:: Natural Resource & Asset Building

The major focal areas are enabling women to access and control productive resources, regenerating and conserving natural resources and ensuring sustainable livelihoods Mainstreaming gender in agriculture and identity to women farmers has been the under current of various interventions under this sector. The Activities under this initiative include: With a view to accessing common property resources, women have been participating in programmes such as social forestry, Joint Forest Management (JFM) and wasteland development of the government. These programmes also generate a regular source of income Women have also started micro enterprises and economic ventures mostly agri based livelihood activities based on their existing skills and knowledge base with capital from their savings and some support from APMSS Skill development to women on various vocations Awareness on a campaign mode on environment protection and conservation Promoting backyard vegetable gardens in homes and in schools Convergent action with GO/NGO to conserve natural resources-water, land, forest Women's concerns over food security and sustainable livelihoods have led to the development of a project on sustainable dry land agriculture. This not only addresses women's practical needs of food security but also the strategic needs of gaining recognition for them as women farmers Promoting traditional food crops and organic farming techniques Playing greater role in effective implementation of NREGA and ensuring women their rights as envisaged in the Act. Linkages with Dept of Agriculture and other institutions for capacity building to women farmers Entering into MoU with department of rural development to ensure effective implementation of NREGA in 68 mandals across APMSS project districts Implementing Watershed projects in 3 mandals of Adilabad district with support from NABARD and technical support from WASSAN Analysis on food security and National Resources as part of curriculum in all educational interventions