Our Company
At Prem Samriddhi Foundation, we empower small and marginalized women farmers to conserve and cultivate indigenous millets and seeds using sustainable farming practices. We provide holistic support services encompassing on-farm cultivation and conservation, capacity building, popularization of indigenous varieties, market linkages, participatory research and development.In addition to this, we are extending our support to a women-based Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) called Samriddhi Mahila Crop Producer Company Limited.
Vision
"Our vision is to alleviate poverty of 100,000 marginalized women farmers through conservation and cultivation of 1000 varieties of indigenous seeds by 2030".
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Write to premsamriddhi2017@gmail.com or call us +91 9799957031
About Founders
PADAM JAIN
He is farmer by birth.
A Engineer Training- Master in Irrigation Water Management.
Rural Development and SR Professional by Profession with an experience of over 22 Years. And an Urban Gardener, Organic Farmer & Indigenous Seed Saver by Heart.
Prem Nath Yogi (MA, Sociology)
Co-Founder and Director, having16 years of experience in promotion of women led community institutions and link them with market, livelihood, bank and government schemes.
Tripurari Rai (MBA, Rural Management)
Co-Founder, having 7 years of experience in promotion of women led community institutions, FPO and link them with market, livelihood, bank and government schemes.
What We Do
Cultivation
We cultivate indigenous variety of seeds and millets with women farmers
Ecological Farming
We develop sustainable farming practices to support indigenous cultivation and multi cropping systems
Advocacy & Awareness
We work on creating awareness among consumers about nutritional value of indigenous seeds and millets
On Farm Conservation
We work on conservation and multiplication of rare indigenous seed varieties and conserve them for the future
Capacity Building
We train farmers in indigenous seed cultivation, sustainable farming practices & value addition
Market Linkage
We identify and tap markets for indigenous seeds and connect farmers with these markets
Problem we are solving
On an average, around 12,000 farmers committing suicides every year In India. More than 20% of Indian farmers live below the poverty line. More than half of Indian farmers are in debt.
One of the main reason for farmer poverty is dependency on hybrid seeds leading to high cost of cultivation and low profitability.
Disadvantages of Hybrid seeds
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Hybrid seeds are failing to perform in adversely changing climatic conditions and require purchase every year.
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These seeds also consume more water and fertilizers increasing the cost of cultivation leaving farmer economically vulnerable.
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Due to hybrids, our native seed are disappearing at faster rate.
Our Solution
20:20 Multilayer farming
Growing of 20 vegetables in 20 X 20 square meter area through multilayer farming and aiming high profit of Rs 20 X2 K (Rs 40,000, around Rs. 3 to 4 lakh per acre) in small area.
Main Benefit of this Model:
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Maintain diversity at farm
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Use low cost technology
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Use local seed and locally available material
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Optimum use of available resources like sunlight, soil and water
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Revive old knowledge of women in seed conversation, storage and
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Revive old taste of consumers regarding Indigenous vegetables
Our Partners
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