The TP Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL), a women-led initiative that promotes millet farming as a way to change the lives of rural communities in the Koraput district of Odisha.
Tribal women farmers are empowered through the implementation of sustainable agriculture practices in the region. The TP Southern Odisha Distribution Limited and Pragati have assisted approximately 500 women farmers in 13 villages (in the Boipariguda block) of Odisha to transition to organic and more productive methods of millet production.
Women from villages including Dadiapadar, Ghumarbeda, Banaguda, Uduluguda, Kangarpar, Ranganiguda, Minarbali, Sapguda, Kenduguda, Gatanguda, Guma, Bhejaguda, and Majhiguda participated in the programme aimed at reviving traditional millet farming while improving income opportunities and food security.
Key Highlights
- Tribal women revived millet farming through sustainable organic cultivation practices
- Millet production more than doubled across 250 acres farmland area
- Women farmers earned over ₹89 lakh through direct mandi sales
Among the beneficiaries is Nilabati Paraja, stated, “We have grown millet all our lives, but never imagined it could secure our financial future. With organic methods, training, and market support, our traditional crop has changed our lives.”
Over 100 women received ragi seeds, organic fertilizer, cycle weeders and training on composting with local materials as part of this initiative. Due to this intervention, there was a tremendous increase in millet yields from under four quintals per acre to over nine quintals per acre with a cumulative production of 3,067 quintals of millet.
There were also 131 women farmers who sold their millet directly to government mandis at the Minimum Support Price, earning a total of Rs. 89 Lakhs. There were no transactions with brokers during this sale. 252 women farmers became shareholders in Jaivik Sri Farmers Producer Company Limited, giving them greater access to market, creating opportunities for collective bargaining and decision-making. A millet cleaning, de-husking and grinding facility was created to enable value-added products to be developed from millet.
Amit Kumar Garg said, "When women farmers are given access to the right tools and opportunities, they create transformations, not just for their families, but for the overall rural economy of southern Odisha."
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