Community Mobilization for Natural Farming

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Community Mobilization for Natural Farming is a comprehensive resource designed to explore the principles, processes, and practical approaches involved in organizing rural communities for sustainable agricultural development. The book highlights the importance of collective participation, social empowerment, behavioural change, and grassroots leadership in promoting natural farming systems. It systematically covers community mobilization strategies, rural social structures, programme planning, technology transfer, group dynamics, motivation, conflict management, and capacity-building approaches relevant to natural farming initiatives.

Special emphasis is given to Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), participatory decision-making, social mapping, monitoring and evaluation, and the role of government schemes and media in strengthening rural livelihoods. The inclusion of practical concepts such as SWOT analysis, yoga for community well-being, counselling, mentoring, and training further enhances the usefulness of the text. Written for students, researchers, extension professionals, policymakers, NGOs, and development practitioners, this book serves as a valuable guide for building resilient, self-reliant, and sustainable farming communities.

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Book Content

1. Introduction to Community Mobilization

2. Historical Background of Community Mobilization

3. Types of Community Mobilization

4. Strategies of Community Mobilization

5. Steps in Community Mobilization

6. Community Mobilization in Rural Areas

7. Community Entry and Rapport Building

8. Community Profiling and Social Mapping

9. Opportunities and Challenges in Mobilization

10. Yoga for Community Mobilization

11. SWOT Analysis

12. Social Core Value Systems

13. Rural Society and Social Structure

14. Behavioural Change and Attitude Development

15. Programme Planning

16. Organizational Structure

17. Diffusion and Adoption Process

18. Group Dynamics

19. Group Formation and Development

20. Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)

21. Group Decision Making

22. Conflict Management

23. Motivation

24. Capacity Building, Counselling, Mentoring and Training

25. Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Analysis