Activities
BITM conducts and hosts training, workshops, capacity-building programmes, research activities and community interventions around practical issues affecting rural development and grassroots communities.
Learning Through Training and Field Engagement
BITM's activities bring together practical training, awareness building and institutional learning around issues relevant to rural communities and development practitioners.
Programmes have included specialised workshops, farmer capacity building, livestock-related training and learning around sustainable agriculture and community rights.
Selected Activities
Training and Workshops During 2018
Rights & Community Awareness
Forest Rights Act Workshop
A workshop on the Forest Rights Act, 2006 was organised by BITM on 10–11 August 2018.
Participants discussed the rights of tribal farmers living around forest areas and their rights over forest resources. The programme highlighted the importance of awareness regarding the Forest Rights Act and its implications for local communities.
Agriculture & Horticulture
Training on Mango Gardening
Farmers received practical training related to mango gardening, plantation management and production.
Farmer Capacity Building
Capacity Building Training for Farmers
Participants were trained on identifying project inputs, their sources and procedures for accessing them.
The programme also addressed project preparation, economic returns and utilisation of outputs.
Livestock Development
Training on Animal Husbandry
The programme covered practical issues related to animal health, breeding, feeding and management.
Selected Activities · 2021
Continuing Practical Learning for Rural Livelihoods
BITM continued to organise practical learning activities around livestock care and sustainable agriculture during 2021.
Livestock Development
Livestock Care Training
A livestock-care training programme was organised at BITM on 18 February 2021.
Sustainable Agriculture
Organic Farming Training
Organic-farming training was conducted at BITM on 25 March 2021.
Practical Development Learning
Building Skills Around Livelihoods, Rights and Community Development
BITM's activities demonstrate an emphasis on practical learning that supports farmers, development workers and communities in strengthening knowledge related to livelihoods, natural resources, rights and sustainable rural development.
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