VIRTUE (Voluntary Institute for Re- Constructionof Tribals Union for Empowerment), Rayagada

Add : Virtue, Raniguda Farm, Near D. F. O. Office, 9th Lane
Rayagada
Orissa
765001
Tel : 06856-223044
Mobile : 94378 69979, 904010 33739
Email : sudhansu0614@gmail.com
Website : www.virtueodisha.org
Contact Person : C. B. Singh
Purpose : We Are Working On Development In Poor Local Communities, Because It Gives People Dignity, A Belief In The Future and The Motivation To Take Action Themselves To Aid Development and Fairness. We Believe That, All People Are Created Equal and With The Same God-Given Right To A Life Of Dignity and Respect.
Aim/Objective/Mission : Vision to establish a self supportive community with sustainable manner apart from that, in niyamgiri envisages landless, marginal and small farmers living with dignity by upholding their rights to land, seeds, food and farm, the soil being reinvigorated to a living entity, the culture in agriculture being restored and celebrated, and agriculture becoming economically viable ecologically sensitive and capable of preserving the social fabric of rural communities especially in the dry & hilly region of orissa mission is to uphold food sovereignty. We strive to achieve this goal by working with farmers to re-establish their control over land, seeds, food & farming system, through the conservation, renewal and rejuvenation of biodiversity. Keeping seeds, biodiversity, traditional knowledge and farming in the custody of farming communities to generate livelihoods and provide basic needs is our core programme. our mission focuses on improving the well being of landless agricultural labourer, small and marginalized farmers through ecological / sustainable agriculture. We believe that ecological agriculture produces more food, nutrition and income for farmers and strengthens rural economy compared to monocultures and chemical farming. We are therefore committed to resisting patents on seeds and life forms promoted by the trips agreement of wto, opposed to agrochemical tncs, genetically modified organisms (gmos) and chemical pesticides as they kill life forms, tightens the control of tncs over our farming systems and threaten our food sovereignty.