Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) is a special program initiated by National Rural Livelihood Mission for livelihood enhancement and vulnerability reduction launched in 2010-11 in different States of India. The program envisages empowering women in agriculture by making systematic investments to enhance their participation and productivity, as also create and sustain agriculture based livelihoods of rural women. The program is being implemented by NRLM in partnership with State Departments/CSOs as implementing partners (PIAs) across the country.

     Mizoram State Rural Livelihoods Mission (MzSRLM) is implementing MKSP in Serchhip and Kolasib district of Mizoram with a project duration of three years (2017-2020) covering four resource block namely Serchhip R.D block, East Lungdar R.D block, Thingdawl R.D block and Bilkhawthlir R.D block. As the Ministry allowed extension of the project for one year. The project will be extending till 2021. The total budget approved for the project is Rs 3,60,04,400. The central to state share in funding for MKSP stands at 90:10 ratio.

Vision :
     Building strong community where women are treated equal with men. A developed community where women take active participation for family and society is a vision of this project. After completion of this project, women community is expected to be more organized and significant in the society with a better sustainable income generating activity. More respect will be given to the working women who earn for the family through their own deserving effort and will be protected from domestic violence.

Goals : 
     The goals and objectives of the project are to help and organize the working women to have a better income through group approach activity and to give them livelihood based activity for sustainable income. In particular, special concern will be given to widow, divorced and women of poorest of the poor who have the capacity to work. Providing employment to the landless, small and marginal farmers with special attention to women in rural areas through increasing productivity and production of land based and non land base activities will be the goals of this project.

Specific objectives of MKSP : 

• To enhance the productive participation of women in agriculture, horticulture, nutritional gardening and livestock rearing.
• To create sustainable agricultural livelihood opportunities for women in agriculture.

• To improve the skills and capabilities of women in agriculture to support farm based activities.
• To ensure food and nutrition security at the household and the community level.

• To enable women to have better access to inputs and services of the government and other agencies.

• To enhance the managerial capacities of women in agriculture for better management of biodiversity.
• To improve the capacities of women in agriculture to access the resources of other institutions and schemes within a convergence framework.
• To empower women in agriculture by making systematic investments to enhance their participation and productivity.
• To raise the social status of women in the family and society through awareness and legislations.

Key Outputs under MKSP :

• At least 5000 Mahila Kisans are involved in agriculture and allied activities.
• At least 36 Agriculture CRP’s and 36 Livestock CRP’s/Pashu Sakhi created and functional.

• Social Audits done on yearly basis to maintain transparency in dealings.
• The livelihoods staff will provide regular and effective training for beneficiary through facilitators and CRP’s.
• Custom hiring centre will be place in each village as part of community infrastructure where farm tools can be put and farmer get access to tools on rent basis.
• Net increase in income of farm women in agriculture on a sustainable basis.
• Increasing productivity 80% of the present level and in term of money would be Rs 20000 to 25000 per hectare, present is Rs 10000 to 13000 per hectare.
• Decreasing cost of cultivation by adopting low cost input up to 20% (Rs 800 to 1200 per hectare).
• Improvement in food and nutritional security of women and children thereby increasing the health and nutrition status.
• Improvement in soil health and overall ecology.

• Increased level of skills and performance by women in agriculture.
• Improved market access for women’s produce/product.

• Socio-economic empowerment of women and their grass root level institutions.
• Emergence of new and active women leadership.