Livelihood enhancement program This project is based on the analysis of the achievements of the initial project titled #Reducing Food Insecurity by Promoting (on farm) Enterprise Development through Inter-cropping Cultivation of Fruit Plants and Vegetable in District Umerkot Sindh# which was implemented in UC Khejrari of District Umerkot from March 2014 to March 2015 with the assistance of Oxfam Novib. The above project achieved good food security indicators at HH level; the proposed project will take the best practices of the above project ahead and take the same small farmers to have alternate livelihoods so that they may be more resilient to acute as well as chronic food insecurity issues. This project will take the small growers from HH level dietary improvement to the economic well being through establishing their commercial vegetable gardening and practical demonstration of selling of their produce following the standard post harvest management measures.
The project intervention will focus on vegetable gardening and fruit treesbeneficiaries of the previous project. The vegetable gardening beneficiaries have already good knowledge and skills in how to establish and maintain the vegetable gardens, and the fruit trees beneficiaries have established fruit orchards and will get itsbenefits when orchards are mature. These beneficiaries will be supported to establish the commercial vegetable gardens. The kitchen gardening beneficiaries have sufficient plots available along with skills and knowledge; on the other hand, the fruit trees beneficiaries have sufficient land space available in their newly established fruit orchards. These spaces can be utilized for the commercial based vegetable cultivation, which will help in introducing the inter-cropping techniques for cultivation of orchards and vegetables along with additional economic benefits for the beneficiaries.

Partner#s Description

AWARE is an indigenous NGO (non-government organization) registered under Societies Registration Act 1860 is working in arid and semi arid areas of District Tharparkar and Umerkot in Sindh province since 2003. AWARE is ever cautious and keeps a hawkish eye over the all emerging issues, concerns, problems and difficulties. It aims to organize differentsectors of population in order to involve the community in: identifying, understanding the community needs; identification, development, management and judicious use of natural resources particularly renewable energy resources. Aware has been supporting the development, management, improvement andmaintenance of public facility(ies). It provides the people suitable economic and research activities to build their development, management and leadership capacities/capabilities and to improve/develop their occupational/professional skills so as to strengthen their economic position. Aware#s mission is to provide the people educational, healthcare, recreational facilities and cultural activities for their personality building. And to raise socio-economic, socio-political awareness amongall the segments of society through seminars, workshops, training courses, lecture programmes, walks, rallies, celebrations, demonstrations, exposure visits  etc