INDIA - $5,500
Cultivation of Plantain Trees and Sale of Products
Project Director: Mr. P. Natarajan

75 women from Tamil Nadu will be trained in the formation of a small scale producer’s federation and 50 women from two villages will receive loans. Each woman will receive a loan of $190.
On average, 700 plants will be raised. Vegetables will yield in three months, plantain in 10. When the plantains are ready for harvest, the farmers sow the seeds of cotton between rows. Cotton yields in three months. Several parts of plantain are sold; the fruit, outer leaves for fibers, flower, and stem.

 

GROSS ANNUAL INCOME	EXPENSES	ANNUAL COST	NET ANNUAL INCOME
$1,625	$380	$575	$670

NET is a past RSWR partner. From R. Kannan’s site visit report, “New Earth Team is one of the well known organisations in the field of women development and agriculture. NET has good rapport with people. The groups are active and pioneering innovative methods of cultivation like inter-cropping, organic pest, and disease management. New Earth Team has 7 trained staff.”

Project Completed: December 31, 2009