Institutional & Capacity Development
SMUT has made an effort to setting-up governance structures analogous to the organization, at the community level. The people were intensively involved in spelling out their own perception of the problems and its solution through various participatory processes. This did help them in analyzing and critically looking at their own problems. Organization has developed village level institutions like Farmer’s Producer Organization (FPO), self-help groups and community liaison with panchayats, government and other resource agencies. Organization creates environmental and local self-government awareness through cultural activities, training programmes. Capacity building of staff and village leaders through training, seminars, workshops, research on people’s knowledge and traditional practices.