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North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project for Upland Areas
The overall objective is to help the poorest rural people in several hill districts in the region improve their livelihoods through environmentally sound management of their resource base.
Most households in the project area depend heavily or solely on jhum cultivation, a system of cultivation under which a tract is cleared by fire, cultivated and then abandoned for another tract, which is similarly treated. The project will particularly benefit women and unemployed youth, as well as jhum cultivators in 1,000 villages, and it will help communities establish village development committees. In the long term, project activities will generate on-farm employment for about 6,400 people. Project activities include:
- building the capacity of communities and other participating groups
- promoting income-generating activities to support on-farm investments
- promoting community-based biodiversity conservation
- improving access to safe water, health services and education
- improving village roads and rural electrification
- promoting participation in project management
Source: IFAD
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| Contact information |
Mr K. Moses Chalai
Project Director and Development Strategist
Sympli Buildings, 1st Floor
Near Shillong Law College, Dhanketi
Shillong, Meghalaya - 793 001
India
Tel: + 91 3642500495 and +91 364 2500496-97
Fax: + 91 3642500027
Mobile: +98 63021734 moses@necorps.org
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| Facts and figures |
Total cost: US$33.2 million
IFAD loan: US$22.9 million
Duration: 1999-2008
Geographical
area:2 districts each in Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur
Directly benefiting: 23,000 households
Status: ongoing
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| Partners |
- International Development Association (World Bank)
- Department for International Development (United Kingdom)
- World Food Programme
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