A total of 48,934 demonstrations covering 154907 HHs (27639 Male & 127268 Female) were organised under the component covering diverse activities related to agriculture, horticulture, livestock, forestry, soil & water conservation and ecotourism & RNFS
Demonstrations, Trainings, Exposures and Workshop tried out in various sub-sectors were as follows :-
In agriculture sector, 13,973 demonstrations covering 55,390 HHs (11459 Male & 43931 Female) were organized for organic farming, seed production, and apiculture. In this sector 665 trainings organized& covering 25,579 HHs (Male 7838 & Female 17741), 97 exposures organized & covering 2229 HHs (Male 1033 & Female 1196) and 85 workshop organized & covering 4494 HHs (Male 1916 & Female 2578).
In horticulture sector, 6291 demonstrations covering 44,694 HHs (5602 Male & 39092 Female) were organized for off season vegetable cultivation, spices cultivation, poly house etc.
Under Soil and Water Resources sector, 3145 demonstrations covering 5952 HHs (863 Male & 5089 Female) were organized for rain water harvesting LDPE and stone masonry tanks. In this sector 51 trainings organized & covering 1682 HHs (Male 603 & Female 1079) and 9 exposures organized & covering 224 HHs (Male 88 & Female 136).
In Livestock sector, 23,650 demonstrations covering 27,372 HHs were organized for Micro Dairy, breed improvement, Kuroiler mother unit, backyard poultry rearing, paravet development etc. In this sector 485 trainings organized & covering 17283 HHs (Male 4621 & Female 12662), 107 exposures organized & covering 2323 HHs (Male 1332 & Female 991) and 129 workshop organized & covering 8811 HHs (Male 2008 & Female 6803).
In Forestry sector, 1122 demonstrations covering 10,640 HHs (2322 Male & 8318 Female) were organized for MAP cultivation, community forestry plantation etc. In this sector 169 trainings organized & covering 6236 HHs (Male 2048 & Female 4188), 40 exposures organized & covering 1106 HHs (Male 618 & Female 488) and 31 workshop organized & covering 1428 HHs (Male 504 & Female 924).
In Ecotourism and RNFS sector, 753 demonstrations covering 10,859 HHs (2260 Male & 8599 Female) were organized for rural non-farm sector activities like spinning and weaving, community based ecotourism (home-stay development), community managed retail enterprises. In this sector 256 trainings organized & covering 4204 HHs (Male 2400 & Female 1804), 68 exposures organized & covering 1391 HHs (Male 509 & Female 882) and 32 workshop organized & covering 2245 HHs (Male 492 & Female 1753)
Organic farming was practiced with 9,912 HHs in 2,906 ha. of land under certification. Seed production activities were carried out with 10,316 farmers in 3316 ha. land with buy-back arrangements made with USTDC for 222 tons of seed.