Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems is pleased to announce that the Woka Foundation in the United States has granted a one-year project entitled – “Support for sustainable agriculture program” (https://www.wokafoundation.org/copy-of-grants-2020).
We, at Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS), are delighted to announce that we have been selected as one of #GROW’s100 – a collection of stellar grassroots organisations from across India! The GROW Fund is a first-of-its-kind initiative by EdelGive Foundation aiming towards building a resilient civil society and strengthening 100 grassroots organisations from across…
Starting from the year 2013, we have worked on the promotion of Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) in various parts of Tamil Nadu. This note provides an overview of various aspects of our work with FPCs. CIKS as a promoter of FPOs CIKS as a support agency for other organisations promoting FPOs A numerical snapshot of…
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Chennai, presented us with the “Best Performance award to (Producer Organization Promoting Institutions) POPIs” – First Prize. This was in recognition of our work promoting in 10 Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) through the NABARD – PRODUCE fund between 2015-2018.
Our office at Chennai has been shut down completely after 25th March. The Chennai team members are now working from home and actively in touch with each other and with the field teams. Our TRC (Technology Resources Centre) which is in the village of Sukkankollai (about 90 kms from Chennai) is active with operations relating…
We have been been implementing work relating to the conservation of traditional seed varieties since 1995. Recently GIZ had supported our programmes through seed conservation which involved conservation, training, research and publications. As part of this effort a film crew belonging to the group “Moving World Views” visited the our field areas between 21st and…
We have published a new book titled “Traditional Rice Varieties of Tamil Nadu – A Source Book”. This publication provides an overview of our activities relating to various aspects of Traditional Rice Varieties for the last 25 years. This publication is brought out as part of the project co-financed by GIZ, commissioned by the Government…
On 20th October 2019, we organised a lunch at the Crowne Plaza hotel, Chennai which was in the nature of a celebration of Traditional Rice Varieties. The Chief Chef of Crowne Plaza, Mr. Deva had curated a lunch with a spread of various items made with 11 selected traditional rice varieties. During the introductory part…