The Consortium Implementation Committee Meeting

The Consortium Implementation Committee Meeting of the NAIP sanctioned sub-project to MPUAT, Udaipur under component-3 was held on 18th August, 2010 in the chairmanship of Hon'ble Vice-chancellor & Consortioum Leader Dr. S.S. Chahal to review the progress and action plan of consortium. In the meeting training programme of all the partners reviewed and re-designed with major emphasis on skill development of youth and farm households. The committe also reviewed the status of fund utilization. It was decided that high impact interventions should be given emphasis for horizontal expansion in the operational area. Vegetable cultivation and Seed replacement made dent across the clusters. All the partners were requested to complete "Krishak Darpan" (Entitlement Card), so that models for each cluster can be worked out. Further, each partner should develop integrated package for households and villages in their operational area. Sustainability Fund accounts must be audited before VI CAC meeting. Synergy with line departments should be strenghthened for horizontal expansion of successful interventions. IARI was requested to organize a training on protected cultivation at New Delhi. HVC & CL Dr.S.L. Chahal said that there will be separate pages for NAIP in the university magazine "Rajasthan Kheti- Pratap" from next month. He emphasized on the documentation of successful models with good photographs. He congratulated all the partners for their selfless efforts for livelihood security of tribal farmers.