Exploration Visits & SLDs

7.2. Society for Social Ventures organized Exploring Visits & Shared Learning Dialogue with the Aim to know the need & views of farmers about commercial cropping individually ,collectively or by forming farmers club, a good platform for the banks and companies to contact farmers, increase their awareness and grow their customers for their products

7.2.1.

Visited by: Sunita Goel (Chief Functionary SSV)

Place: House of Gram Pradhan Ishwar Singh Yadav, G P Tohfapur,Block Parikshitgarh, District Meerut, State UP

Date: 27 January and 5th February 2013

Targeted group: Pradhan with 35 farmers

Outcome: The village is versatile and have many progressive and prosperous farmers. Two Farmers club are already formed and are functional

Gram Pradhan Ishwar Singh Yadav, Tohfapur Village
Sunita Goel (Chief Functionary SSV) with Gram Pradhan Ishwar Singh Yadav

7.2.2

Visited by: Sunita Goel (Chief Functionary SSV)

Place: House of krishan Pal Yadav, G P Ghanpur, Block Parikshitgarh, District Meerut, State UP

Date: 18th February 2013

Targeted group: farmers

Outcome: farmers lack unity & cohesiveness

7.2.3.

Visited by: Sunita Goel (Chief Functionary SSV)

Volunteers: Chandra Pal Singh, Gajendra Singh

Place: Surrounding of Devendra, G P Shahpur Peerpur, Post Sakauti Tanda,Block Sardhana, District Meerut, State UP

Date: 19th March 2013

Targeted group: 16-17 farmers

Outcome: By mutual interactions sixteen farmers agreed to form farmer’s club which was named as “Peerpur farmer’s club”. Farmers together selected Subey Singh, Deepak and Devender Singh as President, Treasurer and Secretary for representing the farmer’s club.

(Chief Functionary SSV) Sunita Goel with farmers

7.2.4.

Visited by: Sunita Goel (Chief Functionary SSV)

Volunteers: Chandra Pal Singh, Gajendra Singh

Place: Surrounding of Chandra pal Singh , G P Mandora, Post Sukauti Tanda,Block Sardhana, District Meerut, UP State

Date: 19th March 2013

Targeted group: 20-25 farmers

Outcome: By mutual interactions twenty farmers formed a farmer’s club known as “Mandora farmer’s club”. The names of the farmers were noted down with their addresses. Chandra pal, Omendra Rana and Gajendra were made President, Treasurer and Secretary for representing the club.