Agriculture
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Farmers are the backbone of our society. Supporting farmers in creating healthy, nutritious food helps everyone. AID Bay Area supports various projects in the area of agriculture, which range from supporting organic agriculture training to creating farmers' cooperatives to preventing agricultural related distress. Read on below to learn more about each project.
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Organic Agriculture Training, West Bengal
Partner: Swanirvar
An organic agriculture training program focusing on climate change adaptation techniques and improving nutrition status of communities Impact: In over 6 years of operation, 4000 farmers have been trained in sustainable farming techniques that has resulted in improved income for farmers |
Tribal Cooperative Society, Andhra Pradesh 
Partner: Rural Development Service Society
An initiative to create a cooperative that empowers tribal farmers get their fair trade prices in Andhra Pradesh Impact: First all tribal co-operative that has 40 members from 7 panchayats and sold 4000kg of kidney beans in its first year of operation |
Addressing Agrarian Crisis,
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