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BAIF ANNUAL REPORT 2012 - 2013


BAIF ANNUAL REPORT2012-2013

BAIF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION Dr. Manibhai Desai Nagar, Warje, Pune 411 058, India

Phone: 020 25231661, Fax: 020 25231662 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.baif.org.in

BAIF TRUSTEES

Smt. Rajashree A. Birla M r. Kishor A. Chaukar M r. Sunil S. LalbhaiMr. Deepak C. Mehta Dr. Sudha N. Murty M r. Pratap G. Pawar Mr. Sharad Upasani D r. Narayan G. Hegde M r. Ramesh Rawal Mr. Girish G. Sohani, President and Managing Trustee Founder: Late Dr. Manibhai Desai

Mr. Hrishikesh A. Mafatlal Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Mr. Hasmukh S. Shah Chairman Vice Chairman Chairman, Executive Committee of BAIF Trustees

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Dr. N.G. Hegde Trustee and Principal Adviser

Mr. G.G. Sohani President and Managing Trustee

Mr. Ramesh Rawal Executive Vice President

Mr. S.B. Karvande Advisor and Secretary

Dr. S.B. Gokhale Director – Research

Dr. A.B. Pande Senior Vice President

Mr. B.K. Kakade Senior Vice President

Dr. D.N. Shindey Vice President

Dr. M.S. Sharma Programme Director

Dr. V.P. Sharma Programme Director

Mr. A.K. Sinha Programme Director

Dr. J.N. Daniel Programme Director

Dr. A.K. Chaurasia Programme Director

Mr. V.Y. Deshpande Chief Programme Coordinator

Mr. B. Shivarudrappa Chief Programme Coordinator

Mr. K. Mallikarjunappa Chief Programme Coordinator

Mr. R.S. Sharma Chief Programme Coordinator

Dr. S.B. Khadilkar Chief Programme Coordinator

Mr. J.R. Mori Chief Programme Coordinator

Mr. Y.A. Thakur Chief Programme Coordinator

Dr. K.K. Singh Chief Programme Coordinator

Dr. J.R. Khadse Chief Campus Coordinator

Mr. V.B. Dyasa Chief Programme Coordinator

Mr. S.K. Pandey Chief Programme Coordinator

Mr. L.R. Singh Chief Programme Coordinator

Mr. G.A. Patil Chief Programme Coordinator

Ms. Pritam Chandak Executive Finance Director

Ms. Meena Gokhale Sr. Programme Coordinator

BAIF has been recognised by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India u/s 35 (1) (ii) of the IT Act, 1961 for

activities, will be eligible for exemption from Income Tax.

Cover Page Photographs: 1: Prized buffalo at the National Livestock Competition at Mukatsar, Punjab in January 2013

2: Watershed Development Project implemented by BAIF at Randullabad village in Satara district

3: Plant Genome Savior Community Award for Seed Saviour Farmers’ Group at Jawhar, Thane district for agro-biodiversity conservation

4: Director, IGNOU for Charak Centre (herbal health centre): A proud moment in the life of a semi-literate woman from Rambahs village, Dangs district belonging to the Scheduled Tribe.


I am happy to present our progress for the year 2012-13. While pursuing excellence in sustainable development, our priority was to look out for suitable interventions to address the emerging challenges such as the changing climate and natural calamities. Fortunately, livestock has the potential to provide livelihood to small farmers under adverse conditions. This was re-confirmed during the drought of this year in Maharashtra and Gujarat states. We have taken new initiatives to conserve and develop Indian breeds of cattle and buffaloes which have tolerance to stress and potential to contribute to rural income. Simultaneously, well-planned efforts are being made to assess newer risks and work towards mitigation and adaptation.

Livestock programme is becoming popular across the country particularly among small and marginal farmers. Buffalo development launched in Punjab three years ago, has made significant progress with demand for expansion. Realising the benefits of the services provided at the doorsteps, farmers are prepared to pay service fees, confirming the progress towards self-sufficiency. This has already been demonstrated in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Karnataka where we are able to ensure the sustainability of the programme even after completion of sponsored projects. There has also been greater involvement of women in providing services at the doorsteps of the farmers and formation of producers’ groups for efficient value chain development. The dairy husbandry programme is spread over Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states. Goat development has also been receiving overwhelming response from small farmers, landless and women. Various innovative approaches could be introduced in goat development under a project supported by the International Livestock Research Institute.

