tribal farmer Odisha support minor forest produce MSP TRIFED scheme
How can tribal farmers in Odisha get support for farming and forest produce?
BBudhram Majhi11mo ago · 355 views
5 Answers
🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓10mo ago
Tribal farmers in Odisha can tap several supports for both farming and minor forest produce. For collected forest produce like tamarind, mahua, sal seed, tendu and lac, the minimum support price scheme for minor forest produce lets you sell at assured rates through state agencies and tribal cooperatives, and value addition centres help process and earn more. For farming, you get the regular schemes like soil health, seed and mechanisation support, plus tribal focused programmes under the tribal affairs department and watershed projects that suit hilly Koraput terrain. SHGs and Van Dhan Vikas Kendras under the tribal development framework help groups process and market forest and farm produce together. Your local KVK and ITDA, the integrated tribal development agency office, are the best first contacts. Confirm the current MFP price list and Van Dhan group formation process with your ITDA or tribal cooperative office.
SSujata Hikaka10mo ago
In our area the Van Dhan group helped us clean and pack mahua and tamarind, and we got a better rate than the village trader paid. Form a group, alone you get cheated on price. The ITDA office guided us on registration. Selling together is the main gain.
LLaxman Gond9mo ago
We sold sal seed and tamarind through the cooperative at the support price. Keep your produce dry and clean, they grade it. The local tribal development office told us the rates. For hill farming the watershed project also helped with small ponds and bunds.
MMangala Pradhan9mo ago
Drying the produce properly before selling made a real difference to our rate, wet mahua fetches less and can spoil. The Van Dhan centre gave us simple training on grading. Ask the ITDA about value addition machines, our group got a small processing unit that raised our income.
DDaitari Khora8mo ago
Apart from forest produce, the watershed work in our hills helped us grow a second crop with the small check dams. Combine both, farming and forest collection, so income comes in different seasons. Keep in touch with the ITDA office, they announce the MFP rates and group schemes there first.