This includes promotion of sustainable livelihoods through crop management practices, market linkages, livestock rearing as well as skill trainings.

On-Farm interventions like advance and innovative cultivation practices among farming community, encouraging them to adopt second crop and exploring various off-farm income avenues like Strawberry & mushroom cultivation, duck rearing, backyard poultry, piggery etc. and promotion of micro-enterprises in on-farm, off-farm and non-farm sectors.

Livelihood supported projects implemented were Sustainable livelihood through TVM project funded by Axis Bank Foundation (ABF), ‘Community Development in Ranchi’ funded by Austrian Development Agency (ADA), ‘Holistic Rural Development Program’ funded by HDFC Bank Ltd. and STED project funded by NSTEDB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.