Capacity building programme for district level officials held in Erode
The Hindu
A two-day capacity building training programme for the Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project (TNRTP) officials from five districts was held here recently. Organised by the National Agro Foundation,
A two-day capacity building training programme for the Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project (TNRTP) officials from five districts was held here recently.
Organised by the National Agro Foundation, its director S.V. Murugan shared his experience in promoting the producer groups while its coordinator S. Ganesan explained the overview of training modules for collectives, resource mobilisation and startup fund milestones for collective enterprises.
Officials said that TNRTP is a World Bank-assisted project implemented by the State government, which aims at transformation of rural communities through rural enterprise promotion, access to finance and employment opportunities in the selected 120 blocks, 3,994 village panchayats in 31 districts in the State.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.