Work

Ms. Mary S. Pungroila Maram works as a field staff member of the Integrated Shiitake Producing and Processing Society.  She regularly visits rural villages to mobilize villagers to organize themselves into Self Help Groups (SHG).  Up to now, fifty SHGs have been formed through their work.  She goes to the villages to inspect their Shiitake cultivation as well.  She would like to learn organic farming, livestock management, and food processing at ARI.  Through ARI training, she wants to develop good leadership skills so that she can have a more meaningful and deep-rooted impact  in her communities.  She plans to set up a training center where she will disseminate what she has learned to all the people.  She also wants to develop different sections in her organization which would lead to more integration and cooperation among different communities.

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Organization

Integrated Shiitake Producing and Processing Society

The Integrated Shiitake Producing and Processing Society works to uplift remote village communities in Manipur socially, economically, and educationally.  They offer intensive training in shiitake cultivation for farmers and their families.  As a state level organization, it also arranges projects on forestation, agricultural technologies such as mushroom cultivation, compost production, food preservation, and health and hygiene throughout the state of Manipur.  As a path toward local development, it provides programs to build peace and harmony among the tribal groups.  Its programs for basic education, farming skills, and income generation work in close relation with each other.