Asha for Education

Project Brief: CENS – Community Empowerment for Nutritional Security. The overall aim of the project is to enhance the ‘nutrition security’ of the poor in 5 villages in Barabanki district, covering around 150 households
Project Type: Other (description)
Primary Focus: health and cleanliness (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Portland

Status: UNKNOWN
Project Steward: Chandrika Nimmagadda
Project Partner(s): Contact information unavailable
Project Address: Krishi Bharati
Trivediganj, Uttar Pradesh
Stewarding Chapter: Portland

The overall aim of the project is to enhance the ‘nutrition security’ of the poor in 5 villages in Barabanki district, covering around 150 households. ‘Nutrition Security’ has three main elements:
a) enhanced availability of food,
b) enhanced availability of cash to buy food, and
c) improved nutrition and health behaviour to prevent illnesses.
The enhanced availability of food, and cash to buy food would come through agricultural improvements, and by enabling the poor to be part of the mainstream, thus availing the services and benefits that are offered by the government for them.
Target Group:
* Poorest
* Wage labourers
* Marginal farmers
* Scheduled Castes & Dalits
With a focus on women within these categories
Objectives:
 Improved Livelihoods through agricultural development
 Improved nutrition and health / care behaviours
 Community organisations for empowerment/ solidarity and self-help
 Improved ‘functional literacy’ through non-formal education centres
 Convergence with Panchayats and government for greater impact
Project Activities:
 Enhance Agricultural Incomes – Productivity Increase
* Participatory assessment of existing performance of agriculture and contributory factors, practices, opportunities for increase in productivity.
* Awareness Generation, field demonstration & training on organic manures:
* Awareness generation & Training on ecologically sustainable soil nutrient management practices and diversification
* Facilitation of irrigation facilities for the poor
* Provision of small credit through revolving fund
* Linkages with agricultural resource centres for continued technology dissemination and back up support.
 Enhance Agricultural Incomes – Reduce cost of cultivation
* Identification and promotion of best farming practices rooted in cost effective indigenous technology and knowledge.
* Awareness Generation & Training on rational use of fertilisers, pesticides etc
* Awareness Generation & Training on rational use of irrigation water
* Awareness Generation & Training on eco-friendly soil and moisture management
 Enhance Agricultural Incomes - Diversification
* Awareness Generation & Training on cultivation of pulses/ oilseeds/ vegetables/
* Linkages with markets
 Improved nutrition and health care behaviours
* Education & Communication
* Training
* Strengthening women’s groups to better avail government health services
 Community Organisations
* Community mobilisation and formation of
- Self Help Groups of poor women and men
- User groups of livelihood beneficiaries
* Strengthening of these community organisations through
- Training in sectoral issues and organisation development
 Non-formal education Classes