Ginger is an important cash crop cultivated by the tribal farmers of Odisha for their livelihood. Odisha is environmentally suitable for, and has the highest area under ginger cultivation in the tribal belt of Kandhamal, Koraput and Keonjhar. Tribal farmers of Koraput, Semiliguda, Nandapur, Lamataput, Dasmantpur and Pottangi have been cultivating the spice since very long and the red soil favours conditions for a good harvest. Ginger is a tuber crop which takes 8 months for cultivation.
To mitigate the above issues, the PRADAN Nandapur team brought into play the learnings from the ginger practices in Karnataka and inputs from the Spice Research Centre to counter both the low productivity and bacterial/fungal attack issues.
Three farmers were selected to experiment with the new techniques of farming, on the basis of their years of experience in ginger cultivation, willingness to provide a minimum of 40 decimals for the experiment, have 600 kg of seeds to sow, and their agreeing not to use any chemical fertilizer or pesticide in the experiment plot. The key elements of the experiment were:
Amara Burudi, one of the women farmers who participated in the organic ginger cultivation experiment on her 0.16 hectare land, beamingly shares, " By doing organic ginger cultivation, I minimised disease attack on my crop. I spent very little money for buying organic medicines. When I harvested my ginger crop, I found only 2 bags of damaged crop out of a total of 112 bags. I also earned an additional INR 10,000 income from my trellis (by selling flat beans)."
The FPO, Koraput Nari Sakti Farmers Producers Company Limited (KNSFPCL), Lamtaput, Koraput is planning to scale up this farming practice with 2000 ginger farmers. The total coverage will be 800 acres in FY 2022-‘23. To meet the growing demand of decomposed cow dung, there is plan to introduce an organic compost plant in the area. The cost of horizontal trellis being high, we are seeking subsidy support from the relevant government department for the same. KNSFPCL is also planning to sell different types of organic products to ginger farmers. And purchase 50% of their produces from the farmers’ door step.
Special inputs: Sudhir Sahni, New Delhi
Organization: Professional Assistance for Development Action
Designation: Employment Facilitator
Number of Positions: 1
Locations: 1)Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
PRADAN aims at providing relevant employability skills to young women from its states of operation – Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh- and help them get linked to appropriate employment opportunities. A major destination of employment is in the four southern states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Delhi NCR Region in potential sectors such as manufacturing, automotive, e-commerce, garments, textiles, hospitality, healthcare and retail industry. PRADAN is looking for a person to liaison with employers and young women who are engaged so that they work in a dignified work environment, able to retain themselves and build a long-term career for themselves. The person would be reporting to Integrator, PRADAN.
Key Deliverables:
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES:
Education
Applicants must have Degree/Post Graduate Degree/ Diploma preferably in Social Sciences, Rural Development/ Management or equivalent, from a reputed institute.
Experience
(1) Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience in rural / urban development / skilling / employability programmes.
(2) Experience of working with employment generation programs is preferable, and not mandatory.
Skills and Competencies:
(1) Good written and oral communication skills in English and functional communication in Hindi and Tamil is preferable
(2) Excellent interpersonal skills
(3) Excellent team skills
(4) Willing to travel
COMPENSATION OFFERED
Compensation offered to the selected candidate shall be commensurate with qualifications, experience, and past salary history.
LOCATION
The job requires the person to be on the go; can operate from Coimbatore but should be willing to visit the employment facilities on a regular basis.
Founded in 1983, PRADAN has been at the forefront of innovations in rural development and has played a significant role in the design and implementation improvement of major rural development programmes. Given the deep deprivation in rural pockets, particularly among tribal and vulnerable groups, we promote sustainable livelihoods, integrated with work on issues of Gender, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Climate Change, Skilling and Governance. We currently work across 8 states, reaching out to 2.8 million households in collaboration with more than 100 NGO partners. PRADAN is an equal opportunity organisation. To learn more, please visit us at: www.pradan.net.
As an Executive (Communications), the incumbent is supposed to be a knowledgeable, self-motivated and passionate individual with a creative bent of mind. The major focus area would be to promote and help flourish the practice of reflective writing and process documentation. The role involves content generation, curation, presentation and publication of articles for internal forums and external agencies including mainstream media. The person will also be responsible for organising training events for the same. Creating and implementing the media strategy to showcase PRADAN’s successes and challenges will be another key aspect of the position.
The qualifying degree is a minimum of 16 years of education (A Master’s degree in English literature, or any other social science stream).
A degree or diploma in Mass Communication from a reputed institute is preferred
Nature of Engagement: Regular position with a probation period of six months.
Remuneration: Based on qualification and experience the CTC would be in the range of INR 8 to 10 lakhs per annum. The CTC includes basic pay and other allowances. Apart from this, provision of deferred benefits such as PF, Gratuity, NPS, Insurance (Term life insurance, hospitalization insurance for self and dependents and accident insurance policy) are provided.
Place of posting: In PRADAN locations (possibly district town or state capital)
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Those shortlisted will be invited to a selection process in Noida, tentatively in the first week of September 2024.
PRADAN is an equal opportunity employer. Women candidates are encouraged to apply.
Interested candidates with the relevant background and fulfilling the eligibility criteria are visit our website https://www.pradan.net/join-us/#careers and fill the ‘Application for Executive (Communications)’.Applications close by August 31, 2024.