Deccan Development Society

Deccan Development Society
Industry	NGO
Founded	1983
Headquarters	Hyderabad, India
Area served	India
Website	Official site

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Deccan Development Society is an Indian agri-based NGO in Medak district in the state of Telangana, India.^[1] It works on various crop improvement programs and activities helping the local farmers.^[2] The Women Sangams (groups) of Deccan Development Society (DDS) were honoured with Equator Prize 2019 by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for their contribution to ecology and innovations in rainfed millet cultivation.

History[edit]

It is a two-decade-old grassroots organization working in about 75 villages with women's societies. The organization envisions consolidating these village groups into vibrant organs of primary local governance and federate them into a strong pressure lobby for women, the poor and dalits.

The organisation[edit]

The Deccan Development society is projecting a working model for the people-oriented participative development in the areas of food security, ecological agriculture, and alternate education. It is also trying to reverse the historical process of degradation of the environment and people's livelihood system in this region through a string of land-related activities such as Permaculture, Community Grain Bank, Community Gene Fund, Community Green Fund and Collective Cultivation through land Lease etc. These activities, alongside taking on the role of Earth care, are also resulting in human care, by giving the women a new found dignity and profile in their village communities. The society is trying to relocate the people's knowledge in the area of health and agriculture.

Its present director is P. V. Sateesh.

Awards[edit]

Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award - June 2020

References[edit]

↑ "From Pastapur to Senegal, widening the network of millets". The Hindu. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
↑ "Archived copy". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "From Pastapur to Senegal, widening the network of millets". The Hindu. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

[2] "Archived copy". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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