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Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP)
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To improve the present status of women in Agriculture, and to enhance the opportunities for her empowerment, Government of India has announced “Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana” (MKSP), as a sub component of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and decided to provide support to the tune of Rs. 100 crore during 2010-11 budget.
Why MKSP was started?
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The primary objective of the MKSP is to empower women in agriculture by making systematic investments to enhance their participation and productivity, as also create and sustain agriculture based livelihoods of rural women.
Objectives of MKSP
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• To enhance the productive participation of women in agriculture;
• To create sustainable agricultural livelihood opportunities for women in agriculture;
• To improve the skills and capabilities of women in agriculture to support farm and non-farm-based activities;
• To ensure food and nutrition security at the household and the community level;
Specific objectives of MKSP
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• To enable women to have better access to inputs and
services of the government and other agencies; • To enhance the managerial capacities of women in
agriculture for better management of bio-diversity; • To improve the capacities of women in agriculture to access
the resources of other institutions and schemes within a convergence framework.
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• Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) would provide funding support of up to 75% (90% for North East and hill states) to the project submitted by the State governments/PIAs under MKSP.
• Balance is to be contributed by the respective state governments or any other donor agencies, national and international.
Funding
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• Create sustainable livelihood institutions around agriculture and allied activities.
• Create sector-specific geography-specific best
package of practices and • Create a wide pool of community resource persons
for scaling up livelihood interventions in the entire country.
Core agenda of MKSP
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The mission has narrowed down to four major themes, to work with partners in MKSP programme. They are: (a) Sustainable agriculture (b) Non Timber Forest Produce (NTFP)
Partners in MKSP programme
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• Create sustainable agricultural livelihood opportunities for women in agriculture;
• Ensure food and nutrition security at the household and the community level;
• Improve the skills and capabilities of women in agriculture to support farm-based activities;
• Enhance the managerial capacities of women in agriculture for better management of bio-diversity;
Sustainable Agriculture
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• Ensure a better control of the institutions of the poor women NTFP collectors over the NTFP value chain
• Promote regeneration of NTFP species to improve the bio diversity and enhanced productivity
• Build the capacity of the community in modern harvesting and post harvesting techniques to increase their income
• Promote value addition of NTFP to ensure higher returns Develop market linkages for NTFP
Non Timber Forest Produce (NTFP)
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