In a bid to provide resources for livelihood and self-reliance to tribal women under the Women's Farmers Empowerment Project, an MoU was signed between Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS) and Digital Green on Thursday for the implementation of Advancing Tribal Livelihood and Self Reliance (ATLAS) project in the State. It was signed by JSLPS CEO, Nancy Sahay and Digital Green Head, Krishnan Pallasani.
Speaking on the occasion Sahay said that through this initiative, about 20 thousand tribal women of the State will be linked with advanced and technology based farming and their income can be increased and they will move fast towards self-reliance.
During the signing of the MoU, JSLPS COO Bishnu Parida, Digital Green Regional Head Ronali Pradhan, SPM MKSP Arif Akhtar, Atlas Initiative Nodal Officer, Kamal Jaiswal and others were also present.
Sahay further said that on the instructions of Chief Minister, Hemant Soren, women involved in the manufacture and sale of local liquor in the State are being linked with a respectable livelihood. “The beneficiary women of Phullo Jhano Ashirwad Abhiyan will also benefit from this initiative. It works like advanced technology based farming, ICT, data analysis, farmer diary app and management of producer companies and others. Digital Green will also work under a women empowerment project,” she added.
The JSLPS CEO also appealed to work for the marketing and sale of products of Palash brand through Digital Green. She expressed hope that now the positive initiative towards tribal women's livelihood empowerment will be intensified.
Speaking on the occasion Krishnan said that JSLPS is continuously working for the development of rural women. “With the efforts of his team and JSLPS, the yield of women cultivating Tur has increased three times. Under the ATLAS project, the effort of Digital Green is to make tribal women and producer companies of the State self-reliant. The goal of the ATLAS project is to make 20 thousand tribal women of the State self-reliant by connecting them with technology-based advanced farming,” he added.
“Under this, work like advisory services, video based training, capacity building will be done to the women associated with FPOs. Special attention will also be given to capacity building of farmer producer companies. Members will be trained through videos and other techniques on the functions of farmer producer companies, the role of members, the role of the board of directors, the operation of the company and other important topics. The facility of Kisan Diary Mobile App will also be available to the farmers of the producer company, so that the data related to their marketing, collection and other works will be used in monitoring and data analysis. On this basis, further improvement can be brought in their activities,” said Krishnan.