Background
Venu Madhuri is a rural development project that aims at sustainable development and self-sufficiency through traditional wisdom. Although agriculture contributes only 21% of India’s GDP, its importance in the country’s economic, social, and political fabric goes well beyond this indicator. The rural areas are still home to some 72 percent of the India’s 1.1 billion people, a large number of whom are poor. Most of the rural poor depend on rain-fed agriculture, fragile forests for their livelihoods and lack basic amenities.
The Indian nation’s father Mahatma Gandhi contemplated a program of village organization based on sound agricultural practices and village industry that would ensure the proper health and well-being of the villagers. Inspired by Gandhian ideals and the vision of Radhanath Swami, Venu Madhuri, adopted a village named Ramanwadi in Maharashtra as a model village to later replicate the project in other villages.
KEY RESULT AREAS
- Watershed development
- Organic farming
- Animal husbandry (Cow protection)
- Cottage industry
- Education
- Culture
- Health
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Neighboring villagers are inviting Venu Madhuri to start activities in their villages
- Staff nominated and selected for various courses offered by well known organizations in India NIRD,ANTHRA, PRINCE, NWA.
- Staff member selected as free seat, for 12 day permaculture training at Sri Lanka. The selection was from amongst several candidates from Asia and Australia.