Transformative Livelihood Intervention (TLI) Project

Economic empowerment of women being in the forefront of its agenda, TLI Project  started in 2006 as a comprehensive programme for the Socio-economic empowerment of Women in Nagaland, particularly the rural and urban poor women and the marginalized, by facilitating various income generating activities to enable better and alternative means of livelihoods. The TLI projects envisions to build on past experiences, while also bringing in new initiatives.

Major activities under this project include:

1. Resource Development Programme for Women (RDPW)

With a view to cater to the wide socio-economic needs of women,  a common Fund pool has been established under the TLI Project. This programme has been conceived with the basic idea to provide funds or material resources to women to take up any sustainable livelihood activities. It primarily targets women farmers, artisans ( skilled  women handicrafts workers ), artistes, etc. especially from the rural and urban poor sector. Activity plans are drawn in direct consultation with target beneficiaries and are being executed according to their needs.

As part of Resource Development Programme for Women under Transformative Livelihood Intervention Project, the following are the ongoing activities.

        i. Cultivation of Kholar at Kiphire:  The Project Started in the year 2015-16, till date 400 women farmers have received assistance under this project. During 2020-21, 100 new women farmers were covered under the project.

       ii. Cultivation of Groundnut at Wokha: The project started in the year 2017-18. During 2020-21, 100 women farmers were covered under this project.

      iii. Cultivation of Millet & Job’s tears: The project started in the year 2019-20. During the year 2020-21, 51 women farmers were assisted under this project .

       iv. Local Potato farming: With an aim to promote community based Local Potato Farming, necessary assistance including seed money was provided to 100 women farmers from Viswema Village,  during 2020-21.

The  produce of the beneficiaries  are being procured  by the Department for processing, packaging and marketing in the Mini Fruit & Vegetable Processing Centre.

2.  Turmeric Processing Programme (TPP)

Initiated during 2016-17 in Jalukie Area (Peren District) this programme aims at large-scale  turmeric (Lakadong variety) cultivation for processing of turmeric fingers. It has passed several stages of development.

During the year the Department procured approximately 100 MT of raw turmeric both as raw material for processing/value addition activities and for seeds for expanding the coverage of plantation to other areas.

Presently,  thirty women are actively engaged in production of dried turmeric at the processing plan, which are being packaged at Mini Fruit & Vegetable Processing Centre and marketed under the Myki brand.

3. Mini Fruit & Vegetable Processing Centre

The Department has a Mini Fruit & Vegetable Processing Centre at Meriema where Pre- and Post-processing of various items are implemented.  The processing centre was reorganized by deploying more manpower, recruiting Food Specialist /Technologists. New packaging materials bearing nutritional facts against each product are also being introduced along with FSSAI registration  number.

Fourteen food products, namely Gooseberry, Wild apple, Turmeric, Popped rice, Ginger, Sumac, Millet, Groundnut, Kholar, Anishi, Roselle, Soya bean Pickle, Dried Bamboo Shoot and Naga King chilli are being processed and marketed under the Myki brand. All the above mentioned products are being supplied by more than 100 farmers from different districts of Nagaland.

Myki products are being showcased  and sold in variety of platforms  and it is rapidly gaining recognition both within and outside the State.

4. Apparels & Accessories Production Programme

The Apparels & Accessories Production Programme was conceived to popularize Naga themed fabrics with modern motifs and designs. The programme aims at manufacturing various  indigenously designed attires and accessories, including paper carry bags, wrapping papers, face masks etc. so designed to avoid use of plastic materials, at very affordable prices.

During 2020-21, with a view to supplement the need for protective wear during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department embarked on production of reusable and affordable customized three layered masks. A majority of face mask were donated to health workers and frontline workers across the State, while the remaining was made available to the general public at very reasonable rates.

Through this initiative, the Department was also able to outsource tailoring works to skilled unemployed women on pay-per-production basis in and around Kohima, thereby enabling a source of livelihood for them during this time of pandemic.