Our Focus

Food & Nutrition Sovereignty

DRYLAND
Agro-Biodiversity

Gender & Social Justice

Community Media

Women’s Market
About Us
Deccan Development Society (DDS), initiated in 1983, is a grassroots organization working with nearly 5000 dalit and indigenous small women farmer sanghams (village level voluntary associations) in Zaheerabad region of Telangana, India. It strives for just and sustainable development and to assert sanghams’ autonomy in multiple spheres like food, nutrition, seeds, market, media etc. DDS promotes and works to revive traditional knowledge in farming and seeds; demonstrates its efficacy through wide experimentation and advocates for the inclusion of this knowledge in the public food policy systems.
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LATEST UPDATES
Sangham women participate in the Second National Women Farmer’s Convention organized by Mahila Kisam Aadhikar Manch (MAKAAM)
Two sangham farmers and community media trust filmmakers along with DDS staff proudly participated in the Second National Women Farmers’ Convention organized by Mahila Kisam Aadhikar Manch (MAKAAM) at Savitribai Phule University, Pune, Maharashtra...
Open Statement Addressing False Allegations on DDS
https://www.ddsindia.org/open-statement-addressing-false-allegations-on-dds/The board of Deccan Development Society is deeply concerned by the spreading of false allegations on the organizations and seeks to address these seriously misleading allegations in details. Please find below the detailed open statement letter....
Sangham Women showcase seed diversity at Seed Festival commemorating International Seed Day.
On 29th April 2025, 62 seed keepers from 31 village sangams came together to display 90+ seed varieties that included monsoon crops, winter crops and vegetables. Most of these crop varieties included local landraces of millets, pulses, oilseeds and...
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