Barbatti Cultivation
The program aims at:-
- Improving Socio-Economic condition of PVTG families.
- Ensuring availability of Staple Food for PVTGs.
- Generating Market linkage directly through beneficiaries instead of money lenders .
According to World Bank “Poverty is pronounced deprivation in well being and comprises of many dimensions. It includes low incomes and inability to acquire basic goods and services necessary for survival and dignity ”. The incidence in poverty was estimated in Jharkhand was 46% in which it was observed that 60% of SC and ST are below poverty line. Rural India has been facing the daunting challenge of poverty, estimated at 41.8% (2011) . Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS) has adopted the “community demand driven” approach, based on the concept of P4 (Private-Public-People-Partnership) since the community’s response is encouraging when interventions are relevant to their needs & aspirations and aptly fits in their lives.
JTDS is implementing The Jharkhand Tribal Empowerment and Livelihoods Project (JTELP) supported by IFAD since 2007. JTDS is focusing on the concept of 5 J’s Jal (Water), Jangal (Forest), Jamin (Land), Janwar (Animals) , Jan (People) .Besides strengthening community based institutions and improving natural resource management, the project emphasizes productivity enhancement and up scaling of proven, market-oriented production activities to break down poverty. The overarching goal of JTELP is to improve the living conditions of tribal people in general and Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in particular. This is sought to be achieved by organizing and enabling the communities to adopt sustainable and productive natural resource management regimes, adopt market-oriented production systems and learn the skills and gain the experience of planning and implementing development plans relevant to their villages. Supporting the vulnerable to come out of the vicious circle of poverty is a major concern in context of the PVTG’s. The reach to these communities is difficult yet not impossible. JTDS took the initiative to reach these communities who are residing in the interiors of the jungles with minimal life support just to survive. The villages are so interiors that people are confined to that area and don’t have any ray of hope to make their life much more improved and sustainable.