MSSRF facilitated 200 women farmers in Mailam block, Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu in receiving the ‘Farmers Integrated Hand Book (FIHB)’ or ‘Vivasayigalin Orunginaintha Kaiyedu’ in January 2018.

MSSRF has facilitated the Reddiarchatram Seed Growers Association (RSGA) in introducing a new website for Tamil Nadu farmers in collaboration with Commonwealth of Learning (COL), which was launched on March 20, 2018. 

Complementing the Agricultural extension system in Kannivadi, Dindugul district is a group of women and men farmers who go about diagnosing pest and diseases in crops and offering real time solutions on field.

Around 300 women small-scale dairy farmers, in Kannivadi region, Tamil Nadu, are benefiting from collective procurement of concentrate cattle feed through its Farmer Producer Organization (FPO).

In a unique effort, Biovillage Resource centre, MSSRF has started giving livelihoods training and exposure visits to government promoted Women’s Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Puducherry for their economic empowerment.

Pudukkottai, January 2018: Over 1000 small and marginal farmers of this district, stand to gain better market price as the MSSRF promoted Illuppur Agriculture Producer Company Limited (IAPCL) initiated paddy procurement from its members in the last samba season.

MSSRF's Fish for All Research and Training Centre, Poompuhar, in collaboration with NABARD has launched a programme for artificial reef deployment off the coast of Karaikal.

The Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Dr Kiran Bedi visited the Biocentre of MSSRF at Pilliyarkuppam along with government officials.

The Kannada version of the Fisher Friend Mobile Application (FFMA) an app that has helped transform lives and livelihoods of fishing communities in six Indian states, was launched on 5th Sep ’17.