Uma is secretary of Unnati Women’s Group, having 25 women farmers as member. Earlier she did not have any knowledge, but the Gramin Punarnirman Sansthan workers gave her various kinds of information. The turning point was training in entrepreneurship development in which she learnt how she could start a small enterprise at home.
She got a kit for making manure and information to use it. First, she collected cow dung and spread it to dry. Then she sprinkled water to make it moist. Thereafter she transferred the moist dung to the container provided and added 1 kg of earthwork given. The manure produced was used in paddy fields and the yield was very good. For the first time, she sold surplus paddy.
Uma has six goats and a cow at present. She had earlier sold two goats for ₹8,000. She cultivated mushrooms and sold the produce. She is now raising fruit trees. She is determined that she will sell fruits in the market and earn money.
With the increasing income she paid the fees of her four children who are studying in a private school.
Uma’s women group has been given a smart phone by the project. Now online meetings are held and the members are given tips on how they should do the agricultural operations.