Land of a poor farmer developed as a result of the organisation's efforts

Objectives

• Help small/marginal farmers and landless labourers, particularly those belonging to Schedules Castes in accessing and establishing rights over land to support livelihood
• Assessment of land related disputes (encroachment and ownership issues)
• Identification of families for resolving land ownership issues
• Establishing women’s rights over land

Interventions

• Village level consultations
• Jan Sunwai (public hearings)
• Analysing land maps
• Formation of the forum Bundelkhand Bhoomi Adhikar Manch
• Organisation of a Mahila Kisan Abhiyan Rally
• Organise Laghu Seemant Krishak Morcha

Outputs

• Seven public hearings held; 11 exposure visits conducted
• 29 Training programmes organised and 600 people received training
• Distribution of 90 acres land to landless people
• Awareness generation among 1,734 of women on their right on land
• 4,149 women participate in Mahila Kisan Abhiyan rally
• Nine kinds of dissemination/training material developed

Impact

• Formation of Bundelkhand Bhoomi Adhikar Manch
• 4,181 Actions taken by Bundelkhand Bhoomi Adhikar Manch
• 460 Cases of disputes over land solved
• Formation of a district level committee to resolve land issues
• 1,125 Actions taken by district level committee
• 102 Landless labourers turned their fortunes by becoming farmers
• 58 Families who have accepted joint (husband-wife) ownership of land
• 15 Efforts made to sensitise government machinery to make it responsive