30 years journey of MSSRF

The purpose of this publication is to reach out to the key stakeholders in the area of sustainable agriculture and rural development and stimulate necessary policy actions towards upscaling some of the key achievements of MSSRF. [...] The initially in Puducherry Tamil Nadu government was kind enough to offer • Training and capacity building in the area land in the Taramani Institutional Area for the main of sustainable development with particular building of the Foundation and thus was born the M S reference to food and nutrition security. [...] The Coastal Systems Research, which designed on the model of Farming System The emphasis on food and nutrition security and Research was the first area of concern and brought in an gender mainstreaming led to the establishment of integrated management approach by land and sea surface the B V Rao Centre for Food Security and the on the one hand, and to capture and culture fisheries Uttara Devi Cent. [...] At the field level, the major contributions tubers, grain legumes and leafy vegetables were the following: Development of methodologies for reward and Development of an Integrated Gene recognition of the contributions of tribal and Management Strategy, consisting of in-situ, ex- rural families to genetic resources conservation situ and community conservation and enhancement 20| Journey of MSSRF. [...] As part of the initiative, 32 landraces of rice System (GIAHS): The traditional farming systems were submitted to Protection of Plant Varieties and of Koraput was recognized as a GIAHS by FAO in Farmers’ Rights Authority for registration as Farmers’ 2012 for the efforts of the community to ensure biodiversity conservation, food security and preserving the traditional wisdom and cultural diversity.