Virgin Coconut Oil from Nicobar Tribes will soon be available at Tribes India outlets and on http://tribesindia.com. It is extracted from the finest coconut of Nicobar Islands and manually made by aboriginal tribes keeping its health benefits intact.
TRIFED travels to Andaman & Nicobar islands to its Jarava, Great Andamanese, Onges and Sentinalese brothers and sisters. Launching Nicobar Tribes Virgin Coconut Oil on 2 November.
Training program on Cultivation Techniques of Floriculture Crops & Nursery Entrepreneurship Development organised at Koraput District, Odisha in collaboration with CSIR, National Botanical Research Institute..The scientists from the institute explained the techniques and benefits of Floriculture to participants from VDVK Clusters and gave them hands-on training on the techniques and methods involved in Floriculture
The Van Dhan tribal start-ups, especially has found great acceptance in the North-East. Activities are on in full-swing. Especially in the state of Tripura where activities are on under Hmunpui Van Dhan Vikas Kendra, North Tripura.
The ESDP training of VDVK Medi in Rajasthan has been completed on March 19, 2021
Till date, Gramshree Foundation Trust with SRIJAN has imparted total 2 VDVK ESDP Trainings.
Trainings for next batches for several other VDVKs have already been planned.
As a part of its Village and Digital Connect initiative, TRIFED’s regional officials across the country have been visiting villages with a significant tribal population for the past month. This is being done to oversee the implementation of these programmes and ensure that the programmes are reaching the tribals and they are benefitting from the existing schemes and initiatives.
ESDP training and presentation was provided by trainers from TISS Mumbai to Van Dhan Vikas Kendra members in Junnar District Pune. It was a positive and successful interactive session with all participating members.
Van Dhan Vikas Kendra Babhni, Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh has taken a big step forward by launching its own products, which include a range of items such as peanuts, turmeric powder.
What is a highlight is that these products are professionally processed, branded and packaged.
A 2-day-ESDP training program was conducted at Van Dhan Vikas Kendra, Shahapur, Thane (Maharashtra).
The training was conducted with support of TISS, Mumbai. 30 tribal entrepreneurs actively participated in this 2 day programme.
A Van Dhan Stall showcasing forest fresh, organic products has been set up in Senapati by the Senapati Forest Division.
A gift of the latest Van Dhan products were presented to the Hon'ble Chief Minister and Hon'ble Dy. CM, Hon'ble Cabinet Ministers and all high ranking officers of the state government during the Cabinet Meeting at Senapati HQ by Senapati Forest Division.
A new Van Dhan Vikas Kendra was launched in Dhekiauli, Sanitpur in Assam on 18th September 2020. On this occasion, a VDVK Level Advocacy Programme was conducted.
About 110 ST beneficiaries attended in the programme from different SHGs. Officials from IIE, Guwahati & Assam State Rural Livelihood Mission also attended the inauguration and the advocacy event.
