We are committed to the promotion of aquatic livelihood through better resource management, institution building, technology transfer, access to credit, inputs, markets and support in developing end to end value chains towards enhancing livelihood opportunities, securing food and nutritional security in rural India.

It’s an effort to bring all the stakeholders, CBO’s, local organizations, technical experts, policy analysis and advocacy groups, natural resource management and livelihood supporting agencies together to bring best values of institution development towards the promotion of small scale fishery and aquatic livelihood. We add greater value to our partners’ efforts through our capacity to synthesize and integrate knowledge at local, national and regional levels.

Bill Drayton, the founder of Ashoka, once said,

We believe in an evolving process to facilitate and nurture Everyone as a Changemaker. We dream to create an equal, gender-just, ecologically balanced and sustainable community through creating knowledge and institutions.

Jaljeevika transforms lives by improving access to knowledge, institutions and markets in the poorest communities to establish a water-based livelihood portfolio. We work with local partners, community-based institutions and the private sector to maximize our impact.

During the last two decades, there has been a shift from capture fisheries to aquaculture. In India, the vast inland resources comprise more than 7 million Ha of the varied typology of water bodies. So far about 1 Million Ha of water area has been brought under fish production, there is scope to bring more than 5 million ha of water area for fish production. Bringing all potential water bodies for fish production will increase production to the manifold and has the potential to create millions more employment in this sector.