The watershed development programme is being implemented in several states with focus on convergence to ensure food security, safe drinking water and enriched environment. Various innovative approaches were initiated to improve the productivity of wadi and introduction of new crops and Non-Timber Forest Products as an additional means of income. Value chain development through aggregation, grading, processing and marketing of the produce through the Cooperative federations as well as the Producer Company VAPCOL, has been ensuring better value for the produce.

Women empowerment continues to cut across all the programmes. Series of efforts are being made to empower local communities and to build the capabilities of the youth to take up natural resource-based sustainable livelihood. We have been imparting training for youth in rural development, agricultural production and water resources management in collaboration with reputed educational institutions. The training programmes on on-farm and non-farm sectors conducted at Urulikanchan, Pune and various campuses, have enabled thousands of youth to take up self employment or to secure better wages.

Our efforts were recognised by various agencies through important awards such as “Sitaram Jindal Prize for Agriculture, Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation”, “ICICI Inclusive India Award for Sustainable Livelihoods Impact”, “Vasundhara Mitra Award for environmental

PREFACECONTENTS

1. Preface 2. Overview 13. Progress of Associate Organisations 244. Organisational Structure of BAIF 515. Multidisciplinary Programme Coverage 526. Publications and Documentary Films from BAIF 53


OUR DONORS AND PARTNERSGovernment Agencies: Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Finance, NABARD, DBT, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Environment and Forests, National Dairy Development Board, Maharashtra Livestock Development Board, Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration, Central Silk Board, Madhya Pradesh Society for Rural livelihood Promotion, State Governments of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Tripura, Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA), Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission, Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium

International Agencies: Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Embassy of France, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe - German Agro Action, GTZ, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), JatroSelect GmbH, Food and Agriculture Organisation, Union Des cooperative D’Elevage (UCEAR), Association Franco-Indienne Rurale (AFIR), Digital Green, Fidelity Charitable Services, Aga Khan Foundation, Agri Business Systems International (ASI), Ford Foundation, International Finance Corporation, United Way of America, Watumull Foundation, Planet Water Foundation, Afghanaid, Dan Church Aid, DSM New Business Development B.V., FAO, Solidaridad, Watumull Foundation, Trinity College, University of California, American Dairy Science Association, GIZ

Scientific and Academic Organisations: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, INRA, France, International Crops Research Institute for Semi-arid Tropics, UK Department For International Development, Crops For the Future, International Water Management Institute, South Asia Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Programme for India, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, University of Queensland, Australia, IGFRI Jhansi, Rashtriya Goshala, Dharouli, Jind, Haryana

Philanthropic Organisations: J.R.D. Tata Trust, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Jamshedji Tata Trust, Tata Education Trust, Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust, Supraja Foundation, The Infosys Foundation, Deepak Mehta Foundation, Cummins India Foundation, MGCC Area Development Research Foundation, Deshpande Foundation, Karuna Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Programme for Appropriate Technologies in Health (Path) India, Syngenta Foundation, Give2 Asia, Give India, Bhavishaya Alliance, Gujarat Foundation for Mental Health, Basic Needs India, Green Foundation, The Resource Foundation, ACWADAM, Impact Foundation

Corporates: ITC Ltd., Rourkela Steel Plant, Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Ltd., Larsen and Toubro Public Charitable Trust, Aditya Birla Group, Reliance Power Ltd., Praj Industries, Monnet Ispat Energy Ltd., J.P. Morgan and Chase Co., Reliance Industries Ltd., Hindustan UniLever Limited, BILT, Birla Corporation Ltd., Navin Fluorine International Ltd., Gokak Mills, ONGC, Uran, Tata Power Co. Ltd., Ballarpur Industries Ltd., Dynamix Dairy, Mafatlal Industries Ltd., DSM Neev, Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd. (Dudhsagar Dairy, Mehsana), Valsad District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd. (Vasudhara Dairy, Chikhli), General Mills Foundation, Deepak Novochem Technologies Ltd., CO2 Balance Ltd., Ultratech Cement Co. Ltd., Solaris Chemtech Ltd., Avanta Group Ltd., Korba West Power Company Ltd.

Patrons: Mafatlal Industries Ltd., Vaishno Mal Malhotra Public Trust, Mr. K.K. Malhotra, Associated Cement Companies

Associates: Industrial Development Bank of India

Patrons and Associates of BAIF: A Call for Partnership

BAIF has established the Dr. Manibhai Desai Endowment Fund for promoting sustainable livelihood in rural India. We invite generous donors to support this worthy cause by associating with us as our Patrons and Associates.

