Agragamee has brought out a number of publications documenting our efforts, activities and achievements over the years, which are extensively shared with individuals and institutions in different states and countries. The following is a list of publications currently available. To learn more about our work and to receive a copy of any of the following, write to info@agrgamee.org

Community Grain Bank Year of Publication – 2007         Price: 30/- Food insecurity is a persistent problem in the tribal areas. The reason for this is not far to seek. Tribals have lost most of their arable land to the moneylenders for having failed to repay their loans. They cannot survive on what they produce by working hilly lands. The necessary first step was to make tribals aware of the importance of saving. They also had to be alerted to ways in which moneylenders got them into a debt-trap, escape from which was impossible. Tribals families now collectively decided to set up a community grain bank to which everyone would contribute. The operation of community grain bank did solve the problem of food shortage faced by the people to significant extent.   This small booklet in pictorial form is an effort to highlight Community Grain Bank in tribal areas. To help the tribal community climb out of their poverty, one has to help them overcome their fear and awe of “Sahukar” and help them build institutions of self-sufficiency, which could break the debt trap of the moneylender.Formation and strengthening of Community Grain Banks has been a stepping-stone in improving the economic condition of tribals and achieve a degree of self-sufficiency.  ……  More »
Chronicle of A Struggle and other Writings Achyut Das & Vidhya Das This small booklet is an effort to highlight the courage and endurance of the tribal people as they make desperate bids to survive against an inhuman paradigm of ‘globalisation'. We hope that a time will come, in the near future, when ancient wisdom will once again be valued and we will learn to live together, and not on the destroyed and forgotten histories and identities of our brethren, the tribal people of this country. Kashipur anti mining movement, globalisation and a report on Kalinga Nagar incident are the contents of the book . ……  More » Foreword by: Prof. Amit Bhaduri
Governance in Tribal Areas:Myths and Realities (A Pictorial) Year of publication: November 2005.
The panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act 1996 has made it mandatory for the State having scheduled areas to make specific provisions for giving wide-ranging powers to the tribals on matters relating to decision-making and development of their community. PESA empowered villages to protect community resources, control social sector functionaries, own minor forest produce, manage water bodies, give recommendations for mining lease, be consulted for land acquisition, enforce prohibition, identify beneficiaries for poverty alleviation and other government programmes and have a decisive say in all development projects in the villages. All this not withstanding, tribal regions are still in a state of underdevelopment, eight years after this Act has come into force. This book seeks to bring out the contradictions in the present system of governance, that confronts tribal communities. The myth that we see in this book, is in actual fact, the provisions of the Indian Constitution for tribal people and tribal Regions. We need to work hard to make this myth a reality. ……  More »

Stock taking exercise - A Report
Year of publication: August 2001.
Taken up by Bishnu Mohapatra and Vimala Ramachandran, this report in an attempts to present to the world what development means to Agragamee, and the forms it can take in an environment of confrontation, when the state and the market, gang up against some of the most marginalized and impoverished communities.

**AGRAGAMEE, How Wrong? How Right?
Year of publication: March 1999.
Agragamee's stand in favour of the tribal communities in their struggle against displacement by mining companies has raised the ire of the powers that be. Up against the might of the state of the state and the corporates combined, Agragamee has had to defend itself time and again. This is a document of some of the most recent accusations against Agragamee, and Agragamee's defence , as also a collection of the view points on the stand taken by Agragamee.

Agragamee, an overview of activities (1993 - 1998)
Year of publication: March 1999
An overviw of Agragamee's activities in the five year period mentioned above, as an effort towards transparency and accountability.

*Study on Assessment of environmental, economic, and social impacts of bauxite mining & alumina processing in Kashipur and Kalahandi, Orissa
Year of publication: 1996
A study taken up in three different districts to assess the possible impact of bauxite mines proposed to be set up in the Kashipur Block of Rayagada District in Orissa;

**Education for all in Tribal Areas - A Report
Year of publication: 1994

Report of a dialogue between eminent educationists and teachers from Non-formal Education centers in different tribal Districts of Orissa.

