The discussions were framed with the broad objective to understand the socio-economic landscape in the identified villages, particularly on the themes of education, health, finance, mobility, jobs, entrepreneurship, and the ecosystem of support. [...] Members of the Horticulture Department and NABARD officials visited the project site and appreciated the the efforts of the women, making plans to include this prototype in their work plan. [...] BASANT’s entrepreneurial farming model from cultivation to selling The role of all the women part of the Farmers Producers Organisation (FPO) called ‘BASANT’ established in the previous phase is at the centres of the institutional framework that is emerging in the program areas, and with the setting up of the following units, its work and presence at the district level is becoming critical: + Moth. [...] The joining of two new partners - Sai Jyoti Sansthan, playing a major role in working with communities, and the Dalit In- dian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI), providing business development and technical support - and the role of the FPO is helping strengthen solidarity and bring a stron- ger entrepreneur dimension and spirit to the programme. [...] As the first all-women FPO in the region, the event brought forth the potential of women from marginalized communities to lead the social and economic transforma- tion in their own lives and for their families.
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