Cluster Village Development Programme is designed to increase farmer income, reduce food importation by applying all possible Climate Smart Agriculture practices in 11 hotpots districts. This programme covers 530 ac with 630 beneficiaries. The Project expenditure is Rs 43.0 million and it has been progressing successfully regardless of the many barriers encountered due to a chaotic situation in the country. The commitment of the officials and the farmers contribute to the success of the project.
Cluster Village Development Programme is one of four programs launched by Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project in parallel to National Food Production Drive under Saubhagye Dekma to avoid any future shortage of food supply due to the Covid19 pandemic.
Benefits to beneficiaries
· Identifying marketing opportunities
· Identifying suitable crops and lands
· Developing water resources and associated infrastructure.
· Providing 50% of the agricultural inputs from the project
· Forming market-focused producer groups and societies
· Setting up trade agreements to connect farmers with the market
· Smart technology for product sales, weather, cultivation technology and trade information
· Training farmers on cultivation to withstand the changing climatic conditions
· Conducting Farmer Business Training Schools
· Providing assistance to empower the farmers as agro-entrepreneurs
· Providing seed and technology transfer
· Implementing sustainable garden development programs
· Developing the ecosystems of the village
· Providing facilities to cultivate in each land
· Establishing market and agricultural access
· Establishing village cantered market in the village
· Establishing processing and packing centres
· Providing storage facilities for production teams
· Supplying plastic crates and agricultural implements to pack the farmers' produce
· Establishing demonstrations of climate smart agricultural practices
· Evaluating the farmers and create a mechanism to reward them
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Cluster Village Development Programme is designed to increase farmer income, reduce food importation by applying all possible Climate Smart Agriculture practices in 11 hotpots districts. This programme covers 530 ac with 630 beneficiaries. The Project expenditure is Rs 43.0 million and it has been progressing successfully regardless of the many barriers encountered due to a chaotic situation in the country. The commitment of the officials and the farmers contribute to the success of the project. 
· Providing seed and technology transfer