Support to livelihood
PAIRVI is assisting rural and adivasi farmers of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Jharkhand in collecting traditional varieties and landraces of oilseeds, millets and pulses. These varieties are being developed for local and improved seed multiplication so farmers can continue to have access to locally adapted seed. Towards multiplication of adapted crop diversity for distribution in future, PAIRVI as implementing agency for the ITPGR BSF IV FAO project has begun a prog with farmers to generate good quality, improved of locally adapted pulses/oilseed/millets varieties (both traditional and high yielding varieties) to improve seed availability. Starting with a pilot community based seed production programme to supply seed to 36 villages of 5 states initially, the plan has been scaled up.
Facilitation for Income Generation Activities
Along with making rural and adivasi communities aware of their legal rights and entitlements over land, seeds, natural resources and indigenous knowledge, PAIRVI also builds skills and capabilities of farmers, women and local youth by training them on ways to generate income using locally available bio-resources.
Community-led Seed Production
One of the principle bottlenecks to food production in rain-fed areas is the shortage of seed. This situation becomes worse as climate change impacts become manifest and food production comes under stress. Rice fallow areas fall in the rain fed area. To support the livelihood, multiplication of seeds, the conservation and exchange of local, traditional and climate resilience varieties is going on through community seed banks. This involves the multiplication of seed of pulses, millets and oilseeds to ensure a seed supply of locally adapted varieties, to increase stability of food production and reduce climate induced risks.
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Mixed Cultivation of Gram, Peas and Barley
SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL OF LOTNI
BRICK KILN LABOURERS WHO ARE NOW PROUD OWNERS OF ARHAR FIELDS
