Key Partners under Kharif Maize Stabilisation programme
Navinchandra Mafatlal Sadguru Water Development Foundation
(NMWDF) :
Established in 1974, NMSWDF
is a non-governmental organization with objectives to improve the living condition
of rural and tribal people by developing environmentally sound land and water resources
programmes; improve environment; arrest distress migration; improve the
socio-ecomonic status of rural people and strive for their overall development.
www.nmsadguru.org
Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT) : This
was established as an independent legal entity by KRIBHCO, a premier fertiliser
company of
India
, in the cooperative sector under the Government of India. For the
past one and a half decades, it has managed and implemented programmes for enhancing sustainable livelihood development and poverty reduction and empowering communities
to manage resources in rural and tribal areas, initially under direct control of
KRIBHCO, and since 2000, independently.
www.gvtindia.org
Utthan was founded in 1981, with its initiation in the Bhal region of Dhandhuka
taluka, an area of the western state of
Gujarat, India
. The focus of Utthan's interventions
are on Gender Empowerment, Livelihood Security and Conflict Transformation within
the wider framework of promoting gender equality and equity, human rights and improving
the quality of life for those on the margins of society. Hence Utthan focuses on
dalits,
religious minorities, adivasis and poor.
www.utthangujarat.org
Centre for Microfinace (CmF) : It is an autonomous organization registered under the
Rajasthan Societies Act, 1958. It came into existence in 2005 in response to the
need for an agency to guide the growth of microfinance and particularly, community-based
microfinance in Rajasthan. As nodal agency of the Sakh Se Vikas (SSV) programme
supported by SRTT, CmF has contributed significantly by providing technical support
to SSV partner NGOs who have a combined outreach to more than 50,000 poor households
in Rajasthan.
www.cmfraj.org
The National Livelihood Resources Institute (NLRI) :
It is an initiative of the Gramin Vikas Trust a not for profit development organization
promoted by Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited and Department of International
Development (DFID), UK to implement large rain-fed farming projects in both Eastern
and Western regions of the country. GVT in the past 15 years has
successfully implemented
several projects besides DFID initiatives in more than 800 villages directly and
influencing rural livelihoods in more than 1200 villages indirectly in 8 states
namely Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa
and West Bengal of India. GVT has accumulated several key learning’s
in managing complex
rural livelihood projects in wide spectrum of socio-economic and agro-ecological
contours.
www.nlri-gvt.ac.in