VIKASA
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Who We Are and
What We Do
VIKASA is a four decades young registered society with its head Quarters in Visakhapatnam and working with around 6000 families in two Districts (Alluri Seetharama Raju District and Anakapalli District)in Andhra Pradesh.
The core of VIKASA is its competence in Natural Resources Management with a focus on agriculture and horticulture based interventions to sustain and strengthen the livelihoods of farming community. VIKASA has also implemented projects on children education, non-formal education, health and education of adolescent girls, fisherfolk, child rights and disaster preparedness and management besides natural resource management.
VIKASA has been actively engaged in 8 of the 17 Sustainable Developmental Goals.
Numbers Speak
VIKASA’s Impact
Year of Establishment
1986
Projects Completed
36
Farmers Empowered
5400
Farmer Producer Companies
5
VIKASA’s Approach
is to build Ecosystems
VIKASA directly provides a range of services such as capacitating farmers on how best to sustainably tap the available natural resources, brings in better agronomic practices to augment the production and productivity in a sustainable way, ensuring the quality of critical inputs such as seed, life saving irrigation, trainings on post harvest handling of their crops and basic value addition at their farm level.
Besides, by initiating two local institutions, the other critical aspects of the ecosystem services such as marketing of their produce (thorough Farmers Producer Companies) and ensuring the timely credit (through Vana VIkasa Mutually Aided Cooperative Thrift Society), are provided thus ensuring an ecosystem of services a farmer requires.
Our Vision
Developing a social order that values the real significance of environment protection, social justice, women empowerment and move towards sustainable development.
Our Mission
Work for the development of poor and marginalised communities.
Create better environment for the protection and management of natural resources.
Provide equal opportunities for all sections in the society.
Work for mainstreaming women and children.
Building a Circular Economy
Developing a social order that values the real significance of environment protection, social justice, women empowerment and move towards sustainable development.
Our Journey
Timeline of Activities
Beginning 1986, so far VIKASA has implemented 34 Projects, with support from different donor organizations viz., Gandhi Peace Centre, Oxfam India, Deccan Development Society, GTZ- Germany, NABARD, German Agro Action, IDRC Canada, Keystone Foundation, AFPRO, Water Aid, TERI, Action Aid, WASSAN and Government of Andhra Pradesh.
