PURPOSE OF VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
Purpose Of Village Development
Organic Farming
- Introducing appropriate & environment friendly technologies
- Preventon and storage of both ancient and traditional varieties of seeds
- Scientific and optimal irrigation to reduce water loss
- Enhancing rural marketing of both unprocessed and processed produces
Watershed development will be a major focus of the society through:
- Micro-watershed programmes, planning, construction and management
- Revival and maintenance of traditional water harvesting structures
- Construction and management of rainwater harvesting structures
- Compulsory embankment plantation around watershed area
- Construction of Community Water Management Association (CWMC)
Community Development through:
- Empowering the community by changing their altitude towards self-respect, self-confidence, self-sufficiency and rationality
- Formation and management of Community Development Fund (CDF)
- Formation of Village Development Association (VDC)
- Construction of Community Center
- Development of power towards decision making for community development
- Training and capacity building programmes
- Helping in establishing small cottage industries
Infrastructure Development through:
- Construction ofvillage approach roads
- Construction of low cost housing
- Construction of drinking water sources and supply
- Construction of low cost sanitation
Community Health Development through:
- Setting up of health centers
- Organizing health camps/fairs etc.
- Generationof awareness through pamphlets and other ICE materials about public health and hygiene, population control, AIDS etc
- Eradication of unhealthy practices
- Evaluation of health standard of different regions
- Promotion of universal immunization programme
Animal husbandry through:
- Imparting animal husbandry training E
- Supply of higher (upgraded) breed of cattle, poultry birds, pigs etc. at low cost
- Arrange and ensure marketing for the animal products
- Generating awareness for setting up community poultry, goatery, cattle shed etc.
Land Development & Plantation through:
- Wasteland treatment, leveling etc.
- Arrangements for soil aeration, fertility and irrigation
- Undertaking plantation by adopting newer, sustainable and appropriate techniques
- Undertaking medicinal plants and herbs cultivation in the wasteland
Participatory Resources Management through:
- Formation of managerial groups
- Creating awareness for participatory approach for resources generation. control and management
- Setting up community resource center for dissemination of knowledge