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nvironment

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romoting the practice of line sowing in garlic fields

MVD

A works with community-based

groups (CBOs) to form a support system

for agriculture, livelihood and education,

with a dedicated focus on creating economic

opportunities for small and marginalized

individuals, especially women. Cognizant

of climate change and its disastrous effect

on agriculture, affecting the income and

food security of vulnerable communities

in the region, MVDA strives to ensure

effective agriculture interventions and

agrobiodiversity conservation. At the same

time it works at creating opportunities

for secondary sources of livelihood, both

agrobased as well as technical and so skills

training in garment production.

Sushma Rana, a 36-year-old social science

graduate, was trained at MVDA’s Training/

Production Centre in Tehri Garhwal. Before

this, she used to stitch at home. During the

three-month training, she learned about

stitching patterns and automatic machines,

and thereaer got a job in a production

house, and expanded her start-up business,

too. She says, ‘Aer I joined the course, I

realized that there is so much to learn and do

in stitching work and I loved it. Now I can

do my work so much better!’

HCL Grant Project Title:

A

daptation of

Climate-Smart Actions for Restoration of

Environment by ormulation of CBOs/

Van Panchayats for Sustainable Livelihood

Opportunities in Rural Himalayan Villages

Beneficiaries:

1,000 farmers

Location:

45 v

illages in 1 district of

ttarakhand