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Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran

Pariyojana (MKSP)

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EQuality Education System
EQuality Education System
To improve the present status of women in Agriculture, and to
enhance the opportunities for her empowerment, Government
of India has announced Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran
Pariyojana (MKSP), as a sub component of the National Rural
Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and decided to provide support to
the tune of Rs. 100 crore during 2010-11 budget.
Why MKSP was started?
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EQuality Education System
The primary objective of the MKSP is to empower
women in agriculture by making systematic
investments to enhance their participation and
productivity, as also create and sustain agriculture
based livelihoods of rural women.
Objectives of MKSP
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EQuality Education System
To enhance the productive participation of women in
agriculture;

To create sustainable agricultural livelihood opportunities
for women in agriculture;

To improve the skills and capabilities of women in
agriculture to support farm and non-farm-based activities;

To ensure food and nutrition security at the household and
the community level;
Specific objectives of MKSP
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EQuality Education System

To enable women to have better access to inputs and
services of the government and other agencies;

To enhance the managerial capacities of women in
agriculture for better management of bio-diversity;

To improve the capacities of women in agriculture to access
the resources of other institutions and schemes within a
convergence framework.
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EQuality Education System
Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) would
provide funding support of up to 75% (90% for North
East and hill states) to the project submitted by the
State governments/PIAs under MKSP.

Balance is to be contributed by the respective state
governments or any other donor agencies, national
and international.
Funding
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EQuality Education System
Create sustainable livelihood institutions around
agriculture and allied activities.

Create sector-specific geography-specific best
package of practices and

Create a wide pool of community resource persons
for scaling up livelihood interventions in the entire
country.
Core agenda of MKSP
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The mission has narrowed down to four major themes,
to work with partners in MKSP programme.

They are:

(a) Sustainable agriculture
(b) Non Timber Forest Produce (NTFP)
Partners in MKSP programme
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EQuality Education System
Create sustainable agricultural livelihood opportunities for
women in agriculture;

Ensure food and nutrition security at the household and the
community level;

Improve the skills and capabilities of women in agriculture to
support farm-based activities;

Enhance the managerial capacities of women in agriculture
for better management of bio-diversity;
Sustainable Agriculture
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EQuality Education System
Ensure a better control of the institutions of the poor women
NTFP collectors over the NTFP value chain

Promote regeneration of NTFP species to improve the bio
diversity and enhanced productivity

Build the capacity of the community in modern harvesting
and post harvesting techniques to increase their income

Promote value addition of NTFP to ensure higher returns
Develop market linkages for NTFP
Non Timber Forest Produce (NTFP)
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