GramUdyam Livelihood Program
Building Sustainable Livelihoods for Migrant Women, Youth, and Farmers
The Challenge: Unstable Livelihoods and Forced Migration
Beed’s rural communities rely heavily on agriculture and wage labor, but seasonal unemployment forces 500,000 laborers—nearly half of them women—to migrate for sugarcane-cutting work each year. This disrupts families, affects children’s education, and limits economic stability.
Our Solution: Empowering Rural Entrepreneurs
The GramUdyam Livelihood Program equips migrant women, youth, and farmers with the skills, resources, and market access needed to build sustainable microenterprises. By supporting locally viable businesses, the program reduces migration, ensures financial independence, and strengthens rural communities.
Key Aspects of the Program
Entrepreneurship Skill Development
Women gain essential business and financial skills, including budgeting, production management, and business planning, to build self-sustaining enterprises.
Microenterprise Setup & Production
Hands-on training in food processing, oil extraction, millet processing, custard apple pulp extraction, and handicrafts helps women turn local resources into income while maintaining quality standards.
Market Linkages for Business Growth
Women entrepreneurs receive branding, packaging, and sales training while accessing wholesale, retail, and exhibition opportunities to expand their customer base.
Impact at a Glance
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Story of Change
Srujan Agrotech Producer Company is revolutionizing collective entrepreneurship in rural Maharashtra:
Women have come together to form the Srujan Agrotech Producer Company, a women-led Farmer Producer Organization that gives them better market access, fair pricing, and stronger bargaining power. One of its key projects is the custard apple value chain, where women collect, process, and market Beed’s GI-tagged custard apples, creating new income opportunities while reducing migration.
Sustaining Rural Livelihoods, One Enterprise at a Time
By empowering women and farmers with skills and opportunities, GramUdyam is creating a resilient rural economy where migration is a choice, not a necessity.