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

News and EventsBy admin January 24, 2024

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…

CIKS Receives a Grant from Woka Foundation, USA

News and EventsBy admin January 27, 2022

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).

CIKS selected for GROW’s 100 initiative

News and EventsBy admin January 24, 2022

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…

Book your traditional paddy seeds soon

News and EventsBy admin May 6, 2021

Farmer Producer Organisations & CIKS – An Overview

News and EventsBy admin August 7, 2020

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…

Getting ready for the Samba Season? Contact for requirement of Traditional Paddy Seeds

News and EventsBy admin May 20, 2020

COVID-19 impact and our intiatives.

News and EventsBy admin May 18, 2020

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…

Myriad hues of rice: A film on CIKS’s work relating to seed conservation

News and EventsBy admin May 13, 2020

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…

Traditional rice varieties of Tamil Nadu – Books in English and Tamil

News and EventsBy admin May 3, 2020

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…

An experiential lunch with Traditional Rice varieties at Hotel Crowne Plaza

News and EventsBy admin October 22, 2019

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…

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