Farmer FIRST Programme (FFP)

Project Details

Project Title : Integrated Approaches for Food, Nutrition and Livelihood Security of Rural Households in Fatehpur District of Uttar Pradesh

Organisation :

Lead Organisation : ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur

Objectives :

1. To undertake baseline survey and identification of problems in existing farming system.

2. To implement suitable interventions based on farming situations.

3. To assess the suitability of technologies for different categories of farmers

Interventions :

S.No.	Category	Technology	Major interventions	No. of Farm families participated
1	Agriculture Science	pulse based cereal based and oilseed	Paddy wheat mustard chickpea	76
2	Horticulture Science	agri horti model	mango, summer vegetable	62

Events :

S.No.	Organisation	Event	Objective	Target Group	Venue	Male Participated	Female Participated	Dated
1	ICAR - Indian Institute of Pulses Research	MAHILA KISAN DIWAS	ICAR-IIPR celebrated ‘Gosthi’ (Pulses for Nutrition) on the occasion of Mahila Kisan Diwas on 15.10.2020 at Khadra Village of Fatehpur District of Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Rajesh Kumar, PS& Head,Social Science Division, Dr. Vijay Laxmi, Senior Scientist, Basic Science Division and Dr. C.P. Nath, Scientist, Agronomy of ICAR-IIPR graced the occasion. Village Pradhan of Khadra Mrs. Sangeeta Gupta was the Chief Guest of programme. A total of 65 women farmers participated the ‘Mahila Kisan Diwas’. At the outset, Dr. Rajesh Kumar introduced briefed about the programme and highlighted the importance of women in agriculture and nation development. He also highlighted the role of pulses in nutrition and health for women and children. Dr. C.P. Nath emphasized the importance of pulses for cropping intensification and doubling farmer’s income. He eventually mentioned that bringing new area under pulses with summer mungbean and chickpea. These crops can eliminate malnutrition and hunger. Dr. Vijay Laxmi	Self Help Group	KHADRA VILLAGE , FATEHPUR DISTRICTS , UTTAR PRADESH	0	65	10/15/2020