Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition in Agro-Biodiversity Hotspots : final technical report (1 March 2011 - 31 August 2014)

The APM project provided a basket of livelihood options, working with local participants to test integrated agricultural systems, production technologies, techniques for crop and animal husbandry, on and off-farm enterprises, improving nutrition literacy, as well as social and institutional innovations. The adoption of integrated practices in cultivation of finger millet in Jeypore for instance, enhanced productivity by 82% and monetary returns by 46%. Women and landless farmers gained access to land for cultivation of short-duration crops, benefiting from cultivation of suitable varieties, consumption of diverse species, and through intercropping across sites. To enhance sustainability, the project anchored all its efforts in community based organizations