No 6 WIRFP Kinship-Based People's Institution

Role of People's Institutions:
In agricultural development, peoples Institutions have the potential to play a number of roles these include provision of services such as credit or input supply;formation of capital at group level through savings; Provision of making support; the promotion of collective effort for common properties for non-performance or non-adherence to rules established by members.
In addition, in the project, Kinship-based groups have been encouraged to increase accountability and equality among members, and provide "space" for the poor and women. Some Group Members have also gained opportunities to access political power (eg. through the local electoral system).The project has used local institution building as strategy for participatory development. The People's Institutions are known as Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the project.

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