"grow your own food project". empowering tribal communities in orissa
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This is a report of a 2½ year food security project designed by Gaia Education in local partnership with THREAD and in consultation with a local women’s confederation, Orissa Nari Samaj (ONS). The project, funded by the Scottish Government Small Grants Fund, is targeting 750 families, especially women, in four Gram Panchayats of Laxmipur Block in Koraput District. The aim of the project is to increase food security, build social cohesion and address climate change.TRANSCRIPT
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Oryza- Latin for Rice
Koraput in Orissa holds 750 varieties of rice
Year 1 250 families 17 Villages Total Distributed July 2014 140 families end of August everything
distributed KAKRIGUMA
Kudipadar- 20 families Maliguada- 9 families Biraguda- 16 Families Kakriguma & Paraja Sahi 29 families Podapadar 31
TUMPAR Tariguda 15 families Belaguda 3 House hold Jirjira 17 families
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Siddharta Village- Laboratory, Training Center and Nursery
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Following Multi-crop Model of Siddharta Village
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Following Compost Model of Siddharta Village- Karmi Beshra from Bhagabeda, Northeast Orissa, Campus Coordinator
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Liquid Manure at Siddharta Village
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Vermi Compost at Siddharta Village
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Singapure Banana Nursery
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Drum-Stick SeedlingsIron Properties, Vitamin A, Balances Blood Pressure
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Multi-Vitamin Seedlings Iron, Vitamin A, B, C Increases induction of nutrition very fast dealing with bad nutrition, specially good for women
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Papaya nursery- Vitamin A and good laxative
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Panjabi Palang- if you cook with the pulse you get protein, Vitamin A and Iron
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Berinjel (egg-plant)- 382 types in Orissa and we are providing 4 species according to the local taste
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Red Banana- seedlings taken from big banana
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Kerala Spinach- Iron
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Tomato Seedling Bed
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Distributing Banana, Papaya, Eggplant,Drum Stick, Multi Vitamin
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Distributing Banana, Papaya, Drum Stick, Multi Vitamin to the tribal families
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Monsoon Time in theJirjira Village Fields have been planted
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Villagers welcome late Monsoon
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Namita Samal from East Odisha Chandrasekhar Pur Village is THREAD Grow your Own Garden Coordinator
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Villagers Gather to Show the Planted Gardens
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Multi-cropping field welcomes late Monsoon
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Multi-Cropping…Egg plant, tomato and multi vitamin
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Multi-cropping field welcomes late Monsoon
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The farmer Bhagaban Muduli explains the compost Technique
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Traditional Way of Fencing the new crops
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Village Woman Cleans the Stable and Collect Manure for the Gardens- Traditional Role of Women
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Closed Stable
In the villages the milk of the cows are kept for calfs only
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Jirjira Village Milk of the Cows are Kept for Calfs Only
17 Families received seedlings from the project and welcome late Monsoon- 55 total of families in the village
Bila Puf Village of Koraput With 140 Families and 35 Family Beneficiaries
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Bila Put Villagers are preparing for receiving the seedlings of Papaya, Drumstick, Eggplant, Tomato, Mint, Multi Vitamin, Banana
Transition Training Student Dushab Jani from Bila Put
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US 312 Seeds Reaching the Interior Region - Challenging the Local Diversity. Koraput is the 2nd in the World Map for Variety of Rice
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Demonstration Kitchen Garden has been fenced in preparation for the arrival of the Permaculture expert
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Sonalin Panda, Karmi Besra, Namita Samal &May East reviewing the names of the next 110 families
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THREAD team ready for the next steps
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May the rain continue
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