*Base line socio-economic study and preparation of action plan of rehabilitation and resettlement for upper Indravati project, Koraput
Year of publication: 1992
A report in three volumes of a socio-economic study of people affected by The upper Indravati Multi-purpose Project in undivided Koraput district, suggesting an action plan for Rehabilitation of the affected fa,ilies through community participation, and natural resources development. More than 3000 families were affected by the project.

*Women in Development A Study in Orissa:
Year of Publication: 1992
A report on Women's Development as taken up different Governmental and Non-governmental Organisations, as also an overview of women's role in social development since independence in Orissa. The study also provided a plan of action for womne's development in Orissa.

** Report of the Teachers' Jamboree:
Year of Publication: 2000
A report of an interaction between Non-formal Education Teachers from different tribal communities, and eminent educationists and thinkers in Orissa. The report highlights critical questions concerning development education, and provides crucial insights in tackling the complex problems of illiteracy and underdevelopment in the tribal regions.

***Vikas Vitarka:
Year of Publication: 1995
A collection of commentaries and analyses by social scientists and social activists on the development issues confronting society

*** Agragamee & Kashipur Leadership: An Open Dialogue:
Year of Publication: 1998
Report of an interactionbetween tribal and non-tribal leadership in Kashipur and Agragamee to address some of the critical development issues of the period.

*** The Land Acquisition Amendment Bill - 1998
Year of Publication: 2000
An analysis of the bill

*From Protecting The Jungle to Coping With the Road
Year of Publication: 1996
Report of an exercise undertaken by Vimala Ramachandran, Fons Vanderwelden and Bijaya Kumar Panda, providing an overview of Agragamee's efforts to Empower Tribals..

***Agragamee Eka Safala Roopayana - 1982-1992
Year of Publication: 1993
A compilation of the quantitative achievements of Agragamee in the ten year period.

*** Pareeksha O' Parjyalochana:
Year of Publication: 1993
A report of Agragamee's efforts and experiments in tribal development over the last ten years.

*** Kaha Dhana Kaha Adhikar
Year of Publication: 1996
Acompilation of reports and analyses of the struggle of the tribal women of Kashipur for rights over Minor Forest Produce

***Banavasi Pai Banua Neeti:
Year of Publication: 1996
A description of the struggle of the members of Mandibisi Mahila Mandal for a right to buy and sell hill brooms produced in the forests of Mandibisi Panchayat;

*** Banabasi Pai Banua Neeti - 2
Year of Publication: 1996
A commentary on the minor forest produce policy and situation in Orissa, and suggestions for alternate policy formulation

*** Pruthvi Ro Pilla Dinne
Year of Publication: 1997
Verrier Elwin's Collection of Tribal Folklore about the origin of the earth, and man and other legends.

** The Illustrated World
First Published: 1993
A pictorial developed with experience and perceptions of a decade of involvement in the field. It hopes to awaken a stream of consciousness amongst the downtrodden by touching upon the common chord amongst them.

** The Other Half
First Published: 1994
The world of illiterate tribal women in pictures. The book is an effort to reach out to those who cannot read and write, but who contribute massively through their silent and unending toil.

Newsletters and Journals
*** 1. Arohan: This newsletter attempts to give a voice to women and other underprivileged classes in our society.
*** 2. Agradutta: This attempts to supplement and add on to the primary education process taken up in different villages through Agragamee.
*** 3. Nuapatha Nuabata: This is a quarterly newsmagazine. It relates the real life experiences of the NFE teachers as they take up the challenge of literacy in the tribal hinterlands. The newsmagazine tries to bring together the unique experiences of tribal teachers working in harsh conditions of tribal villages. It attempts to delineate the process of confronting the socio-cultural problems of tribal society in their own words. The magazine is all about the experiences, queries, views, ideas and writings of the tribal teachers.
*** 4. Nabajiban: The newsletter attempts to highlights the intervention under the World Food Programme project implemented in Dasmanthpur block of Koraput district. The newsmagazine tries to depicts the experiences of intervention under the project and its impact in terms of case studies, tangible progress etc.

* Unpublished reports,
** Publication Available in Oriya as well as in English;
*** Available only in Oriya language.

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