Changes as a result of group formation

• Livelihood options of women increased to manifold
• Working hour of women increased from 5-6 hrs to 10-12 hrs
• Dependence on money lender for loan and bonded labour work is stopped
• Utilisation of SHG fund for the home consumption purpose
• Attitude of husband/male members of the family towards women changed
• Exposure to the SHG activities has increased the confidence level of women
• Savings on account of bulk purchase of grocery items

The details of the impact assessed is given below 

• Savings for women on the cost of vegetables and milk
• Women started keeping goat as an emergency asset during financial crisis period.
• Kitchen garden activities has made the fresh vegetables available at home all the time.
• Consumption of vegetable and milk by family members increased.
• Children have been encouraged to study higher classes.
• Improvement in the health of family members.
• Asset creation for the family.
• Socio-economic status of women increased.
  
  

Income Realized from multiple IGP Activities From Ganesh Women Self Help Group Hulkoti

 

 

 

Matrix of consumption of vegetable /fruits before and after intervention
Before	Vegetable/fruit (Consumption/week) (Kg)	After
	Tomato
	Chilli
	Onion
	Bhendi
	Brinjal
	Ridge guard
	Radish (No.)
	Carrot
	Beetroot
	Bitter gourd
	Lemon (No.)
	Pumpkin
	Guava
	Sapota
	Papaya

Index: - Half Kg,   - One Kg

It can be inferred from the matrix table that consumption of vegetables and fruits of families has increased to 6 times after the intervention of kitchen garden activities

Matrix showing quantity of consumption of vegetables, pulses, Jowar roti and Rice per week
	Vegetables	Pulses	Jowar	Rice
Before
After

Over the period of time there is decrease in consumption of pulses and increase in consumption of vegetables.  It may be due to easy availability of vegetables at home.  Increase in price of pulse may be the reason for less consumption of pulses. Jowar roti consumption is reduced mainly due to lack of sufficient time for preparation of rotis and also due to availability of rice at cheaper rate in Public Distribution System.

Matrix Showing status of different parameters due to intervention of Kitchen garden
	Cost on vegetable consumption	Quality of vegetables	Availability of vegetable locally	Time spent on marketing(Per week)
Before
After

There is sufficient saving on the cost of vegetable along with availability of fresh quality vegetables at their home. 

Women have also saved considerable time on the purchase of vegetable from Gadag city.

Different Indicators showing good health maintained by family members
	Monthly visit to hospital	Hospital expenditure	No. of days not doing productive work
Before
After

There is 50 percent reduced visit to hospital for treatment after intervention.  There is two times increase in the number of days of productive work.

Marketing outlet created for SHGs

SPIDER WEB DRAWN BY PARTICIPANTS SHOWING IMPACT BEFORE AND AFTER INTERVENTIONS

 

Ganesh SHG members were facilitated to sell their produce through a marketing outlet called Wednesday Bazaar at Hulkoti village.  This has immensely helped the SHG members to sell their products very easily and effectively.

Spider web diagram was used by the participants to identify position of different indicators viz., status of house, serving as a resource person, ability to spend in emergency, house hold articles possessed, productive assets possessed and recognition of the group over a period of time. 

The spider web diagram drawn by the participants indicate impact of the programme before and after with respect to above mentioned indicators.  

The position of the different indicators is shown on 1-10 scale