Agri Nutri Garden Week

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Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) has observed ‘Agri Nutri Garden Week’ from 10th to 17th January, 2022 through awareness campaign and encouraging establishment of ‘Agri Nutri Gardens’ in the rural households. 

• It is the Mission’s agenda to support every rural poor household to have Agri Nutri Garden to fulfill the need of the family’s nutrition and any excess production can also be sold for income generation.
• This is in line with Prime Minister’s vision of enhancing strength of Rural Economy and his clarion call of Atma Nirbhar Bharat.
• A total of 76,664 ‘Agri Nuti Gardens’ were established in this week against the target of 7500.
• The initiative is also helping in promoting nutritional awareness, education and behavioral change in rural areas involving farm women and school children.
• It is also helping to harness traditional knowledge through the local recipe to overcome malnutrition and implementing nutrition-sensitive agriculture.