INTRODUCTION This project supported by the Department of Science and Technology aimed to enhance the nutritional status of the mid-day meal in the selected schools of Nagapattinam district through organic kitchen gardening. This project was implemented during the period of June 2008 – June 2009. OBJECTIVES To improve the nutritional status of mid-day meals in…
This project is in progress in Kancheepuram, Thiruvannamalai and Nagapattinam districts covering 9168 farmers from 79 panchayats of seven taluks with the support by DFID, UK, under the Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF) – Impact Window and co-funded by HIVOS, Netherlands. It is being done in partnership with Vrutti Livelihood Resource Centre (VLRC), Bengaluru. OBJECTIVES…
This project supported by the Department of Science and Technology is in progress in Kancheepuram, Thiruvannamalai, Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, Thiruvarur and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamil Nadu from July 2013 onwards. WORK DONE UNDER THE PROJECT Detailed baseline survey has been conducted in Kancheepuram, Thiruvannamalai, Nagapattinam and Ramanathapuram districts. A total of 1400 women beneficiaries were selected…
PROGRAMME FOR SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC FARMING IN NAGAPATTINAM DISTRICT (NABARD UPNRM–PHASE II) The second phase of this project supported by NABARD is in progress in the Sirkazhi taluk of Nagapattinam district. The project is in progress with the components like – Procurement and sale of organic paddy seeds, procurement and sale of organic paddy, milling and sale of organic…
Our publications document our work in different aspects of sustainable agriculture. About 200,000 copies of these publications have been disseminated in India and 37 other countries.
Nurtured 23 farmer producer companies across 9 districts in Tamil Nadu. These FPCs work closely with more than 20,000 farmers to realize the vision of sustainable livelihoods and profitable agriculture.
A set of centres named “Agricultural Machineries Facilitation Centres (AMFCs)” has been set up in Thiruvannamalai, Kancheepuram and Nagapattinam districts.
Set up enterprises which carry out allied activities like biopesticides production, dairy production, millet production, value-added product production
Set up and supported 650 farmers institutions (50% of which are women groups), including Self-help groups, farmer clubs, joint liability groups and common livelihood groups
Spread over eight districts, about 110,000 farming families have benefited from our activities and 10,000 ha of land has been converted to sustainable agriculture
