Community Lift Irrigation Projects
Research & Development
Horticulture & Waste Land Development
Cooperative Poultry Farming
Animal Husbandry
Tractor & Truck Society
Vegetable Growers’ & Marketing Society
Agriculture
For about last 20 years and more UPAYA has been working with the tribal youths of Orissa and addressing mostly the problems of the tribals in Sundargarh district. Once, the people of this district depended only on agriculture. So UPAYA had been constantly working on integrated agricultural development with agricultural infrastructure development, like Lift Irrigation, Flow Irrigation, Rain Water Harvesting Structure, etc. With the help of government’s agriculture based schemes and with the donor agencies we have established many epitomes in this sector. The success of UPAYA’s experimental effort was duplicated in the form of Pani Panchayat by the Orissa state government itself. There are about 305 points, minor and mega lift irrigation projects in the district as well as in the state organized and facilitated by UPAYA organization. The success of the Lift Irrigation Project with cultivation was telecasted in the National Television. Together with irrigation projects we had taken up horticulture and animal husbandry. All these experiments and experiences were done with the simple tribal youth.
Research on Practical use of Science & Technology
Continuous effort has been made by UPAYA to modernize the method of agriculture practices. The attempt has been made to find out new scientific method of irrigation, tilling the land, water management system, harvesting etc. Furthermore, we have tried to collect the minor forest produces in an innovative way like netting for Mahuwa, Sal and other collections.
Horticulture & Waste Land Development
With the government and other agencies we had taken up the wasteland development with plantation along the state high way from Sundargarh to Rourkela in the rain fed area. Wherever there was irrigation facilities we have taken up to plantation of mango plants.
Animal Husbandry
The layer unit especially the poultry both Broiler and Layer.