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ABSTRACT

The present success story aims to motivate the farmers and other rural people to learn and accept the new skill and technology provided by various organizations, as it was done by Smt. Pooja Hembram, a tribal resident of chakai block of Janui district (Bihar). She is always eager to learn new things and with this personality she grew as a leader. She has attended a training on scientific vegetable cultivation as agriculture entrepreneur. Initially, she was involved in marketing activities and providing training on scientific vegetable cultivation. After some time, she not only disseminated the skill and knowledge but also adopted the same. This leads to opening of better income & employment opportunities for her. She earned Rs. 6000 from her nursery within the duration of only 20 days. She is going to prepare another 20000 saplings of chilli and cauliflower. With the skill of scientific vegetable cultivation like nursery raising, transplantation, staking, insect pest management etc., she started taking steps toward self-sustenance.

Keywords: Social upliftment, PRADAN, Employment, Skill

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