ORRISSA..Organisation for Rural Reconstruction &Integrated Social Service Activities

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ORRISSA
Post Box # 51, GPO, Bhubaneswar - 751001. Orissa, India

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Seed Fair 2009 Malkangiri & Kandhamal visuals

Community Seed Fair 2009 Malkangiri is part of the community celebration of their local food production systems. This year the fair was celebrated through a nine day long foot march covering 57 villages.  In Kandhamal district the fairs were of static in nature as the farmer groups from villages celebrated their seed & food diversity at two locations.
  • The decorated bullock carts moving across villages as Seed Carts
  • adivasi women carrying seed pots to the fair
  • adivasi women walking along with the seed cart at Thapaguda village
  • Adivasi women entering the mela site
  • Tulasi mas being felicitated by the Mela Convenor1
  • The book on tribal women seed keepers released by Padmashree Tulasi Munda at the
  • Bijay Nayak the Bihana Mela Convenor
  • Tulasi ma addressing the traditional seed breeders
  • Jharapalli seed fair innauguration
  • Women with babies at the Kanjeli stop of the seed fair
  • celebration of local seed diversity
  • Women receiving the seed carts at Dekra (GP level fair)
  • Exchange of Seed Pots
  • Local foods and seed at display at the fair
  • Farmer with display of harvest
  • The women cooperative stall selling the local aromatic rice varieties
  • Recognition to traditional breeders
  • Seed chariot following the women with seed pot on their head
  • Stall from Mayurbhanj traditional farmer's orgn
  • The seed display stalls overlooking the meeting place at Kanjeli
  • Farmers examining the seeds
  • The stall of ORRISSA promoted Chasi Sangathan at the fair
  • Women at Kanjeli stop of the seed fair having a discussion on the seeds arrived
  • Tribal women share the dias with the men at the Dekra stop of the fair on 17.2.0
  • Traditional agro implements at display
  • Women coming to the fair
  • Worshiping the traditional agro implements

 

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ORRISSA
Post Box # 51, GPO, Bhubaneswar - 751001. Orissa, India

India

info@orrissa.co.in