WADI

WADI project covering 1000 acres of land in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district of Odisha is proposed to enhance the food and nutrition security of 1000 Tribal families. Focus on integrated farming systems for enhancing income, productivity and livelihood security in a sustainable manner. This is an integrated tribal development project for five years interventions designed in a holistic approach of food, income and market. A combination of Mango, Litchi, and Cashew with forestry species on the periphery of the land holdings will constitute a WADI. Apart from the WADI, other development interventions in the areas of environment, gender and health, soil conservation in the WADIs, water resource development, agriculture development, women development, health are interlaced around the WADI for overall improvement of Tribal.