Traditional Rice Varieties of Tamilnadu - A compendium

2nd edition of “TRADITIONAL RICE VARIETIES OF TAMILNADU – A COMPENDIUM” (TAMIL), launched

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We launched the second edition of our Tamil book, “TRADITIONAL RICE VARIETIES OF TAMILNADU – A COMPENDIUM”, during our Foundation Day event held on 23rd January 2024, in Chennai. Authors- A.V.Balasubramanian, K.Vijayalakshmi, K.Parimala, Subashini Sridhar, K.Subramanian, S.Vetriselvan, M.J.Rubilah Editors- K.Vijayalakshmi, K.Parimala. This new publication is an updated, expanded, and reprinted version, providing details on 150…

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Sustainable Agriculture Technologies for Farmer Producer Collectives and Establishing Market Linkages (Phase – III)

Ongoing Project

This project supported by Supraja Foundation, Hong Kong has now entered the third year during the period August 2021 to July 2022. The project will be implemented in nine districts of Tamil Nadu – Kancheepuram, Chengalpet, Tiruvannamalai, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Pudukkottai, Thiruvarur, Tanjavur and Ramanathapuram. The project aims to achieve a target of marketing 5000 metric…

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Documentation of Plant Data Under The “National Mission on Biodiversity and Human Well-Being” Programme

Completed Project

CIKS had entered a collaboration with FRLHT – TDU (Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions – Trans-Disciplinary University) in Bengaluru, which is implementing a project under the “National Mission on Biodiversity and Human Well Being” programme. Under this programme, CIKS was committed to documentation and reporting with respect to the component on the use…

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Agro-Biodiversity Conservation Through Seed Production, Characterization, Documentation and Developing Marketing Linkages for Traditional Rice Varieties of Tamil Nadu

Completed Project

The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Germany had sanctioned a project entitled “Agrobiodiversity conservation through seed production, characterization, documentation and developing marketing linkages for traditional rice varieties of Tamil Nadu” for a period of four months from July to November 5, 2019. Under this project, 58 farmers were involved in the conservation of 49…

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CIKS Flood Relief Project

Completed Project

This project was implemented by CIKS with the objective to provide support to farmers who were affected by cyclones Nivar and Burevi as well as heavy rainfall that caused severe damage to the agricultural fields during the period November 2020 – January 2021. This was supported through donations given by a large number of individuals…

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Sustainable Agriculture Technologies for Farmer Producer Collectives and Establishing Market Linkages (Phase – II)

Completed Project

This project supported by Supraja Foundation, Hong Kong was implemented during the period June 2020 to March 2021 in Kancheepuram, Chengalpet, Tiruvannamalai, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Villupuram, Thiruvarur Dindigul and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamil Nadu State. It reached out to 2562 farmers from 149 panchayats. The cultivation of 59 traditional rice varieties was taken up in 4006…

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Sustainable Agriculture Technologies for Farmer Producer Collectives and Establishing Market Linkages (Phase I)

Completed Project

This project supported by Supraja Foundation, Hong Kong was implemented during the period March 2019 to April 2020 in Tiruvannamalai, Nagapattinam and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamil Nadu State. It reached out to 2440 farmers from 116 panchayats. Cultivation of 14 Traditional Rice Varieties was taken up in 1116 acres. The farmers were provided with seeds…

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Support for Sustainable Agriculture Program from Woka Foundation, USA

Ongoing Project

A project entitled – “Support for sustainable agriculture program” is a one year project which has commenced in November 2021 supported by Woka Foundation, United States. Woka Foundation is a private foundation aimed at reversing climate change and building a durable biosphere through innovation, regenerative agriculture, gender equity, and education. CIKS has been working on…