of the community, marketing and market system including agriculture and production. Organic farming of madua will be encouraged through PVTG families so that they can get good prices for the products.