Project -08

2. Description of the project:

 This project is funded by Jeevanti Welfare and Charitable Trust of Dabur India Limited with the aim of increasing the income of villagers by planting medicinal trees on a large scale in Uttarakhand and giving priority to connecting plants like Hathurya to the mainstream of trade in the state. The main objectives of the project are:

1. The signatory parties will work together with the common goal of ensuring sustainable resource enhancement of selected habitats through large-scale tree planting and conservation of species and thus ensuring improved livelihood opportunities for regional communities and environmental sustainability.

2. The species were jointly identified for inclusion under the project by JWCT and Himalayan Union for Man and Nature (HUMAN). Both the Signatory Parties agree to promote all conservation approaches and resource enhancement for the selected habitats in private land or community land and other mutually agreed locations within the selected area of ​​the State of Uttarakhand. 

3. In respect of medicinal plants, the Signatory Parties have identified the following tree species and they are to be taken up on priority under this MoU.

4. For large-scale afforestation programmes in villages and community owned lands, trees such as Kachnar, Kutaj, Lodhra, Timur, Varun, Padmkasht.

5. Identification of suitable species has been jointly approved by JWCT. Dabur India Limited and Human Resource Consultants were invited to join the project. Both the signatory parties agree to promote conservation and resource enhancement for the above species in the lands owned by tribal communities/samples in the region.

The main achievements of the project are-

6. 04 nurseries of Timur, Kachanar, Kutaj, Lodhra, Padma, Varun etc. were developed in Bageshwar, Pitthoragarh, Tehri, Rudraprayag. 

7. The project involves production of 120000 plants and plantation of 800 trees in 30 hectares on private land of farmers.

8. The project involves production of 30000 plants from Lodhra and plantation of 70 trees in 10 hectare land on private land.

9. The project involves production of 200,000 plants of Kachnar and planting of 580 trees in 80 hectares of land on private land.

10. The project involves production of 35000 Kutaj plants and planting of 75 trees in 10 hectares of land on private land.

11. The project involves production of 35000 plants of Varun and planting of 75 trees in 10 hectares of land on private land. 

12. The project involves production of 15000 lotus plants and plantation of 50 trees in 5 hectares of land in private land.

13. More than 700 trees have been registered with Herbal Research Institute and Aromatic Plant Centre.

3. Location of the project (State/Region) (Plains/Hills):

The project is being operated in the hilly districts of Uttarakhand.

4. Client Name: 

Dabur India Limited, Sahibabad Uttar Pradesh

5. Nature of service provided by the applicant:

 Planting of medicinal trees or trees in the land in this project. Along with production on a large scale, workers are also being trained.

6. Duration of services provided by the applicant:

 10 years

Start date- 01 October 2018

7. Other information related to the project:

The project is a success story of agriculture – plantation of medicinal trees under CSR is enhancing livelihood security in district Bager, Uttarakhand.

The threat of wildlife is one of the major obstacles in the hilly terrain of Uttarakhand. Most of the hilly areas where food crops were grown have become deserted due to monkeys, pigs and other pests. In this context, Dabur India Limited, Jivanti  Welfare and Charitable Trust in association with Human (A Society) extended CSR support to the farmers of Hills region. More than 50000 saplings of Timur (Zanthoxylum armatum) were grown and distributed to 75 farmers of Hills to rejuvenate 50 acres of land in District Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. One of the active farmers, Mr. Balwant Singh planted 500 palm trees on his land and estimated that after five years when all the 500 plants will bear fruits, he will earn an annual income of Rs. 2.5 lakhs. This is a testament to the fact that more than 75 farmers in Leh district are earning profitable income from palm tree farming. This model can be replicated in rainfed farming in the hills of Uttarakhand where migration is at its peak and farmers are hoping to get alternative crops to save their farms from the threat of wildlife.

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