“Rural Development” is a strategy to enable a specific group of people, poor rural women and men, to gain for themselves and their children more of what they want and need. It involves helping the poorest among those who seek a livelihood in the rural areas to demand and control more of the benefits of development”.
The Government of India (GoI) continues to make huge investments in rural India, in an effort to improve the quality of life of the rural masses. However, many of the interventions are supply driven and are generally unsustainable. It is now commonly accepted that the involvement of the rural community in all facets, from planning to implementation to post-implementation operation and maintenance is imperative if interventions are to be sustainable. Consequently, the government is now gradually shifting from being a 'provider' to becoming a 'facilitator' thereby increasingly involving Panchayath, community based organizations, and non government organizations in the development process.
The major cause of the continued deterioration of the global environment is the unsustainable pattern of consumption and production. Sustainable rural development is a key concern of today. This component of rural development focuses on generating revenue and alternative employment through farm and non farm activities, by promoting individual as well as group farmers following organic practices. At this juncture Organic Foundation is established with an objective to generate employment amongst these farmers in their own socio-cultural setting, by rejuvenating agriculture through organic farming. The Organization will also provide: (a) training and dissemination of tested technologies; and (ii) access to proper package of practices in Organic farming (iii) development of market linkages for inputs and organic produce, whilst acting as a single formal window for organic stake holders of India.
Rural development programmes will also include vocational training programmes on following topics.
- Biodegradable plates
- Waste Management programmes
- Training on product development
- Kitchen garden
