1. Training programme for composite and integrated fish farming.
2. Exposure visit.
3. Formation, promotion, and credit linkage of SGHs.
4. Training on pig farming.
5. Training on goat, poultry , duck, horticulture, and dairy farming.
6. Organic farming for banana, orange and pineapple.
7. Innovative fisheries project.
8. UPNRM programme with fisheries cluster.
9. Piggery cluster developed through pig development scheme.
10. FPO formation and promotion.
11. Credit camp.
12. Health camp, capacity building , gender sensitization programme, women empowerment.
13. Cattle health and vaccination programme.
14. Water campaign programme.
15. Tribal development programme.

TDP @ Kamrup Metro

Under Tribal Development Programme (TDP) of NABARD, Kalong- Kapili in 2013, was able to develop 500 tribal families covering fourteen villages close to Assam Meghalaya border. Nestled atop the line of hills on the Assam Meghalaya border, these tribal villages that come under the Nartap gaon panchayat at Dimoria Block, Kamrup metro, are mainly dominated by the Karbi people. Deprived of all the basic amenities that are integral to modern day existence, the villagers, particularly the younger generation, were getting anxious to change their way of living. And the opportunity came for them in the form of the TDP that changed their life and living standards.

Best practices popularised in the Nartap Cluster were primarily in the form of rubber cultivation. During the incubation period of rubber cultivation, Kalong- Kapili developed pineapple, banana and broomstick plantation as inter crops which provided them with much needed income. Allied to this were effective programmes such as capacity building, women empowerment, gender sensitisation and promotion of community health.

Today, a large number of people have sustainable live style through positive changes in the land use pattern. Buoyed by the returns, the farmers have started dreaming big. They are planning to increase their output and supply their products to every nook and corner of the state and in the national and international markets as well. They want to prove that they are the best and they indeed have the determination to do so.

FPO @ Kamrup Metro

Ampree Langpee Orange Grower Society, Nartap, Kamrup Metro, Assam.

The poor accessibility of the area was a hurdle to bring in improvements in the living condition of the people and also to make our interventions sustainable. Based on discussions with the people in the area, we decided to form a CBO to instill the concept of “in unity is strength”.

The effort led to formation of Ampree Langpee orange growers society with the financial assistance of NABARD. Despite production of sizeable quantity of orange, price realization of farmers was meagre.

Kalong-Kapili (POPI) propagated the concept of value addition through aggregation. Formation of FPO enabled the villagers to put forth their case before the administration, resulting in improvement of the condition of the roads connecting the project area. In order to instill the concept of collectivization, the POPI organised Buyer-Seller Meet after grading of oranges in order to fetch better price.

Further, to streamline the value chain, the FPO has taken up direct marketing in local markets. This has resulted in price realization going up from a mearge Rs 2 a piece to Rs 10 a piece for grade one oranges.

The FPO also started two new activities along with oranges, i.e. broomstick and pineapple. These three activities have ensured round the year income for the FPO members. The orange and pineapple are purely organic products.