Adani Foundation teams up with Sodexo India to support  women farmers in Chennai

Minjur, October 17, 2022…The Adani Foundation, Kattupalli has been mandated to promote Organic Farming in Farmers holdings of Intervened Villages since last year. In line with that, Awareness meetings were conducted in these Villages to sensitize farmers on the ill-effects of indiscriminate application of Chemical Fertilisers and Pesticides and motivate them to take up Organic Farming. Last year, 30 farmers were supported to take up cost effective and eco-friendly Organic Methods in their holdings. Based on the success accrued, Organic Cultivation of Paddy has been scaled up to 300 Acres benefiting 300 farmers during this year

On World Food Day 2022 Sodexo India, through its Stop Hunger Trust, joined hands with the Adani Foundation, to promote sustainable livelihoods for 600 women farmers. Sodexo India plans to procure 500 kgs of green gram per month, produced by the women farmers from Minjur Marutham Farmers Producer Company Limited, Minjur Block, Vaazhindhu Kaattuvom Project, Government of Tamilnadu, for use in preparing fresh and healthy meals at its client sites. By doing so, the company reiterates its purpose of creating a better everyday for everyone to build a better life for all. 

Further, Adani Foundation is also forming Farmers Groups with an objective to promote Collective Farming among them to augment an Organised Marketing of their Produces to evade Middlemen Exploitation to realise premium price. As a part of the programme, Adani Foundation has formed 3 Women Farmers Groups consisting of 126 Members who have been trained on various cost-effective indigenous technologies of Crop Husbandry. 

Sodexo India flagged off this pilot project with Adani Foundation in Chennai. The company provides ~35 lac meals at 40+ client locations in and around Chennai and the produce sourced locally will help to boost the nutrient content of the meals. Sodexo India plans to keep supporting these women and increase their business with Sodexo by 20% every year. With the success of this project, the company also envisages associating with Adani Foundation to extend similar support in other cities across the country where their project is taking shape.

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