Adoption to technology by tribal women farmers Fair price for agricultural produces: increased market accessibility and price bargaining Increased programme accessibility: an example of convergence with OTELP and watershed programme Agricultural bio-diversity management: a process of change with adoption to organic agriculture and seeds production. In total 12 dissemination workshops/meetings were held to disseminate the best practices among different stakeholders which included PRIs, Village/Block level officials and local media apart from the direct beneficiaries. Monitoring & Evaluation Monthly & periodic monitoring of progress of the activities is done as per the planning. During the reporting period, one mid-term evaluation was conducted by an Independent agency (Samaj Kalyan Foundation, Bhubaneswar) to assess the progress of the project against stated outputs as envisaged, as well as identify issues and recommend course of corrections. The evaluation also highlighted issues and challenges affecting effective and efficient implementation of outputs and their contribution to project outcomes and impact and recommend whether results obtained thus far warrant an extension of the project. Some of the major recommendations of the second mid-term evaluation are: Emphasis should be given in promoting the traditional farming and indigenous technologies to cater climate change impacts. The marketing federation promoted should be registered immediately and should establish appropriated tie-ups for sale of the produces with good
Adoption to technology by tribal women farmers Fair price for agricultural produces: increased market accessibility and price bargaining Increased programme accessibility: an example of convergence with OTELP and watershed programme Agricultural bio-diversity management: a process of change with adoption to organic agriculture and seeds production. In total 12 dissemination workshops/meetings were held to disseminate the best practices among different stakeholders which included PRIs, Village/Block level officials and local media apart from the direct beneficiaries. Monitoring & Evaluation Monthly & periodic monitoring of progress of the activities is done as per the planning. During the reporting period, one mid-term evaluation was conducted by an Independent agency (Samaj Kalyan Foundation, Bhubaneswar) to assess the progress of the project against stated outputs as envisaged, as well as identify issues and recommend course of corrections. The evaluation also highlighted issues and challenges affecting effective and efficient implementation of outputs and their contribution to project outcomes and impact and recommend whether results obtained thus far warrant an extension of the project. Some of the major recommendations of the second mid-term evaluation are: Emphasis should be given in promoting the traditional farming and indigenous technologies to cater climate change impacts. The marketing federation promoted should be registered immediately and should establish appropriated tie-ups for sale of the produces with good
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