Building a farm to provide livelihood support to women headed families and to provide employment opportunities

Building a farm to provide livelihood support to women headed families and to provide employment opportunities

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Groundnut, cassava and corn grow well in Panchenai. Due to its proximity to the deep forest, Panchenai comes under frequent attack from wild elephants. People have sleepless nights and wild elephant chasing, as the elephants routinely attack this village in search of food. These attacks are causing severe damages, including loss of lives, physical injuries and psychological effects. Properties and crops are destroyed and damaged resulting in livelihood loss and severe financial burden on the villagers.

Building an integrated farm inside the elephant fence will be beneficial to the village in general and for the six families in particular. With the help of our generous donors, Anpuneri-Panchenai Village Development Society has started building an integrated farm in 9 acres of land to grow cattle and crops such as peanut, corn, cassava and other vegetables. The main activities involve cleaning the land using heavy equipment and labour, building the fence using barbed wire and locally available posts, preparing the land and building a hut. Three villagers were paid full time salaries and others were hired on temporary basis. Priority given to women who are the breadwinners of their family in employment in the integrated farm.