ORRISSA piloted the Traditional Seed Conservation centred sustainable drylands farming with 3000 grassroots women farmers of Odisha. The project highlights are captured in the case story booklet published by NRLM, Ministry of RD, Government of India. Plz. visit Page 6 of the document.
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Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of United Nations have published our work around local seed conservation through Seed Mothers. This is one among the 52 Agro-ecology profiles around the world.
The work of ORRISSA on protection of traditional seeds to help families turn food secure and increasing income of the families by taking the surplus to the market have been captured in this LEISA-INDIA article.
521 Adivasi Farming families at Malkangiri block have been supported by NABARD to establish their orchards for long-term income sustainability for the families on their up-land patches.
This article in LEISA- INDIA is an outcome of the Action Research on Conservation of local seed traits and resilient cropping practices helping families to turn food secure.
This is one of the IMPORTANT PROCESS DOCUMENT of ORRISSA organisation that captures the role of grassroots SEED MOTHERS in conserving local seeds and empowering the resilient farming systems. The key environmental services offered by the local farmers while growing food forms an important part of this work,
Health centred integrated community development intervention titled KHOJ supported by the Voluntary Health Association of India, New Delhi. The achievements of this project was covered the National TV, State News. CLICK TO VIEW
ORRISSA worked extensively for the disaster affected families. Here during the Flood 2000 while hundreds of the villages are submerged with flood waters, ORRISSA established Community Kitchens in the Niali Block of Cuttack district to feed thousands of people for more than 15 days. CLICK TO VIEW
