Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
6. Tie-up with agri-processing industries to pick up the produce
from the farm gate at an agreed price much before the production
begins. Industries may be provided long-duration loans and tax
breaks.
7. Direct marketing of produce has been shown to fetch good
prices for most produce. FPOs can have app-based sales of their
produce. There are apps being developed to aggregate produce
from a single farmer or group of farmers, and pick up produce
from their farm and offer better prices. Either FPOs can tie up
with such farmers to become their franchisees in a different
geography or they can develop their own apps and directly deliver
to the consumers.
8. Allied livelihoods to stabilize income/ generate local
employment: The agro-forestry model we propose suggests that
farmers will be better off if they moved to organic farming. If a
large number of farmers decide to transition to organic agroforestry
model they will need: organic inputs and QPM. The
servicing of organic inputs (Jeevamrut, Ghanajeevamrut) and the
QPM can become a livelihood in itself. FPOs can engage SHGs to
raise QPM by distributing seeds to SHG members and collecting
saplings back, following the lijjat papad model. Local SHGs can be
given the business of setting up nurseries and producing QPM to
service the local needs. The area that the SHGs will service can be
the same cluster as the FPO formed by farmers in cluster villages.
9. Landless laborers in the villages where the FPO operates can be
engaged in production of organic inputs through livestock. Both
QPM nurseries and organic input preparation will need training.
This has to be facilitated by the FPOs and by KVKs in the region.
10. Hub and spokes model for Mega Food Parks: The processing units
are the hub, the pre-processing centers are the spokes at cluster
level, while the collection centers are the spokes at the village
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