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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nThe Smart-Agri project over the next 3 years will\ndirectly benefit 50,000\nsmallholder farmers. The project will further collaborate and complement\nseveral good works done by the state and central Governments to bring benefits\nto the entire farming population in these two districts. Solidaridad and\nIdea-Vodafone Foundation has initiated similar interventions in the Gajapati\ndistrict as well. Eventually, the ambition is to create several smart\nagricultural districts in Orissa. The interventions are expected to create a\nsignificant increase in farming incomes and create new rural employment options\nfor the local youth as tech-savvy young agri-entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The program is expected to transform the conventional\nagriculture followed in Orissa into smart agriculture. The project will use the\nInternet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and real-time technology solutions routed\nthrough automatic weather stations, soil probes, insect traps, and crop cameras\nwhich will be installed. It will provide farmers with information on critical\nelements of farming – like soil and air quality, wind, the presence of insects\nand pests, and crop growth. Farmers also receive real-time and localized\nadvisories on critical agri-inputs for their crops and agricultural news on\nmarkets, government policies, schemes, etc. They will receive this in the Oriya\nlanguage via their mobile phones, with audio options, in case reading is a\nchallenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project is the outcome of year-long research\nconducted by Solidaridad and the SKAK Foundation on the food production system\nin the two districts. The report was launched by the dignitaries & the\nfarmers present at the event.The report provides different\nrecommendations for improving the income of the farmers through\nclimate-resilient farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nDr. Shatadru Chattopadhayay, Managing\nDirector of Solidaridad for Asia,\nsaid: \u201cOrissa is an Agrarian State.\nAlmost 70 percent population of the State is dependent on agriculture. However,\ntraditional agricultural practices are leading to low income and increasing their\nvulnerability to higher frequency and intensity of extreme weather events like\nheatwaves, floods, and storms. Investment in smart agriculture is the best\nmechanism to make life better for millions of farmers in Orissa. To cope with\nthem, different interventions in this project will empower the farmers in these\ntwo districts, and they will be able to grow their incomes and improve their\nlivelihood. I sincerely believe that the farming system in Orissa in this\ndecade will transition into a modern and market-oriented professional, and\nsustainable system\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Nilay Ranjan, the head of\nIdea-Vodafone Foundation shared\n\u201cUsing technology, Vodafone Idea\nFoundation\u2019s SmartAgri project is transforming farming practices in India,\ninstilling confidence in farmers to use technology and \u2018intelligent\u2019 solutions\nto improve productivity. Our technology intervention has resulted in increased\nyield, better crops, and increased profits for the farmers bringing about a\nsocial impact in the Indian agriculture space. We are now happy to further\nexpand the project in Orissa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking on occasion, Mr. Sobhan Kar the head of SKAK Foundation shared, \u201cwe express our gratitude to Solidaridad for\nhaving chosen Odisha as its next destination of meaningful work in the\nagricultural sector. We are optimistic that the partnership between Solidaridad\nand Sarat Kar & Anima Kar Foundation would contribute to the welfare of\nfarmers in Odisha. The focus of the partnership would be on gender inclusivity\nand smart use of technology to augment production and enhance income\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The farmers to improve their farming practices. The\nagricultural excellence centre will also tie up with several global\nagricultural input companies to bring world-class innovative products and\nservices to Orissa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
About\nSolidaridad<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Solidaridad has been a frontrunner in sustainable\neconomic development and champions the cause of the small and marginal farmers,\nworkers, and miners. The organization fosters sustainable and inclusive supply\nchains, focusing on bringing prosperity; harnessing inclusivity, and producing\nin balance with nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With over 50 years of experience in developing solutions\nto make communities more resilient, Solidaridad employs around 1,000 expert\nstaff as boots and brains on the ground, operating in over 40 countries across\nfive continents through eight independently supervised regional offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recognizing markets as pivotal to realizing positive\nchanges in the society and environment, Solidaridad looks at public-private\npartnerships as an increasingly important mechanism for testing innovations,\nspeeding up change, and taking success to scale. With improved scale and speed,\nthe organization aims to create a pervasive impact in society toward a more\ninclusive, climate-resilient, and sustainable economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A pioneer in\ndeveloping and implementing national sustainability, Solidaridad engages in\njoint programs with businesses, investors, governments, producers and producer\norganizations, service providers, labor unions, and other CSOs to bring about\neffective transformation in the agriculture and mining sectors towards\nsustainable farming and responsible mining practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Global sustainable agriculture specialist organizationSolidaridadjoined hands with locally rooted Sarat Kar and Anima Kar Foundation (SKAK Foundation) and Idea-Vodafone Foundation to transform the Cuttack and Kendrapara districts of Orissa into climate-smart and digitally smart agricultural districts.The project was launched at ICAR – Central Institute for Women in Agriculture Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India by eminent Chief Guest Ms. Roopa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1714,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions\/1714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}