2. An organization in support of
sustainable livelihoods, registered as
a society under the Societies
registration Act 1860 in the state of
Assam, on 12 th February 2002.
This is a grass root NGO involved in
microfinance and livelihood support
services;
Promoting eri-sericulture livelihood
based is a domain livelihood
intervention.
Works for microfinance & livelihood
sectoral development in the
Northeastern Region in India;
3. To improve quality of life of the poor and disadvantaged
people in rural, semi-urban and urban areas through
development and livelihood promotion and support.
4. To promote a large number of sustainable livelihoods for the
poor and women from rural, semi urban and urban areas
through provision of financial services, Technical assistance
and other support services in an integrated manner.
5. 1. Microfinance Services (GSmF Services)…. to
provide micro- financial services to the un-served and
underserved……………….....................................................
2. Golden Weavers Project(GSGW Project)
………………………
….to organize the poor women to take up eri-sericulture
related work as a dependable livelihood activity and thereby
increasing the standards of living………………………………
3. Centre for Micro Finance and Livelihood (CML)…an
Endeavour to work for sectoral development……
4. System of Rice Intensification (SRI)……a project to increase
productivity with less input supplies…more environment
friendly
way……………………………………………………………………
6. 5. Diversion Based Irrigation ….. provided canal irrigation
to farmers from 9 villages in Kamrup district and pipe irrigation to
the farmers of 3 villages in Kamrup and 1 in Goalpara district.
6. water Hyacinth Based Craft Project … With the support
of Nedfi, Provided training to the poor women to
make diff rent Items –bags, file covers, containers, ear rings,
etc….as a dependable activity …..
7. Fresh Water Mud Eel Project (West Garo Hills) :To encourage
beneficiaries of West Garo Hills of Meghalaya ,about Asian Swamp eel
culture technology & feeding techniques
7. Assam Meghalay
a
District 2 1
Block 10 1
Village 37 4
Farmer 2101 12
Average are under SRI 0.6 0.3
(in Acre)
8.
9. Targeted Achieved
Number of Farmers 15 12
Number of Villages 5 4
Number of demonstration 15 12
10. Awareness program
Training on SRI and other agricultural
activities
Training on Bio-fertilizer manufacturing.
Input supports-Seeds, Weeders, etc.
Handholding support during the entire
cultivation period
Beneficiaries have also been linked to credit
facility under this project for agricultural
purpose.
11. Indicator SRI
Non SRI
Average Nos. of tiller/hill 50
23
Average height (ft) 3.5
3
Average Nos. of productive tiller/hill 32
12
Average length of the panicle in Cm. 9
6
Average No. Of filled grains in a panicle 305
142
Average No. Of chaffy grains in a panicle 7
15
Weight of 1000 grains. (Test weight) grams 30
27
Grain yield in Kg/acre 2460
12. Unpredictability of rain fall and lack of
control on water flow during Sali(Kharif)
season;
Free grazing of cattle and for them who
adopt SRI it becomes difficult to protect
their crops resulting in lack of interest to do
SRI during Boro(Rabi) season;
Practice of multi cropping is yet to be
developed-clash between traditional vs
modern practices;
Farmers are more accustomed to paddy
cultivation only whereas other crops fetch
better returns.
