Science-led Consortium Approach for Inclusive Market Oriented Development through Suvarna Bhoomi Yojane in Karnataka

Lakshmi Pillai — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:53:32 +0000

The overall goal of this initiative is to improve the livelihoods of small and marginal farm house holds through enabling farmers to shift from low-value subsistence crops to high-value fruit and vegetable crops. A secondary objective is to achieve this using sustainable management practices.

The specific objectives are as follows:

To form a multi-institution consortium comprising ICRISAT, AVDRC, NGOs, private sector industries, University of Horticulture, SAUs, and Department of Horticulture to implement e Suvarna Bhoomi Yojane in 25 selected districts.
To understand input and output market value chains and identify market linkages for high-volume fruits and vegetable crops for farmers under SBY.
To implement a science-based strategy for sustainable production of high-value crops
To build capacity of the consortium partners to manage the SBY project and undertake capacity building of stakeholders in the value chain, especially farmers.
To monitor, evaluate and document progress, impacts and lessons learnt on consortium formation and functionfor strengthening the SBY.

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Science-led Consortium Approach for Inclusive Market Oriented Development through Suvarna Bhoomi Yojane in Karnataka