Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS) in partnership with Sempulam Sustainable Solutions exhibited their collection of traditional rice varieties at the International day for Biological Diversity 2019 celebrations hosted by the National Biodiversity Authority, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change at the Kalaivanar Arangam, Chennai on 22nd May 2019. Honourable Vice President of India…
The products launched have the following special features. The Rice varieties are vaccum packed and have a shelf life of a year. The Gift box has six rice varieties. The box includes a listing of the varieties and suggestions about cooking (water required, cooking time and its suitability for various specific dishes). The box includes…
The products launched have the following special features. The Rice varieties are vaccum packed and have a shelf life of a year. The Gift box has six rice varieties. The box includes a listing of the varieties and suggestions about cooking (water required, cooking time and its suitability for various specific dishes). The box includes…
It is increasingly being seen that agriculture is not attractive or meaningful especially to the youth. CIKS has taken up a pilot project wherein 60 young farmers (potential farmers) were selected and provided training and handholding for a period of one year in order to equip them with the technologies and skills required to take…
We participated in the International Conference on “Invigorating Transformation of farm extension towards sustainable development: Futuristic challenges and prospects” held on 9th and 10th March, 2018, at Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. In this conference, the paper titled “Retaining Village Youth in Agriculture”, presented by Ms Archana Prasad of CIKS, won the Best Paper Award.
The Small Farmers Agri Business Consortium (SFAC) has identified CIKS as a Resource Institution for the Formation and Strengthening of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) in December 2014. Work of this project is in progress in seven districts of Tamil Nadu – Cuddalore,Thiruvarur, Thanjavur, Kancheepuram Nagapattinam, Thiruvannamalai and Perambalur. In all the seven districts we are…
The Small Farmers Agri Business Consortium (SFAC) has identified CIKS as a Resource Institution for the Formation and Strengthening of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) in December 2014. Work of this project is in progress in seven districts of Tamil Nadu – Cuddalore,Thiruvarur, Thanjavur, Kancheepuram Nagapattinam, Thiruvannamalai and Perambalur. In all the seven districts we are…
This project is being implemented under the NABARD’s Producer Organization Development Fund (PODF) scheme in Kancheepuram, Dindigul, Thiruvannamalai and Ramanathapuram districts. Ten Farmer Producer Companies are being supported by CIKS through this project. The ten Farmer Producer Companies work with a total of 7278 farmers from more than 120 villages across four districts.
This project supported by NABARD under its Farm Section Promotion Fund (FSPF) is in progress in four blocks of Kancheepuram district. Literature and physical survey on the availability of indigenous paddy varieties has been conducted in Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur districts. Seven training programmes on organic cultivation and seed production techniques of indigenous paddy varieties have…
Youth participating in a training programme This pilot project on “Retaining Village Youth in Agriculture through Training Programmes” has been sanctioned to CIKS by Rabo Bank Foundation under its Employee Fund, the Netherlands and also co-financed by NABARD in Chennai. This project is being implemented in Nagapattinam district from February 2017. The objective of this…
