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Designing On-Farm Participatory Models of Integrated Farming Systems for Enhancement of Household Diet Diversity and Livelihoods of Women Smallholder Farmers

The project intends to promote the adoption of an innovative model of farming - the Integrated Farming System (IFS) - in the Chidambaram region. It aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of this model of farming in improving agricultural productivity and create avenues for empowerment of women as well as augment household diet diversity and improve nutritional standards of 150 poor women farmers.

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