Impact assessment of training programme on kitchen gardening under waste water management at KVK Sriganganagar

Kitchen gardening is the revolutionary step to increase vegetables production as well as provision of cheap and fresh vegetables to the rural women. The main focus of the study was to assess the impact of kitchen gardening training given by Krishi Vigyan Kendra Sriganganagr under waste water management project to rural women in Tamkot and 12 SPM villages. Capacity building of rural women in Kitchen Gardening was the focus and twenty trainees of kitchen gardening were selected randomly from each location to assess the impact of their livelihood. The study finding reveals that Kitchen gardening had increase environmental beauty and income of the growers to some extent in the targeted area. It was recommended that longer-term interventions required to support livelihoods with links to the market and to make strategies with communities to improve access to products and services. Kitchen gardens are indigenous livelihood practices, especially among women; scientific approach in provision and promotion of these livelihoods through training sessions aims to make these livelihoods sustainable. Most of the beneficiaries valued livelihood assistance. The results were especially visible in the poor households. Kitchen gardening training has benefited the target community to practice alternative livelihoods. Still, a follow up plan is needed to ensure that such techniques are practiced on a large scale with market links to assist ecological and economical development in the project area.