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…
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 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…
This project on Improving Livelihood and Food Security of Tribal Communities through WADI Model and Sustainable Agriculture Practices is being implemented in Jawadhu hills of Thiruvannamalai district with the financial support of NABARD. Activities of this project are in progress in nine villages covering 305 beneficiary households and 150 acres in Kovilur panchayat. The two…
We have been recognized as an institution for Core Support by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India since 2002. The previous period of Core support had concluded in March 2013 and the new phase of Core support is for a period of five years 2013 – 2018. We carried out…
INTRODUCTION We are involved in the promotion of organic farming in the Alangadu village of Nagapattinam district from January 2009 onwards with the support of a family belonging to Alangadu village and the sixth phase of the project is in progress. The Alangadu irrigation channel was cleaned and desilted. Desilting and cleaning of irrigation channel…
