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Central Indian tribal belt

BRLF COVID-19 Response

BRLF’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic supported tribal households across the Central Indian Tribal Belt with low-input agriculture and stronger non-timber forest produce value chains to protect rural incomes.
  • Central Indian tribal belt

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  • Closed

Overview

The BRLF Covid-19 Response introduced low input-cost, non-pesticide based agriculture practices, with a package of practices focused on crops better suited to local agro-ecology, such as millets and vegetables, to help tribal households recover from pandemic-related income shocks.

The response also worked to establish a profitable value chain system for Non-Timber Forest Produce (NTFP) and Minor Forest Produce (MFP), strengthening an alternative income source for forest-dependent communities during a period of acute economic disruption.

Key Strategies

Introduce low input-cost, non-pesticide agriculture practices
Promote climate-suited crops such as millets and vegetables
Establish a profitable value chain for NTFP and Minor Forest Produce
Support tribal households through pandemic-related income disruption

Outcomes to date

17,427
Households reached across relief and rehabilitation
17
CSO partners engaged in COVID-19 response
11,973
Households linked to government welfare schemes
1,028
Migrant families supported with alternative livelihoods
3,768
Families given agricultural input support
60
Community seed banks strengthened

Convergence with government schemes

Linking vulnerable households to government welfare schemes

PDS and VB-G RAM G

  • Provided food security and wage employment
  • BRLF facilitated household linkage through CSOs

QUICK FACTS

Focus
Low-cost NPM agriculture, NTFP/MFP value chains
CSO Partners
17
Households reached
17,427
Geography
Central Indian Tribal Belt (8 states)
Governance
Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Committee
Status
Closed

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