INDIA - $5,000
Eco-farming
Project Director - Mrs. A. Kanagavalli

25 women, five from each of five groups in Pudukottai District, Tamil Nadu, are participating in this one-year project.

The women will receive a two-day training eco-farming and in vegetable cultivation and pest control. Each group will then lease three acres of land. Two vermi-compost pits will be dug on the land, seeds, inputs for compost pits and two cows per group will be included in the seed money. Loans will be $310 per group or $62 per woman, and will be repaid at 3% monthly interest.

GROSS MONTHLY INCOME - $760

GROUP MONTHLY EXPENSE - $165

GROUP LOAN PAYMENT - $75

GROUP NET MONTHLY INCOME - $520

NET MONTHLY INCOME PER WOMAN - $104

From R. Kannan’s site visit report, “Rights Trust is a small organization. It has 7 trained staff. Rights Trust is running a village knowledge centre, a farmers forum, children’s clubs and 20 self-help groups. Target people are well informed about this project. There is good scope for the project.”

Interim report June 2008

Project Completed: December 31, 2008