University of Birmingham & 3Ie – Makhana Project
Project Name: Women run collectively owned agro processing enterprises: An integrated model for the Eastern Gangetic Plains
Lead partner
Pilot Project Location:- Andhrathari And Jhanjharpur block of Madhubani District, Bihar
Work Completed During Project Period
Several round of meeting conducted at the village level in the village of Bhagwatipur, Usrar, Bataua, Nanaur, & Jhanjharpur since march till date. Due to covid situation we prefer very small group meeting. After that we formed 5 collectives group. 4 group in Andhrathari Block and 1 group in Jhanjharpur Block.Membersip details:-
SL. no | Name of Village | No. of Female | No. of Male | Total Members |
1 | Usrar | 12 | 1 | 13 |
2 | Bataua | 8 | 4 | 12 |
3 | Bhagwatipur | 14 | 0 | 14 |
4 | Bhagwatipur | 11 | 1 | 12 |
5 | Nanaur | 2 | 3 | 5 |
6 | Jhanjharpur | 11 | 2 | 13 |
Total | 58 | 11 | 69 |
3) Capacity building
While meeting with the members, our team identified that members left the activity of Makhana processing since last more than 10 years so they were little hesitant in initiating the activity so we organised capacity building of members on Makhana processing, organised exposure visit to ICAR Dharbhanga, Capacity building on sorting & packaging.
Training details:-
Sr. no | Capacity building on | No of female | No of male | Total |
1 | Capacity building on Makhana processing | 44 | 5 | 49 |
2 | Capacity building on Makhana processing | 20 | 2 | 22 |
3 | Exposure visit | 11 | 2 | 13 |
4 | Capacity building on Grading & Sorting of Makhana | 20 | 11 | 31 |
4) Processing activity details
After the four collective group started the production of Makhana. procurement of seed done by committee after finalization of rate by members of committee, then task of procurement given to technical staff. After procurement Gudi distributed among members and they started the processing of Gudi.
Further plan of action
Our further plan is to promote Gudi Cultivation so we started model pond in our campus as well as we are generating awareness in community to take up the activity of Makhana processing.
