Kandhamal District in the state of Odisha is bestowed with scenic natural beauty and suitable agro climatic condition. Agriculture and Allied sector plays a major rule for livelihood support of the Tribal dominated population. Various schemes are being operated in the District through different departments for providing subsidy to the farmers for different activities but their divergent implementation does not result in effectiveness. In order to address this problem, Kandhamal District Administration has started a vision programme in the name of “Mission-171” where in model orchards of 5 to 10 acres of land have been established in each of the 171 Gram Panchayats of the District involving a single or a group of beneficiaries during the year 2018-19. Stakeholders from various Govt. Departments have been assigned with different activities as listed below. These model projects have helped in showcasing the convergence model for other farmers to replicate. Sl.No Name of the schemes Name of the activities. Nodal Department 1. MGNREGS Land Development PD, Watersheds Block Development Officers (All) ITDA, Phulbani/ Balliguda Perennial Fruit tree plantation like Mango, Litchi, Cashew Nut, Guava, Pomegranate etc. with wiremesh fencing Deputy Director of Horticulture PD Watersheds ITDA, Phulbani/ Balliguda. Augmentation of Irrigation facilities through Dug-well. Block Development Officers (All) ITDA, Phulbani/ Balliguda Construction of Goatery& Cow Shade ITDA, Phulbani/ Balliguda Block Development Officers (All) 2. State Plan Schemes (Jalanidhi/ BKoGY) Augmentation of Irrigation facilities through LI points/ Micro Riverlift. DM. OAIC 3. PMKSY Installation of Drip & Sprinkler Irrigation system Deputy Director of Horticulture 4. MIDH/ ATMA Intercropping with short duration cash crops like: vegetables , turmeric, Ginger, Pulses, oil seeds etc. Deputy Director of Horticulture Deputy Director of Agriculture Training and Exposure visit of the beneficiaries 5. PKVY Promotion of Organic Farming in the Model Orchards Deputy Director of Agriculture Soil Testing & Issue of Soil Health Cards 6. Institutional Finance Providing Loan linkage to the farmers from banks. Lead District Manager AGM, NABARD 7. Labour Registration All the eligible beneficiaries and their adult dependents are registered as unorganized labourers and provided with all facilities of Govt. District Labour officer 8. Skill Development Training All the eligible beneficiaries and their adult dependents are provided skill development training under DDU-GKY and SBIRSETI District Project Manager, OLM Asst. Director, ORMAS 9. Processing, Value Addition & Marketing The farm produce are processed at Spice processing unit of KASAM and linked with potential market for better returns. District Project Manager, OLM Asst. Director, ORMAS Kandhamal Apex Spices Association for Marketing (KASAM)