THE INITIATIVE

• Development of tribal regions

THE BENEFICIARIES

• Tribes of Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh

THE CHALLENGE

• Soil erosion and water scarcity
• Integrating an excluded community in a sustainable manner

THE SOLUTION

• NABARD extended support for horticulture plantation, border plantation and water resource managemen
• Intercropping was encouraged as a means of supplementary incom
• Capacity-building support extended for various livelihood activitie

THE IMPACT

• Cultivation of a variety of crops on previously infertile lands
• Intercropping has ensured livelihood securit
• Financial penetration by banks