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INDIA 2024. Jharkhand

24 September 2024, Gumla, Jharkhand State, India. A member of the Khirakhad Ajeevika Utpadak Samuh Producer Group carefully tends to lac cultivation on host trees – a traditional practice that is now generating new income opportunities for rural women, supported by the Jharkhand Opportunities for Harnessing Rural Growth (JOHAR) programme.

09/24/2024

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Unique ID UF1A5V2

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Background Information With design and implementation support from FAO, the programme has empowered Jharkhand’s women by investing in diversifying livelihoods, boosting incomes, and supporting access to markets. Lac is a natural resin secreted by tiny insects raised on specific host trees like palash and ber. In Jharkhand, tribal and landless women are increasingly supported to cultivate this high-value crop through training, input support, and market linkages provided under the JOHAR programme. By reviving and strengthening this age-old practice, lac cultivation is helping women diversify their livelihoods and boost household incomes in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way.