WADI PROGRAMME

The ‘Integrated Livelihood Development through WADI Approach’ project soughts to improve the quality of lives of tribal families. Establishment of 500 acre orchard to 500 beneficiaries of the selected fruit crop has been undertaken as a foundation economic activity to improve livelihood and nutrition.

The main feature of a Wadi model is economic upliftment of the farmers through sustainable agriculture. The program aims towards social empowerment and improvement in quality of life of farmers. It targets in particular improvement in health and women empowerment.

The broad interventions of this program are land usage planning, soil and water harvesting measures and improved farming based agroforestry practices. Therefore, Wadi not only strengthens the agrarian livelihoods of the tribal households, but also increases food and nutritional security.Thus attains the motive of economic upliftment and social empowerment of marginalised tribal communities.

The programme encompasses solutions that promote natural resource management, livelihood development and women’s empowerment through people’s participation. The wadi model is an agri-horti based sustainable livelihood model that makes farming profitable even on small farms. Its multi-tiered and inter-cropping approach helps ensure the nutritional security of the household by provisioning of cereals, pulses, vegetables and fruits.