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Building Resilient Livelihoods through Agri-Food Innovations

Shakti symbolizes strength and transformation, showcasing how rural and tribal communities—especially women—are empowered through innovative agricultural and social solutions.

Through transdisciplinary research, we link traditional knowledge with modern technologies, boosting climate resilience and market opportunities for smallholder farmers. ICT tools, peer-to-peer networks, and local institution building help farmers make informed decisions, diversify incomes, and strengthen collective power.

Shakti promotes gender equality, improves food security, and builds adaptive capacity to climate shocks and market risks. Our focus on digital empowerment ensures that even the most vulnerable farmers can lead sustainable, prosperous lives.

Together, we are transforming vulnerable farming systems into hubs of resilience, innovation, and empowerment.

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Stories of Change

Organically inspiring – the tale of an Odisha woman farmer

Organically inspiring – the tale of an Odisha woman farmer

Programme Area: Agri-food Systems, Gender
Impact Platform: Shakti

Farmers’ Voice in All India Radio

Farmers’ Voice in All India Radio

Programme Area: Agri-food Systems, Nutrition and Health
Impact Platform: Shakti

Save crops with ‘Plant Clinics’ – Now Open in Odisha

Save crops with ‘Plant Clinics’ – Now Open in Odisha

Programme Area: Agri-food Systems, Ecotechnology
Impact Platform: Shakti

Demand-based agriculture extension services getting popular among farmers

Demand-based agriculture extension services getting popular among farmers

Programme Area: Agri-food Systems, Ecotechnology
Impact Platform: Shakti

Popularising the use of biofertilizers and biocontrol agents among finger millet farmers

Popularising the use of biofertilizers and biocontrol agents among finger millet farmers

Programme Area: Agri-food Systems, Nutrition and Health
Impact Platform: Shakti

Story 1: Corona Tragic – Ten Kandha families leading a miserable life

Story 1: Corona Tragic – Ten Kandha families leading a miserable life

Programme Area: Agri-food Systems, Gender
Impact Platform: Shakti

Story 4: How e-marketing enabled Hill brooms collecting tribal women to access market

Story 4: How e-marketing enabled Hill brooms collecting tribal women to access market

Programme Area: Agri-food Systems, Gender
Impact Platform: Shakti

Socio-economic improvement is now achievable for Odisha

Socio-economic improvement is now achievable for Odisha

Programme Area: Agri-food Systems, Gender
Impact Platform: Shakti

Self-sufficiency in Women through Vegetable Cultivation

Self-sufficiency in Women through Vegetable Cultivation

Programme Area: Agri-food Systems, Nutrition and Health
Impact Platform: Shakti

Adaptive traits for salinity tolerance in coastal rice landraces and halophytic rice wild relative

Adaptive traits for salinity tolerance in coastal rice landraces and halophytic rice wild relative

Programme Area: Agri-food Systems, Biotechnology
Impact Platform: Shakti

GIS-based forewarning system helping farmers resist pests

GIS-based forewarning system helping farmers resist pests

Programme Area: Agri-food Systems, GIS&AI
Impact Platform: Shakti

Beneficial bacteria for sustainable crop production in smallholder agroecosystems

Beneficial bacteria for sustainable crop production in smallholder agroecosystems

Programme Area: Agri-food Systems, Biotechnology
Impact Platform: Shakti