Achyut Das

Achyut Das

Founder

Founder of Agragamee

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Achyut Das is the founder of Agragamee[1], an Indian non-profit working on tribal welfare, rural & agriculture and livelihood from Rayagada.

Agragamee

Agragamee has worked since 1981 on tribal and rural development in Odisha, combining sustainable agriculture, education and women's livelihoods with rights-based advocacy to address poverty and hunger among Adivasi communities in Kashipur and beyond.

Agragamee reports the following, on its own site:

  • 12,500 villages using the RTI Act for crucial development information
  • 10,250 farmers conserving traditional crop varieties
  • 8,750 tribal families self-sufficient with productive family farms
  • 4,200 tribal children reading fluently and studying further
Organisations
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Based in
Rayagada
Founded
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References

  1. [1] Founder Director of Agragamee, Ex Member Odisha State Planning Board, Chairperson State Resource Centre, Rayagada, Author.” — Agragamee. Source

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