This system introduced in the Koraput district of Orissa consists of organizing field gene banks (insitu on-farm conservation), seed banks, genetic enhancement through participatory breeding, water banks (i.e., water harvesting and saving in farm ponds), and Grain Banks, as shown in Fig. 4.

This system helps to enlarge the food basket by facilitating the inclusion of millets and other under-utilised but nutritious crops in the Community Grain Bank. Such a decentralised Community managed Nutrition Security system helps to foster concurrent attention to conservation, cultivation, consumption and commerce. The tribal community of Koraput pioneering this system was given the Equator Initiative Award by UNDP at the World Summit on Sustainable Development held at Johannesburg in 2002.

Currently there are 2,34,676 village Panchayats in 31 States and Union Territories. In addition, there are traditional councils in Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland. Each of these Panchayats/local bodies can spearhead the Community Food and Water Security movement. This will be the fastest and a sustainable method of making hunger history.