NLRI

GVT has established a state-of- the art National Livelihoods Resource Institute (NLRI) on the picturesque locale outside the city of Ratlam in Bhadwasa Village in Jaora block of Madhya Pradesh. This flagship initiative of GVT is a repository of GVT’s experiences of the past two decades that it intends to share with a wider audience through an annual calendar of client responsive activities like interactive training, participatory research and appreciative inquiry into the intricate interlinked world of rural livelihoods.

The NLRI Thrive to address following issues:

Capacity development of cross section of stakeholders engaged in Rural Livelihood Initiatives;
Project Cycle Management & strategic Institutional Support to all interested in the rural livelihoods especially in the western part of the country;
Action Research within the ambit of sustainable rural Livelihood;
Media & communication services to all stakeholders engaged in sustainable rural livelihoods across the spectrum;
Documentation & Library services;
Virtual Knowledge Centre for off campus events;
Farmers Field Schools addressing emergent needs of changing agribusiness dynamics across the states;
Consultancy supports;
Higher education in the field of sustainable rural livelihoods;

GVT in its Centenary Celebration Year 2008 has resolutely pledged to continue its “Crusade against rural poverty”. The NLRI shall prove a “lethal weapon to combat this war by building capacities of the rural community especially youth”.