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● projectActive · local · 1983

Deccan Development Society women's sanghams (millet agrobiodiversity)

Biodiverse dryland farming movement led by Dalit and Indigenous women's sanghams in Zaheerabad, Telangana.

Terraced rice fields in a misty mountain landscapeillustrative atlas image · Khanh Do / Unsplash
DDDeccan Development Society (DDS)ngoPVP. V. Satheesh
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01 The context

Since 1983 they have recovered and grown traditional millets and dryland crops, with a Community Grain Fund, a community seed bank, community media and their own millet market. Recognized with UNDP's Equator Prize 2019 and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation award (2020).

02 How it works

method · Community seed bank and community grain fundmethod · Sanghams (voluntary village women's associations)method · Community media (video and radio)method · Biodiverse rainfed farming / permaculturetool · Community Grain Fund and Community Gene Fund (seed bank)

03 What it stands on

Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
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The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceDeccan Development Society (Equator Initiative case study)UNDP Equator Initiative · 2019
ContextDeccan Development Society - Agro-Biodiversity & Dryland FarmingDeccan Development Society · 2023

04 Go to the source

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