SMART FARM INDIA PROJECT

Since 2018, Jeevika has been developing its Smart Farm India concept which integrates technological and community based solutions to cost-effectively tackle real problems facing individual farming communities in India. This involves working directly with farmers in a range of areas from technical training, to providing support to access markets and obtain finance for investment. This integrated approach comprehensively supports farmers and helps deliver sustainable livelihoods in rural communities.

Smart Farm Demonstration Project, Daspalla, Odisha

Our current demonstration project aims to develop an environmentally sustainable and commercially viable Smart Farm Model. This will reduce poverty amongst small food producers, by increasing productivity, crop diversity and mitigating the impact of climate change. Working with a number of partners, ths project integrates:

Solar-tech cold storage to reduce food wastage by at least 10% and improve quality and marketability.
Low-cost greenhouses to increase yields and manage limited water resources.
Integrated water management and a fish farming project to build ecological capital and a sustainable water supply.
Digital empowerment for the farming community through access to digital information systems to aid increased productivity and through digital awareness and training sessions.
Improved access to markets through the development of local co-operatives, farm to table marketing strategies and simple food processing to uplift product values.

Full details of the Smart Farm Project can be found at our dedicated website: https://www.smartfarmindia.org/

Opening the first community solar-powered cold storage unit

WHY INDIA?

When there is so much poverty everywhere, and India seems so rich, does India need more help than e.g. Africa?

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WHY VILLAGES?

When we see so many images of urban slums and “slum-dogs”, why do India’s villages need support?

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WHY WOMEN?

Why does Jeevika make a big thing about helping women, when poverty hits the whole community?

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One third of all of the world’s poor live in India. Proper access to water & sanitation, health care, education, income generation opportunities & gender equality are out of reach for hundreds of millions of people.

SO WHY JEEVIKA?

Aren’t bigger charities already doing enough to help?

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Indian NGO partners working at a grassroots level

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livelihood projects across 3 Indian states since 2005

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people are benefiting from our current projects

Jeevika Trust has worked for 40 years exclusively in the villages of India. Through our 6 Indian NGO partners – each with its constituency of up to 500 villages – we plan the right projects, in the right places, and make sure the funds we raise here go to the heart of each village community.

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