Projects

GGSS is undertaking a three years project on Promotion of Farmers Producer organisation on Pig husbandry, in Tamulpur Block, Baksa District of Assam with the support of NABARD under its PRODUCE Fund. As part of the Project implementation we have formed and registered a Women Producer Organisation (PO) on Pig Husbandry namely; Basundhara Producer Organisation on Pig Husbandry, Tamulpur, with 75 members. The main objective of the project is to capacitate the rural tribal women on Profitable Pig husbandry as an Agri-business

Direct Beneficiaries: 75 Rural BPL Tribal Women from Mazdia and Gowalbil and salmara are the members of the Producer Organisation
Indirect beneficiaries: 75 rural BPL Tribal households from the selected 3 villages of Tamulpur Block will benefit from the PO

Project objectives:
To form and promote a Women Producer Organisation (WPO) of Pig husbandry in Baksa District
To capacitate the members of the WPO on Profitable Pig husbandry as an agri business
To capacitate the WPO on improving their marketing skills
To Capacitate the WPO in running a PO
To capacitate the WPO in reporting and Documentation
To capacitate the WPO in finance management of the PO
To support the WPO in linking with the markets, banks, Govt. Other agencies to gain support

Major Activities:
Formation and registration of a WPO in the proposed target area
Training on Scientific and profitable pig rearing for the targeted 50 tribal women
Capacity building on How to run a Producer Organisation (PO)
Capacity building on developing viable business plan on pig husbandry
Capacity building on financial management
Capacity building on developing marketing skills
Support in linking with the markets
Support in gaining various govt and related schemes
Capacity building on reporting and record maintenance