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Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition in Agro-biodiversity Hotspots: Baseline Report
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The Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition in Agrobiodiversity Hotspots (APM) project, jointly designed and implemented by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and the Faculty of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alberta (U of A), aims to address the disparity between richness in agro-biodiversity and severe poverty in three selected agro-biodiversity hotspots in rural India. The project aims to co-design, implement and assess innovative strategies to enhance bio-diverse agriculture, while improving nutrition. Participatory research is conducted with local farmers and community organizations in three project locations in Tamil Nadu (Kolli Hills), Kerala (Wayanad) and Odisha (Koraput). This report summarizes the baseline situation in the three locations, using secondary data, data from a survey of 3,845 rural households, and information from key informant interviews. The survey shows minorities of households to be general / forward caste, with various mixes of backward / scheduled castes or scheduled tribes. Farming was the main source of livelihood for 56.7% and 91.1% of households across the three sites. Survey results are also reported for land ownership, farm size, crop cultivation, crop mix, home garden cultivation, livestock production, asset ownership, migration, finance, and information sources. The key informant revealed the availability of a wide variety of government programs related to poverty alleviation, health, agriculture, horticulture, livestock, nutrition, education, fishery and finance in all three areas.
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- Date created
- 2018-01-01
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