TRAINING ON RED RICE PRODUCTION & SETTING UP OF VALUE ADDITION UNIT.

Program Grant under the Scheme - Micro Enterprise Development Programme (MEDP) - NABARD

Executive Summary

The proposed MEDP aims to build entrepreneurship among rural women through training in red rice production and the establishment of a Led Value Addition Unit in Garur Block, Bageshwar District. Red rice is a traditional, nutritionally rich crop with increasing demand in health-conscious urban and niche markets. However, farmers currently receive limited returns due to inadequate processing, branding, packaging, and market access.

The programme will provide 15 days of structured entrepreneurship and technical training, including 10 days of expert-led sessions, practical demonstrations, an exposure visit, and a KVK visit. The project will enable women to adopt scientific cultivation methods, undertake post-harvest processing, develop branded products, and establish a women-led micro-enterprise for value addition and marketing.

FPO formation and promotion of FPOs under the Scheme would be achieved through facilitation services rendered by Cluster-Based Business Organizations (CBBOs) in Vikas Khand Mahammadi, Nakaha, Nighasan, Kumbhigola at Lakhimpur Kheri District Uttar Pradesh (Total 5 FPOs). Year 2025-26 - Uttar Pradesh Upbhokta Sahkari Sangh Ltd. (UPUSS) Lucknow (UP).

(Total 5 FPOs). Year 2025-26-28.

We undertake Evaluation & Monitoring Programmes Field of developing projects, conducting studies and surveys and formulating, appraising, monitoring and evaluating projects (Primary data collections & Secondary research) in various sectors, Rural Development Specialists, including the Specialists Rural Livelihood, Environment Protection and Climate Change, Plantations and farm forestry & Waste Management etc

• Conducting Studies and Surveys
• Primary Data Collection
• Secondary Data Analysis
• Evaluation & Monitoring
• Research Reports