Self-Employ 100 Women in Organic Farming in India

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Self-Employ 100 Women in Organic Farming in India

Summary

Massive corporate agriculture and the cost of pesticides and genetically engineered seeds have put many small farmers out of business. In order to survive, organic farming has become a necessity.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $8,272 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Large-scale, corporate-owned agriculture is destroying traditional family farming in India. Genetically engineered crops are putting small farmers out of business. Pesticides and chemical fertilizers are degrading the soil and increasing the cost of farming. Indigenous seeds and produce are becoming extinct. Husbands and sons are forced to migrate to the cities for work while the women remain behind to hold the family together, often with very little income or food to feed their families.

Activities

Women will be trained in organic farming practices, particularly vermiculture and will create a seed bank to preserve local seed varieties and provide them access to non-genetically engineered seeds.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $8,272

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $8,272. The original project funding goal was $8,272.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://www.idex.org/partner.php?partner_id=5)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

To provide 100 women in Bihar, India with small loans and/or grants for income generation activities, such as goat rearing, backyard poultry, and vegetable cultivation and vending.

Project Message

For these women, organic agriculture isn’t about making a statement or producing a better tasting tomato. It’s about survival and preserving a way of life. It’s about being self-empowered.
- Balu Iyer, IDEX Asia Program Director