Blessed with bounties of nature and abundance of forest, the traditional means of earning livelihood for the tribal population of Dantewada region have mostly been agriculture, horticulture and minor forest collection. These traditional means were hardly sucient to sustain a family, causing poverty, social dilemmas and health problems. There was an urgent need to innovatively approach the multiple needs to engage people in sustainable livelihood activities, market their traditional skills and to train people to adopt modern way of approaching markets and seeking linkages for prot. Some of these initiatives till now were aimed at making their earn more, providing them market access and making the people adopt modern way of doing business... Read More