Empowering Farmers across Tamil Nadu
We are Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS), a registered independent trust working in the areas of organic agriculture, biodiversity conservation and Vrkshayurveda (the ancient Indian plant science)
ABOUT US
WHAT WE DO
We work to enhance livelihood security of small and marginal farmers in Tamilnadu, through
Sustainable Agriculture
Research
Trainings
OUR VISION
Use of Indigenous knowledge and resources for sustainable growth in Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security.
HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR WORK
10000 Ha of land in sustainable agriculture
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
Community based institutions
Set up and supported 650 farmers institutions (50% of which are women groups), including Self-help groups, farmer clubs,Ā joint liability groups and common livelihood groups
Small and medium enterprises
Set up enterprises which carry out allied activities like biopesticides production, dairy production, millet production, value-added product production
Agricultural Machineries Facilitation Centres (AMFCs)
A set of centres named āAgricultural Machineries Facilitation Centres (AMFCs)ā has been set up in Thiruvannamalai, Kancheepuram and Nagapattinam districts.
Farmer Producer Organizations
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.
200 publications in six languages
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.
