Appropriate Technology India Key Issues and
Operational Areas, Major Activiities & Achivements
Operational Districts: Rudraprayag
Operational States: UTTARAKHAND
AchieveMents: Promotion of 2119 SHGs with a membership of more than 16000 poor women. Reaching 18323 households of 827 remotest mountain villages of 5 districts of Uttarakhand with sustainable livelihood programs.
Facilitating the first community owned micro-finance institution called Ushamath Mahila Mahasangh Ltd (UMM) to serve the financial needs most needy and underprivileged segment of community in remote hill villages of Himalayan mountain state Uââ¬â¢khand.
Organizing 23 Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs) / Livelihood Collectives (LCs) and building their capacity to act as an institution of small and disadvantaged farmers to resolve the issues in production and marketing collectively.
Securing the first organic certification for 3861 beekeepers and moving the subsistence level barter honey production to business level; currently being traded by DNPPCL-the producers company under the brand ââ¬ÅDevBhumiââ¬Â as organic certified honey. The certification is being extended to honey producers in collaboration with Uttarakhand Organic Certification Agency (USOCA)
Creation of the state of art production and processing facilities in sericulture sector such as 206 silk worm rearing houses, 2 Grainage houses, 1 Chawaki rearing houses, 120 decentralized silk yarn spinning facilities, 1 mulberry silk reeling units, 8 handloom weaving centers and 1 dyeing center. The chain involves over 1000 households in terms of silk based livelihood who now earns in the range of Rs. 3000-15000 across the silk value chains.
Moving the subsistence based dairy to commercially viable activities with 6395 poor mountain women. The sector generate a revenue of Rs. 1564 lakh per annum.
Developing more than 150 Business Development Services (BDS) in 5 mountain districts in dairy sector by building skills / capacity of rural youths to extend inputs and out services on commercial basis.
Initiating decentralized spices processing facilities at 4 different locations in Uttarakhand to assist and develop skills among more than 5206 organic spices producers to fully act in organic spices value chain. The decentralized processing facilities help producers to reduce transport cost and ensure quality production of spices.
Creation of forest of economically and ecologically significant plant species such as Quercus serrrata (Oak), Bamboo, local fodder species and mulberry etc. on 860 hectare land in Uttarakhand.
Finding utilization aspects of an invasive weeds called Eupatorium. The weeds is tenacious and is a direct threat to the environment as it destroy the forest and agriculture land. AT India has been converting this weeds in to natural dye in participation of local community.
