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DRCSC has developed itself as a resource organisation offering a number of services to different sections of people that included groups of farmers and gardners, village organisations and clubs, other development organisations, students, researchers, interested individuals and many more. You also can avail of our services :

Training

For: Trainers / Field Workers/Farmers/Gardeners    

Subject:

   Improvement of Small Farm

   Developing nutrition gardens in homestead and improving them

   Developing Small-Scale Agro Enterprises

   Developing Community Gardens

   Use and preparation of Herbal Medicine

   Sustainable Management of Common Property Resources like fallows, sides of roads, canals,       embankments of rivers, ponds, railway tracks by groups

   Capasity building of different groups

For: Traditional Practitioners and interested individuals

Subject:

   Developing Herbal Nursery

For: School Children in the age group of 8-14 years

Subject:

   Developing Vegetable Garden in the school compound

   Developing a Community Garden in the locality

   Documentation of bio-variety and local resources

Information Services

For: NGDOs/Social Workers/Interested individuals/Students/Researchers

Services:

  Library

    This is a specialized library with books, periodicals, journals, occational publications, reports etc.         mainly on Agriculture, Environment, Rural Development and related subjects

    Free Reading Room is open between 11 AM and 5 PM on all days except Sundays, Mondays and         other holidays

    Photocopying : Readers can get photocopies of documents on payment of actual cost


  Audio-visual Library

    This is a library of video tapes / VCDs on major concerns of the Centre. Video tapes / VCDs are lent         out on payment of a deposit and subscription for a week


  Photograph Library

    This is a collection of original photographs of crops, sustainable agriculture techniques, important         case-studies of trials conducted in the fields, street theatre, training sessions etc.

    Copies of the Photographs are available on payment of actual cost


  Question-Answer Service

    This service is for answering questions related to sustainable agriculture, environment and related         subjects.

    For preparing bibliography on issues related to these subjects and also referring to sources of         information on the issue in other libraries and documentation centers


  Campaign Material Preparation and Distribution Service

    For providing on loan campaign materials like posters, blow-ups, leaflets etc. for display in village         fair

    For putting up a drama show on the subjects of our concerns in these fairs or anywhere else

    For providing regular journals in English and Bengali against yearly subscription and booklets,         leaflets, charts at cost of production

For: Local newspapers/News agencies/Journalists

Services:

  News and Feature Service

    We act as a news agency for local newspapers agenciesand development journalists for supplying         synopsis of news and features on sustainable agriculture, social development and environment         related issues from national and international magazines and journals and also from the internet

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Documentation

For: Government or non-government development organisations/Rural organisations/Group of Farmers or Women etc.

Services:

  Photo documentation

    To provide professional photographs and cameras for making still images of client's activities


  Audio-visual documentation

    To provide a completely digital set up for AV documentation


  Question Answer Service

    One can search internet on any topic by giving specific keywords


  Information Store House

    By this service One can get important internet documents here those are stored in CD as well         as in the form of a hard copy

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Production

For: Government or non-government development organisations/Rural organisations/Group of Farmers or Women etc.

Services:

  Print Production

    To prepare concept, research and develop subject matter, visualise and print (or,         supervise printing) books, magazines or journals, posters, leaflets etc. on subjects         suggested by the client


  Film making

    To undertake research, prepare script, shoot & edit video films on subjects         suggested by the client

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Organic Stores

For: Urban and rural middle class and farmers

Services:

  Organic Food Stores

    For providing green vegetables, food grains, pulses etc. cultivated organically         without using agrochemicals unadulterated jam-jelly-squash-pickles-pulse         tablets etc. at a fair price.


  Publication Sales Outlet

    For providing booklets, posters, leaflets, diary etc. on sustainable agriculture,         rural development, environment, herbal medicine and health etc. at cost of         production


  Bio-lab product Sales Outlet

    For providing mushroom spawn, bio-fertilizers, vermi-compost, neem oil and         oilcakes etc. at a fair price.

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Seed Distribution and Exchange

For: Urban and rural middle class and farmers

Services:

  Seed packet distribution

    To provide small sample packets of seeds of indigenous varieties of         less known or neglected fruits / crops / vegetables (these packets are         available only for those who would cultivate, keep records and send         them to us.)


  Seed exchange or sale

    For purchase and exchange of your surplus seeds of crops of         indigenous varieties

DRCSC
Items mentioned above are available at :
Service Centre, 18B, Gariahat Road (South), 1st floor,
Opp. Dakshinapan, Dhakuria, Kolkata 700 031.
Phone : 2473 4364
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