You can become our Patron by contributing over Rs. 25 lakhs and our Associate by contributing over Rs. 10 lakhs.

protection” and the “Plant Genome Savior Community Award” to the farmer’s group at Jawhar, Maharashtra involved in Agrobiodiversity Conservation.

Our future challenge is to address the problems faced by small farmers. As the impact of climate change and global warming are likely to adversely affect livelihood of small farmers, climate resilient programmes need to be incorporated in the on-going activities. One of the mitigation strategies would be to intensify conservation of native germplasm and to evaluate the tolerance to adverse agro-climatic conditions. It is essential to involve the farmers at the grassroot level to understand the need for coping with the problems by suitably adopting new strategies. This requires capacity building at all levels particularly among the local youth to take suitable initiatives and to look ahead for alternative means of sustainable livelihood. With our association with various national and international organisations and close interaction with farmers, we are hopeful of addressing these issues efficiently.

We are grateful to our Trustees, donor agencies and well wishers for their constant guidance, support and encouragement. We appreciate the commitment and loyalty of our staff and the encouraging response of our partner farmers for their active participation in our programmes, for their sustainable future.

August 17, 2013 Mr. Girish G. Sohani President


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Global warming and climate change are growing concerns. To address these challenges, several new programmes were initiated. As Animal husbandry is an important source of sustainable livelihood for small holders inspite of their contribution to greenhouse gases, we have developed a unique approach of genetic improvement and better feeding practices, to improve the productivity, while reducing the ill-effects on environment. Development of native breeds, Gir and Krishna valley cattle and Banni buffaloes which have tolerance to stress, have been undertaken on priority. Drought in certain pockets of Maharashtra and Gujarat, have underlined the importance of high yielding cows and buffaloes as the most dependable source of livelihood even if water and fodder had to be brought from long distances.

To improve the sustainability of dairy husbandry, innovative practices beneficial to the poor sections of the society especially women are being popularised with the support of the Godhan Project supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through 2000 dairy interest groups spread

OVERVIEW

over Maharashtra, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Our flagship programme of livestock development continues to progress towards self-sustainability through greater awareness among the participant families for demanding better quality services on payment. One such revenue model Ksheerdhara is being implemented through a network of 437 cattle development centres in 63 districts of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states. Another model of building the corpus with initial support to cover the operating cost under the SGSY Special Programme of Government of India, is already in operation covering 200 centres in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Buffalo development in high-input agricultural areas of Punjab, has made a huge impact among progressive farmers and policy makers by not only surpassing the target by two times but also by fulfilling the objective of increasing the productivity through good husbandry practices. The success story of buffalo development in Punjab has made headlines and created demand for expansion of the programme in the state.

Livestock Development

Sustainable livelihood from Dairy husbandry in Maharashtra

Research Coordination CommitteeDr. A.B. Pande, Chairman

MembersMr. B.K. Kakade Dr. J.N. DanielDr. S.S. RoyMr. S.E. Pawar, Convenor

Associate MembersDr. J.R. KhadseMr. P.S. TakawaleMs. Veena HalweMr. Balwant Thorat

Gender Concerns CommitteeMeena Gokhale,ChairpersonSandhya SupanekarVeena HalweShriniwas IndapurkarPreeti Karmarkar,SecretaryAbhijit InamdarShubhangi Memane


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programme has reached 70,562 families in West Bengal, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tripura. Major breeds promoted are Osmanabadi in Maharashtra, Sirohi in Rajasthan and Black Bengal in other states.

Our concern to promote drought tolerant fodder crops resulted in development of BAIF Bajra 1 which is useful as a multi-cut fodder-cum-food crop, has reached the final stage of release.

BAIF Bajra-1 is a forage pearl millet variety developed by BAIF Development Research Foundation, which has been notified by Central Sub-committee on Crop Standards, ICAR, on January 29, 2010, with a recommendation for release for cultivation in the states of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh during kharif and summer season.

A selection of Giant Bajra, BAIF Bajra -1, is tall erect growing to a height of 210 - 230 cm, with long and broad leaves without pubescence, very long spike (45-

55 cm) distinctly tapering towards tip, soft, succulent and juicy stem. This variety takes 55 - 60 days after sowing for first cut of fodder, and second cut after 45 - 50 days of first cut. Moderately resistant to downy mildew, leaf blast and leaf spot diseases and to nematode and shootfly.

The average green fodder yield of 38 - 40 tons/ha with dry matter yield of 8 - 9 tons/ha, is 15 -20% higher than Giant Bajra and Raj Bajra Chari-2. The crop yields 1.055 tons of grain and 18.5 tons of straw at final harvest.

