'lakhpati kisans' emerging in 4 states with Tata Trusts' help

'Lakhpati tribal kisans' have started emerging in Jharkhand, Gujarat, Odisha and Maharashtra in the last two years, thanks to the farm initiatives of Tata Trusts in 450 villages.

The boost in farm income has been possible with the Trusts educating and training tribal households in small groups on maximising resources for getting higher agri-output and producing demand-driven produce to get remunerative prices.

These initiatives are being undertaken for the last two years in Jharkhand, Odisha, Gujarat and Maharashtra under its five-year mission programme -- 'Lakhpati Kisan - smart villages' that began in 2015.

"As of now, we are working in 450 villages in four states. We have impacted 1,00,000 households, out of which 15-20 per cent are lakhpati kisans," said Ganesh Neelam, executive director of the Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiative (CInI), an associate organisation of the Trusts.

The annual income of these households was less than Rs 50,000 earlier and there has been a good improvement in their income and "the concern now is to sustain the income level", he told

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