Most of the interior villages of Kalahandi and Rayagada are deprived of social and economic privileges. The backwardness of the region is multifaceted such as tribal backwardness, hilly and inaccessible terrain, and recurrence of natural calamities and increasing depletion of natural resources. Furthermore, the lack of adequate irrigation facilities has worsened the food situations of the region. Another constraining factor to agricultural development.

Therefore, development in this area is hindered by several constraints-social, psychological, institutional, administrative and technical.

To sum up, it may be said that for development of this area emphasis should be given on creation of potential for development on one hand and optimum utilization of existing facilities on the other and at the same time need to develop the confidence among people in the agriculture and allied sectors. 

The livestock sector in Orissa is highly livelihood intensive and over 80 % of its rural households own livestock of one species or the other and earn supplementary incomes from them. Livestock The sector contributes 7.25 % of the state’s net domestic product and, therefore, development of the livestock sector is the critical pathway to rural prosperity. 

This project is proposed to secure the livelihood and enhances of the economy of farming communities through capacity building and convergence with Govt schemes, which helps to eradicate the insecurity of food and employability of every household of the targeted region through combine approaches of crop cultivation, livestock management and awareness about existing beneficial Govt. schemes.

To increase the agricultural productivity in these regions, the emphasis should be laid on technological and infrastructural development besides the development of human capital. Above all, priority will have to given to agricultural resources and education to evolve how varieties and breeds of crops to suit the geo-climatic conditions of both the districts and also change the attitude of farming communities. about the selection of crops and new farming methods.

We are the project implementing partner of the project which is supported by ITC Limited under the guidance of NITI Ayog in two aspirational districts (Kalahandi and Rayagada). 

Increasing net returns from farming through a reduction in costs of production and increasing productivity of major crops in each of the identified district.

1. Establishing Farmer Field Schools (FFS) cum demonstration plots:-

• To establish 100 FFS (50 FFS in each district), which cover 100 acres land of 100 villages.
• To cover 100 principle farmers and 2400 student farmers under this FFS
• To provide complete training as per standard Packages and Practices to 2500 farmers of both districts

2. Cascading Training:-

• To  train AAO,s  and BTMs of entire districts (Govt. agriculture dept staff)  (Rayagada & Kalahandi), as Master Trainer (MT) for providing efficient training to VAWs and Farmers about standard package of practices (PoP) with the support of Agricultural line departments
• To train 9600 farmers of both district under cascading training

3. The convergence of various indicators:-

• Creation of  awareness about the various government running schemes among farmers
• To play   a vital   role of catalyst to enhance the beneficiaries enrolment under  Phasal Bima Yojana, KCC, Soil Health Card, AI and Vaccination etc in both the districts