Multi-cut Bajra

Better Nutrition at the doorsteps

This pro-poor livestock development programme adopted by BAIF 46 years ago, continues to ensure excellent services to 4.93 million families from 90,556 villages through 4076 centres in 12 states namely Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states, at their doorsteps, enabling them to enjoy food security, enhanced income and enriched quality of life. During the year, 327 new centres were established including two new centres in Tamil Nadu by BIRD Andhra Pradesh. The contribution of our farmers to the national

Table 1. Statewise Performance of Cattle Development Programme

State Districts Centres Villages(Cum.)

Families(Cum.)

Total Insem. (2012-13)

Maharashtra 19 280 3458 53654 292266Gujarat 23 224 3528 84823 145092Karnataka 22 237 3555 88754 213976Rajasthan 19 431 8110 109062 474484Uttar Pradesh 75 1234 42070 2894797 1311767Uttarakhand 12 127 3265 256448 77934Bihar 16 257 5740 394940 248822Jharkhand 24 760 14002 649475 273558Madhya Pradesh 18 168 1697 34041 42010Andhra Pradesh 12 158 2405 121419 142858 Odisha 10 100 1920 167226 37383Punjab 5 100 806 75992 139738

Total 255 4076 90556 4930631 3399888

GDP from milk production was Rs. 4800 crores during the year. The statewise performance is presented in Table 1.

Goat development programme initiated over a decade ago, has developed into a sustainable programme wherein the local Field Guides, generally, motivated women, are able to mentor goat keepers, facilitating them to use elite bucks of selected breeds, cull inferior animals to control the herd while adopting good husbandry practices, thereby demonstrating a novel approach of breed improvement while enhancing the income of local communities by three-folds. The

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Table 2. Statewise coverage of Area under Watershed Development Programme

State Coverage during 2012-13 Cumulative upto March 2013No. of Units Micro watersheds

Area covered in ha

No. of Villages

No. of Families benefited

No. of Units Micro watersheds

Area covered in ha

No. of Villages

No. of Families benefited

Maharashtra 153 3210 60 1198 176 59665 192 26393

Gujarat 6 269 17 237 309 117741 349 31199

Karnataka 3 48 3 64 45 21480 71 8592

Rajasthan 4 818 12 372 4 2213 22 2223

Madhya Pradesh 23 356 39 415 47 1033 74 680

Andhra Pradesh 41 26320 60 1879 41 8178 60 3107

Total 230 31021 191 4165 622 210310 768 72194

The watersheds carried out during the previous year, are in progress, and are being developed by the communities in Uttar Pradesh (11 watersheds), Bihar (5 watersheds), Chhattisgarh (12 watersheds) and Odisha (12 watersheds).

increased by many folds. Farmers are able to increase productivity of their resources such as land, animals and forest through adoption of technologies imparted through these initiatives. Brooding experiments in poultry, goat bank and value chain on linseed as well as tassar sericulture, were some of the innovative interventions. The Revitalization of Farming Systems project in Western Vidarbha under Sukhi Baliraja Initiative, supported by Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT), has uplifted 14,750 distressed farmers through improved productivity of cotton and soyabean, apart from motivating them to adopt diversified agriculture and livestock rearing.

Watershed Development

Watershed development spread over 768 villages covering 72194 families, has made a significant impact on crop productivity enhancement, employment generation and assurance of safe drinking water all round the year. During the year, 31021 ha have been newly brought under watershed development programme spread over 191 villages, benefiting 4165 families.

The watershed plus programme based on a landscape approach in selected clusters in 6

states (Table 2), has resulted in bumper crop production, rural prosperity and a blueprint for replicating the integrated watershed development model extensively. Emphasis has been given to capacity strengthening of village watershed committees and other people’s organizations to ensure post-project maintenance and sustainability.

As a Resource Support Organisation, training and facilitation support has been provided to 50 projects covering 58735 ha under Indo German Watershed Development Programme, NABARD-supported Holistic Watershed Development Programme and Watershed Development Fund projects. Implementation of technology demonstration on water harvesting and conservation measures have been initiated at the Water Academy at Wagholi, Pune. Series of training programmes for youth and participant families have also been organised through the Academy. The programme has demonstrated the potential of ensuring sustainable livelihood and environmental security while empowering weaker sections of the community. This programme is contributing over Rs. 600 crores to the National GDP per annum.

We have adopted the international project planning tool, Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL) to systematically assess the impacts and climate risks of various development projects, design suitable activities which can foster adaptation to climate variability and change at the community level and promote a green economy in the climate-sensitive vulnerable agro-ecological zones of Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand.

