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The quarterly progress report summarizes the work done on a project exploring the livelihood potential of stinging nettle in Uttarakhand between January 15th and April 14th 2021. Key accomplishments include planting 4 hectares of stinging nettle, developing over 10 food products and supplements from nettle, testing these in the lab, training over 300 farmers and villagers on cultivating and using nettle, and creating awareness about nettle's benefits amongst local populations, especially those from scheduled castes. Financial reporting shows expenditures on salary, travel, consumables, activities and equipment with over 1.8 million rupees of the total 4.4 million rupee budget remaining.

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National Mission On Himalayan Studies (NMHS)

The quarterly progress report summarizes the work done on a project exploring the livelihood potential of stinging nettle in Uttarakhand between January 15th and April 14th 2021. Key accomplishments include planting 4 hectares of stinging nettle, developing over 10 food products and supplements from nettle, testing these in the lab, training over 300 farmers and villagers on cultivating and using nettle, and creating awareness about nettle's benefits amongst local populations, especially those from scheduled castes. Financial reporting shows expenditures on salary, travel, consumables, activities and equipment with over 1.8 million rupees of the total 4.4 million rupee budget remaining.

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National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS)

PERFORMA FOR THE QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT


(Reporting Period from 15/01/2021 to 14/04/2021

1. Project Information

Project ID NMHS/2020-21/MG72/72

Project Title Exploring Livelihood Potential of Wild Growing Stinging


Nettle (Urtica dioica) in Uttarakhand
Project Proponent Dr. (Mrs) Vasudha Pant
Secretary, Green Hills Trust
Kranti Kutir, Poorvi Pokhakhali, Almora
Uttarakhand- 263601

2. Objectives
• Standardization of harvesting protocol.
• Validation of traditional knowledge with regard to consumption and processes.
• Raising awareness regarding nutritional potential and livelihood generation potential of nettle.
• Standardization and validation of nettle-based preparation of Kunapjala an important
decoction of Vrikshayurveda based agriculture for its used in various selected crops of
district Almora.
• To test the decoction for its medicinal and nutritional values..

3. General Conditions
• Business model for the products developed should be submitted in first year. Involvement of
Uttarakhand state government agency should be ensured.
• The forward and backward linkages should also be ensured alongside the research component of
the project.
• Policy/practice dimension for utilization of outcome of the project should be clearly brought out in
first year before field implementation of the project in consultation with stakeholders.
• A Certificate should be provided that this work is not the repeat of earlier work (as a mandatory
exercise).
• A report based on baseline data should be submitted by the project proponent in the 1st quarter
of the project since the initiation of the project. Further, the Periodic Progress Report of the
NMHS Project along with all the supporting data generated under the NMHS Project needs to be
submitted and updated on the Online Portal of the NMHS (http://nmhsportal.org) by the PI/
Project Proponent on Quarterly basis consistently. Monitoring indicators reported for the project
should be able to quantify the difference made on ground.
• The roles and responsibilities of each implementing partners should be delineated properly with
their budget. The budget allocations to partners should be done in accordance with the MoEF&CC
guidelines (Max. 30% for salary, 30% for equipment and 5% contingency). The same should be
communicated to NMHS-PMU, before start of the project.
• On completion of the study, a Seminar/ Conference/ Workshop should essentially be organized by
the PI/ Proponent to discuss and disseminate the findings among the experts and concerned
beneficiaries/stakeholders.
4. Progress (fill only 3rd and 4th Column)

Quantifiable Deliverables Monitoring indicators Progress Supportive


made against documents
deliverables (PDF,
in terms of Word,
monitoring Excel, JPG,
indicators TIFT)

1 2 3 4

• Plantation of Urtica dioica in  Area planted (ha.) 4 ha


wasteland (20 ha)

• Document on nutritional profiling of


stinging nettle and its products  Number of products 10 +
developed(No.)
• Developing value added food
products, supplements and Documents on nutritional Lab testing
processes using stinging nettle (at profiles of stinging nettle carried out,
least 8 nos) and its products (No.) undergoing
process
• Development of nettle based
development
Kunapjala and its testing as plant
growth promoter and plant Number of people to 300 + farmers and
protector. participate in villagers – Sheetlakhet ,
awareness/training and Dhamus, Lodh, Maasi,
• Demonstration and imparting
demonstration program Bintola , in Hawalbagh ,
training to 1000 people from 25
(No.) Bhaisiachana , Chaukhutia
villages (covering 11 blocks),
, Lamghara , Takula .
including 600 women and 400
youth (> 300 people from SC No. of Stakeholders Training and
community). benefitted (No. of Rural Awareness –
Youth, No. of Women, and Product and
• Creating awareness on benefits
Total No. of Beneficiaries) process demo
amongst local population (at least
, workshops
5000 people mainly from SC
conducted for
community)
beneficiaries.

Technology Transfer Manual


for Rural Entrepreneurs/
Eco-entrepreneurs etc. and
other Publications and
Knowledge Products (Nos.).
5. Financial Progress (fill only 3rd and 4th Column)

Head Total Budget The Balance Supportive


Allocated (Rs) Amount (Rs) documents (PDF,
Word, Excel, JPG,
TIFT)

1 2 3 4

Salary 972000 310100 Utilization certificate to be


submitted on completion
Travel 200000 135426 of 1st year of the project.

Expendables/ Consumables 300000 207009

Contingency 80000 33005 1st installment UC for


amount INR 2202334
Activities & other project cost 994667 333094
submitted in previous
Equipment 1700000 737057 quarter.

Institutional charges/Overhead 158000 76672

Total 4404667 1833363

UC Submitted / No

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