Promotion and Strengthening of CBOs and FPOs

Community level people’s institution building is the key intervention and approach for ensuring sustainable development. In keeping with this, Agragamee has promoted women’s organizations at the village and block levels for initiating rights-based work for their livelihood, as well as demanding accountability and delivery in government programmes and schemes. It is remarkable that support to women’s groups and their federations has generated demonstrable impact and also empowered the whole community, giving it the confidence and voice required to assert for their due rights and privilieges. Along with social mobilization and social animation process, involvement of women membersin micro-enterprising activities is one more empowering process of Agragamee at the community level

Details of Women Federation (CBOs)

DISTRICT	BLOCK	NAME OF THE FEDERATION	MAHILA MANDALS ASSOCIATED	MEMBERS
Rayagada	Kashipur	Ama Sangathan	87	1140
Nabarangpur	Tentulikhunti	Indrawati Mahila Mahasangha	40	1000
Koraput	Dasmantpur	Dasmantpur Mahila Mahasangha	100	1500
Kandhamal	Phiringia	Phiringia Anchalika Mahasangha	25	762
Kalahandi	Thuamul Rampur	Baphlamali Mahila Mahasangha	16	260
		Total	268	4662

Details of Farmer Producer Organization (FPO)

District	Name of the FPO/FPC	Date of Registration	Registration No.
NABARANGPUR	NABAGAMEE FARMER PRODUCER COMPANY LIMITED	08.08.2020	U01100OR2020PTC033714
Rayagada	Rayagada Organic Producer Company Limited	05.10.2020	U01100OR2020PTC034353
Rayagada	Mandibisi Millets Farmer Producer Company Limited	12.08.2020	U01100OR2020PTC033750
Koraput	Dasamantapur Cashew Development Processing & Marketing Producer Company Ltd.	16.05.2016	U01111OR2016PTC025262
Kandhamal	Phiringia Millet Farmers Producer Company Limited	19.06.2020	U01100OR2020PTC033415

Apart from the village and block level women’s federations Agragamee has also supported the formation and activities of village level groups that monitor its Renewable Energy, Watershed and Wadi projects.

The Bijli Upabhokta Committee is a separate committee that has been formed for effective follow-up and ensuring people’s participation in the renewable energy projects. The committee has also been made responsible for ensuring the sustainability of the project.

There are three organic farmer’s federations in Kashipur Panchayat that undertake different activities like: training, transfer of technology, certification, grading, sorting, processing and marketing the organic products.

The major thrust in the watershed development programmes has been community mobilization. A Watershed Users Society (WSUS) of men and women members selected by the entire village is promoted in every watershed area, and supported for registration under the SRA, 1860. 8 WSUSs have already been promoted in 10 watershed areas.

Farmers of one patch of the Wadi Project constitute a Udhyan Vikas Samiti to facilitate linkages. 31 villages of Dasmantpur block, Koraput have their 16 UVSs that manage the Wadi operations for 130 acres of plantations.