Program Interventions

Training

Training is a process of continuous learning. Through the training programmes, the organization is trying to impart knowledge and skills to the staff from different disciplines. This activity helps in creating favourable environment to bring about the desired changes in the context of mission of the organization.

This year the training programmes were designed considering the needs expressed by the staff. The guality of the training content, methodology followed, is improving gradually.

MITTRA conducts training programmes at its training centres situated at Peint, Nashik district and Jawhar, Thane district. Both the training centres are well eguipped with the necessary lodging, boarding and teaching-learning facilities like LCD and laptop computers and other equipments.

MITTRA Training Campuses

Jawhar Campus :

Can cater to two trainings at a time and house about 50-60 trainees at a time in the dormitory.

Thematic plantations – Floriculture, Aromatic plants, Medicinal, Ornamental, Fruit plants etc.

Organic farming Demonstration unit

Processing Centre / Pack house

Demonstrations of Micro Drip irrigation systems

Roof top water harvesting structures

Vrindavan outlet

Peint Campus :
Can cater to two trainings at a time and house about 50-60 trainees at a time in the dormitory.
Thematic plantations – Floriculture, Aromatic plants, Medicinal, Ornamental, Fruit plants etc.
Processing Centre / Pack house
Herbal processing unit
Demonstrations of Micro Drip irrigation systems
Green Power – Windmill, solar lighting system
Apiculture
Vrindavan outlet

Both the centres are situated in a natural environment which is conducive for learning. Both the training campuses are backed by the demonstrations of training topics, field plots for experimentation and trials technigues like organic farming, germ plasm conservation.

Subjects for these trainings included the following:

Capacity building of People's Organisations -SHGs, Wadi tukdi, Vibhag.
Improved Agriculture-Floriculture, Vegetable cultivation, grafting techniques.
Income Generation Activities-Honey bee keeping, fishery

Development Programmes- Dairy cattle management, goat rearing, Water resources management, health training for traditional healers and adolescent

Name of Trainings	Type of Participant	No.of Trainings	Days	Participant	person days
Induction of MITTRA &BAIF staff	Officer	47	176	840	10114
Subject based Training	Officer	37	74	1088	4913
Management Development	Officer	5	20	138	520
Outside officer Training	Officer	65	164	2619	167745
Wadi Tukadi� Capacity Building	Program Participant	87	202	2307	6949
SHG Capacity & Health	Program Participant	173	427	5466	60507
Mango Grafting	Program Participant	23	54	408	2765
Panchayat Raj Training	Program Participant	23	112	602	2400
Watershed committee Training	Program Participant	11	71	92	529
Honey Bee training	Program Participant	7	32	229	1890
Vigitable Training	Program Participant	11	184	178	466
Cashew Procecing Training	Program Participant	9	127	61	1117
Floriculture	Program Participant	7	7	316	2212
Drawing Training	Program Participant	24	114	979	3595
Cattle Management	Program Participant	1	2	13	26
SRI Training	Program Participant	4	7	171	1197
Vouluteers Training	Program Participant	1	4	42	168
Diesel Engine Training	Program Participant	2	10	60	600
Exposure & others	Program Participant	18	39	384	14976
Total(Officer & Participant)		555	1826	15993	282689

Training about Livestock Development Program

117 training programs on the subjects like mastitis, preventive health, vaccination, balanced diet, dairy management were organized during March 2008 to April 2009. 1404 participants including 394 women, benefitted from the knowledge inputs given in the trainings. Six batches of the course 'Pashudhan Mitra' were completed, benefitting 141 participants. 6o% of the participants have started their work in the field. This will prove helpful for the livestock development programs likely to start in future.