The Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) will soon implement ‘Wayanad 2030’, a comprehensive project conceptualised during a prospective Plan workshop held at the university headquarters in November 2012.
The project will be launched on Monday in select tribal settlements and Model Residential Schools (MRS) in the district.
The three-year project is aimed at livelihood enhancement of tribal settlements in the district through need-based package of inputs.
“The project also envisages food, economic and nutritional security of the tribal population, strategies to increase enrolment ratio among students in higher education sector, and socio-educational development through teachers’ training programmes as well as educational awareness schemes for parents,” said B. Ashok, Vice Chancellor, KVASU.
Need-based package
The Directorate of Entrepreneurship of the varsity will implement the programme, which proposes need-based package of inputs to select tribal colonies, tribal schools and a new delivery model for sustainable growth in the sector by utilising the State Plan Fund for 2014-15, Dr. Ashok added.
“We have selected two tribal settlements at Boothanam and Chembatty in Pozhuthana and Vythiri grama panchayats respectively for implementing the project in the initial phase,” said T.P. Sethumadhavan, Director, Entrepreneurship, KVASU. Various programmes, including awareness drive on health and nutrition, Forest Rights Act, laws and regulations relating to tribal communities, ill effects of alcoholism and drug abuse, will be organised in the settlements under the project.
The KVASU would collaborate with the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation here to organise training programmes on vermi-composting and organic farming for tribespeople, Dr. Sethumadhavan added. The project would also be launched at the Ekalavya Model Residential School at Pookode and Government Model Residential School, Kaniambetta.
Source : The Hindu
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