Garima Kumari

Garima Kumari is a development professional with over 16 years of experience in rural livelihood promotion, community institution strengthening, and project management in tribal communities. Since 2014, she has anchored the Rural Livelihood portfolio for CInI, Tata Trusts in Jharkhand, leading lac value chain development, agriculture production hubs, and farmer producer companies. Garima has a Bachelor's in agricultural engineering and a Master’s in social work.

Areas of expertise

Livelihood, women led FPO building, programme implementation

Currently working at

Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI)

Articles by Garima Kumari

Two women in colorful sarees work in a lush green vegetable field, carefully tending to plants and using tools to harvest produce. Rows of leafy vines surround them under an overcast sky_group farming

August 14, 2025

For marginal farmers, good things come in small collectives

Group farming enables farmers to cultivate contiguous smallholding plots, increase yield, and transition out of subsistence farming.

by Sirshendu Paul, Garima Kumari, Swarnendu Paul | 5 min read

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