NAMCO has successfully completed the training of rural women entrepreneurs on goat rearing, production of cattle feed and value addition to milk. The project covered women entrepreneurs in Vedaranyam block of Nagapattinam district. They are all members of the all-women FPO promoted by NAMCO entitled ‘NAMCO Jeevan FPO’, which has brought together women farmers involved animal husbandry activities. This skill training project was sponsored by NABARD. Through this project, NAMCO has not only built their skills in animal husbandry activities, but has also embarked on supporting them further to set up individual or collective enterprises. NAMCO is in the process of facilitating access to enterprise credit for them to set up their own enterprises.
As a testimony to the on-going efforts, NAMCO has already facilitated the set-up of one cattle feed unit, which has started functioning well, catering to a large number of beneficiaries with access to quality feed.
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