Pragati, Koraput ndi International Potato Center (CIP), Bhubaneswar ndi Boma la Odisha, ayambitsa kulima mbatata m'boma la Koraput ku South Odisha kudzera mu ntchito ya Small Farmers Large Field. CIP yakhala ikuthandizira ukadaulo ku Pragati pankhani yothandizira mbewu, kubzala, kupalira ndi kuthandizira alimi omwe akulima mbatata. Mbewu yothandizira matumba 16,000 a mbatata (8,000 quintals) a "Kufri Jyoti" mbatata zosiyanasiyana mogwirizana ndi Horticulture department of Govt. a Odisha adalandiridwa ndikubzala m'ma 800 maekala m'minda yomwe ili ndi Nandapur, Lamtaput ndi Koraput Blocks. Pakadali pano kuwunika m'munda kwakhala kukuchitika m'magawo osiyanasiyana a mbatata pa kasamalidwe ka tizilombo ndi matenda komanso kuyendera pafupipafupi kwa Ofufuza ndi Asayansi ochokera ku CIP adatsimikizidwanso ndi Pragati. Kupatula izi, mbande za 50,000 za Apical Root Cutting zokolola kwambiri za Kufri Himalini mbatata zosiyanasiyana zidagawidwa kumadera osiyanasiyana kubzala kuchokera ku nazale ya Dayanidhiguda ku Koraput. Izi zachitika ndi Pragati zidzaonetsetsa kuti anthu ena asankha zakudya zina, kupereka ulimi wathanzi komanso kukwaniritsa chitetezo cha alimi osauka akumidzi ndi omwe amakhala m'mbali zochepa.