| Development objective |
Economic empowerment of rural women Self Help Groups of Gadag district |
Target Area |
All villages in Gadag district |
Target Group |
Resource poor farm families and landless agricultural families organized in to SHGs |
| Immediate objective |
To enhance the income of 20,000 resource poor rural women SHGs from Rs.15000 to Rs.50000 per annum |
| Activities |
- Livelihood strengthening planning for rural women SHGs based on the available resources
- Training on food processing, goat rearing, buffaloe rearing, cross bred cow rearing, vermicomposting, petty business and entrepreneurship development programme
- A total of 18300 SHG members belonging to 1540 SHGs have availed loan of Rs. 29.00 crores for taking up activities of dairy, goat rearing, agro enterprises and food processing
- Wednesday Bazaar a small marketing outlet is initiated during 2004 for selling SHG products.
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Output |
- Establishment of food processing units viz., vermicelli, chilli powder, masala powder units by the women SHGs
- Establishment of vermicompost units by the farm women
- Goat units have been established
- Women have taken up buffaloe and cow rearing activities
- Women have started petty business activities like grocery shop, bangle shop, hotels and tailoring shop etc.
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Outcome |
- Additional employment has been facilitated to 18300 SHG members
- Income of women enhanced from Rs.15000 to Rs.50000
- Increased decision making capacity of women in the home
- Increased capacity of credit absorption
- Increased education status of children
- Migration of landless women reduced
- Increased status of women in the family and in the society
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