Kohima, July 8 (MExN): Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM) conducted training on Livelihoods Perspective for the District Functional Specialists (Livelihoods) and the Assistant District Program Managers at SIRD, Kohima from July 6-8.
It was conducted with the support of national resource persons empanelled by the Ministry of Rural Development and resource persons from National Support Organization PRADAN.
The objective of the training, according to a press release, was to equip the Mission staffs to understand the concepts of livelihoods and the various aspects that need to be considered for effective livelihoods planning.
Delivering the keynote address, Athel O. Lotha, Mission Director, NSRLM mentioned that one’s technical knowledge on agriculture or livestock gained from universities may not fully empower a person for direct implementation of livelihoods intervention since there are various dynamics involved in planning and execution. She therefore urged the Mission staffs to take advantage of the training, capacitate oneself and translate the knowledge to the grassroots people. She also stated the need to genuinely understand and feel the challenges faced by the rural people so as to address those challenges through interventions of NSRLM.
As part of the training, field visit to Khuzama village under Jakhama Resource Block was held for field exercise of the classroom learning of the previous day.
The third day training involved integration of classroom and field learning to develop further plan of action for the 9 Resource Blocks of NSRLM, the release added.
