Improving food security, nutrition and income of tribal smallholder farmers in Sundagarh District, Odisha, India
More than a thousand smallholder farmers from predominantly tribal Sundargarh district have been supported to adopt or extend locally appropriate, low-cost, sustainable farming practices to improve food and nutritional security and increase income.
The Centre for Integrated Rural and Tribal Development (CIRTD), a long term partner of ActionAid India in Sundargarh district of Odisha, has implemented the project, “Enhancing income and securing the food and nutrition of Small and Marginal Farmers through Promotion of Sustainable Agriculture in Rainfed Region”. CIRTD works predominantly in securing the rights and enhancing the livelihoods of marginal tribal and other forest dwellers, women and other smallholder farmers.
Editor: FAO
Autor: Byomkesh Kumar Lall
Organización: Action Aid India
Año: 2017
País(es): India
Cobertura geográfica: Asia y el Pacífico
Tipo: Estudio de caso
Texto completo disponible en: http://www.fao.org/3/a-bt152e.pdf
Idioma utilizado para los contenidos: English