As a service centre, the SRC would provide complementing services to various stakeholders, such as primary producers engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, etc., engaged in tackling problems caused through salinity.

Amongst the key objectives of the SRC are:

	Conducting comprehensive studies on the extent, trends and impact of salinity on the lives of local people
	Disseminating information on salinity to the villagers, and bringing a common understanding on the extent, trends, causes and impact of salinity

The SRC would cover 30 villages targeting around 7,500 families affected through salinity. Activities envisaged include:

	Setting up a knowledge centre, which would establish a two-way information collection, and dissemination/planning process. It would also collect and disseminate information about innovations, best practices and research and development activities. The knowledge centre would benefit 3,000 villagers. 1,000 families would have direct access to the six-monthly newsletter published by it.
	Access to efficient salinity tolerant agriculture technologies made possible through the organisation of an agricultural fair, which would display and advertise efficient agriculture inputs, improved agriculture practices and implements that are salinity compatible, and have an impact on the income / productivity of the farmer. Over 2,000 farmers from 30 villages are expected to participate in the event and it is expected that 200 farmers would adopt efficient salinity-tolerant agriculture technologies. Besides, 1,000 farmers would adopt the best agriculture practices in 10 villages. Lastly, farmers would get 15 per cent price increment due to the trade facilitation events.
	Enterprise planning centre, which would provide comprehensive services to villages, and help them to plan salinity resistant economic activities through the identification of business opportunities. Ten training programmes would train 150 participants, developing them as trained entrepreneurs. Consequently, ten micro-enterprises would be established, with the potential of fetching a minimum income of Rs75,000 to Rs100,000 per annum.
	Ten Salinity Soldiers (local candidates identified and trained by SRC) would be equipped with information, knowledge, skills, tools and expertise to handle salinity related issues in 30 villages, covering around 7,500 families. Each Salinity Soldier would earn an additional income of Rs2,500 to Rs3,000 per month.
	Networking and linkages with academic programmes in agricultural universities in Junagadh and Anand, and rural studies schools, helping them initiate a specialisation programme in salinity.

Also see:
	Salinity Resource Centre (SRC)