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A PROJECT GREW OUT OF FRANCO INDIAN COLLABORATION • OBJECTIF FRANCE INDE (OFI): 14 years of experience in sustainable development in South India - Since 1998, OFI ensures formalization, financing, coordination and project monitoring to indian NGOs like GRAMIUM and SEVAI. As such, OFI has a real experience on the ground. -OFI finances directly rural development in Tamil Nadu, and provides assistance in raising institutional funds : more than 1 million euros has been raised in the past three years! • In 2011, a french agronomist specialized in dairy production, S. Marcot, led a field study… - The analysis shows the possibility for milk production’s improvment for 2000 cows bred by Self Help Groups from SEVAI and GRAMIUM . SHG are women’s groups who pool their ressources to develop economic activities. These women live below poverty line • The partners NGOs GRAMIUM and SEVAI set up the objective : Increase by 20% the dairy production of these 2000 cows, thereby, enable 1000 families to overstep the poverty line
STRATEGY: RURAL DEVELOPMENT 20% additional income for beneficiaries TECHNIQUES ALREADY USED BY NGOs Making vermicompost, organic fertilizer and pesticides. These techniques will provide a better nutritive quality FERTILIZATION of cows ’ fodders OUR INTERVENTION : Promoting water acess. FEED & Developping new fodder conservation methods WELFARE : silage. Training basic vet care and cow behaviour in partnership with Vet’Agro Sup school … LONG TERM: Promoting selection and insemination ORGANIZATIO Managing production in cooperative N & SALE
Pilot phase allow a large-scale expansion of the program Phase 1: A 2 month field study Goal: Identify current husbandry practices(feed, reproduction, health management…) • Three agronomy and veterinary students will create a database using the gathered information Phase 2: Pilot project with a 10 cows sample TO BE Goal: Optimizing dairy production : +2 liters per cow per day • OFI is responsible of the project pilot evaluation FUNDED • SEVAI NGO provides a place for farmers training and fields for cattle feed Phase 3: Large-scale expansion of results : 300 cows, corresponding to about 100 families - Y+1 SELF SEVAI will be responsible to train beneficiaries to the new techniques validated in phase 1 FUNDED Phase 4: Expansion of new techniques to 3000 cows, that is about 1000 families – Y+2 and Y+3
Our commitments: Project’s .support and monitoring SIRENE 438 439 283 00013 Financial transparency SUPPORT Thanks to OFI members skills, our local partners and farmers benefit from a technical and methodological support. Volonteers ensure good coordination on the project and technical support FOLLOWED Every semester, we communicate photos of the evolution of the project to our donors thanks to our OFI correspondent on the spot, and a reporting of outlay FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY At any moment, we ensure a total financial transparency and the donations traceability thanks to dedicated bank account
Support the initiative! A sustainable project Financing the pilot project for 10 cows enables self-funding of the expansion phase for 3000 cows and 1000 families An integrated development project : rural development and social entrepreneurship This project, wich aim is to increase farm incomes, is primarily dedicated to women below poverty line, gathered in Self Help Groups. It helps 1000 families to overstep the poverty line in 3 years
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