The smart agri villages will showcase sustainable and self-reliant farming systems with integrated approaches.

At least one smart agri village in every district is envisaged in the Kudumbashree mission’s agricultural Plan for this financial year.

The smart agri villages will showcase sustainable and self-reliant farming systems with integrated approaches.

A survey will be carried out to study existing components and opportunities for integrated farming in the district, and on its basis a suitable village will be selected for building a model agricultural village in convergence with the government department. An amount of ₹70 lakh has been allotted for the project.

Samruthi campaign

A campaign, Samruthi, will be taken up to strengthen Kudumbashree’s farm livelihood sector by including more farmers and bringing more area under cultivation. Kudumbashree’s collective farming model is seen as having a lot of scope, especially in the wake of last year’s floods. Exhibitions, seminars, field visits, discussions, and competitions will be conducted in all districts to attract more farmers.

A State-level event involving select joint liability group members from the districts will also be held.

The ‘nattuchanthas’ or weekly markets will get cold storage facilities this year to reduce perishability of produce and facilitate more procurement and sales.

Mobile garden installation units called Green Carpets will be set up in all districts. These professional units will help set up terrace garden, kitchen garden, ornamental garden, and other types of gardens with special focus on urban areas. Trained women’s groups of four to 10 members will be created in all district to set up gardens as per customer preference.

Kudumbashree will continue its organic farming scheme that aims at bringing 10,000 hectares under organic farming in three years.

Launched in 2018-19, the scheme has seen 38,865 farmers bring 2,742.4 hectares under cultivation. Participatory Guarantee System certification is also provided under this scheme.