Development of a full project proposal through: (i) in-depth multistakeholder consultations with local rural farming communities who are willing to participate in the project; and (ii) conduct a participatory rural appraisal approach towards understanding the physical and socioeconomic factors, cropping patterns, seasonal activities vis a vis its biodiversity and natural resource history and prospects including practices of local farming communities in food production and the cultivation of varieties of endangered or wild races of rice plants, medicinal herbs and fruit trees.