The crop-based livelihood programmes of BAIF are being implemented by convergence of improved agricultural productivity with watershed and wadi programmes. The National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) sponsored by ICAR and World Bank, has made very significant impact in terms of livelihood security of more than 25,000 families from disadvantaged regions of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

BAIF has been involved as a Consortium Leader as well as Partner in different consortia, implementing NAIP subprojects with focus on value chain-based interventions and

capacity building of farmers for sustainable development. This was achieved through adoption of innovative farming technologies by small farmers to enhance the yields of crops like linseed, soyabean, wheat and gram, while raising the income from animal husbandry as well. Under the Project, new technologies for processing linseeds to produce Omega 3-rich nutraceuticals to fetch higher value were also developed.

As a result of improved cultivation practices and value addition, area under linseed cultivation has increased by 6 - 8 times in the project villages, while the income has

Sustainable Agriculture

Vermicompost : Eco-friendly Sustainable Agriculture

Yam as inter-crop : Food security from Wadi


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Research and technology development are the backbone of BAIF’s field programme. The Central Research Station, MDMTC and various regional stations are involved in collaborations with national and international research institutions engaged in development research, to strengthen the field programme involving farmers.

The priority for research has been to address field challenges and new technologies which can improve the livelihood of our participant families. In pursuit of excellence in Research and technology development, we have entered into technical collaboration with leading scientific organisations in India and abroad. BAIF signed an MoU with ICAR on February 14, 2013 to conduct collaborative field research to enhance the productivity of natural resources, training and outreach programmes, in continuation of the on-going association. Another scientific agreement was signed between BAIF and Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France in 2012, for transfer of technology in the areas of animal genetics and breeding, production systems, environment interface, nutrition and health and integration of a global approach.

MDMTC, CRS and Associate Organisations

have been conducting series of carefully designed training programmes to build the capacities of farmers, community leaders and field functionaries for effective implementation of the field programmes. Significant among them are the Post Graduate Certificate Course on Development Management jointly conducted by SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai and BAIF and the certificate courses conducted through IGNOU and YCMOU.

During the year, apart from the outlay from its Associate Organisations, BAIF directly spent Rs. 68 crores on various projects across the country. Out of these, 67% was utilized on livestock, 1% on watershed development, 6% on agri-horti-forestry and 26% on social development, agri business and health programmes.

Partnership for Excellence

Dr. Ayyappan, DG, ICAR and Mr. Sohani, signing agreement for Collaboration

The agri-horti-forestry development, Wadi programme, spread over the tribal clusters of 9 states, enabled over 1.84 lakh deprived families to come out of poverty, contributing Rs. 1000 crores to the GDP, while mitigating global warming and environmental sustainability (Table 3). During the year, 4951 new tribal families joined the wadi programme, bringing additional 1928 ha of marginal land under wadi development. Apart from cultivation of drought tolerant fruit crops, new initiatives were promoted for diversification of farm income and supply chain development for Non-Timber Forest Produce such as lac, tassar, honey, fisheries, gum, wild fruits and vegetables.

Value chain development for mango, cashew, amla, strawberry, custard apple and hi tech vegetable crops has been ensured through formation of the tribal producer company VAPCOL, formed by members of various tribal cooperatives promoted by BAIF. VAPCOL is also establishing effective forward and backward linkages between tribal cooperatives and Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium for better marketing opportunities through a forum of more than 40 Farmer Producer Organisations, 14 promoting agencies and Experts. Ecological restoration of sacred

groves and eco-tourism, have also been promoted for conservation of biodiversity.

Improved Quality of Life: Effort to provide an alternate system of health care in remote tribal regions for neglected tribal communities through empowerment of traditional healers known as vaidus, continues to make a good impact on the quality of life of these communities.

Table 3. Statewise cumulative coverage of families under Wadi ProgrammeState Coverage during 2012-13 Cumulative upto March 2013

No. of Villages

No. of Families

Area (Ha.)

No. of Villages

No. of Families

Area (Ha.)

Maharashtra 68 1812 725 2912 96410 37304Gujarat 35 1262 382 255 4205 1156Dhruva Gujarat 335 134 446 32228 12060Karnataka 23 382 153 507 20090 8894Rajasthan 53 378 221 682 21080 6537Uttar Pradesh - - - 104 4215 1031Madhya Pradesh 4 590 236 126 4375 1632Bihar - - - 21 524 350Chhattisgarh 2 192 77 33 1077 431Uttarakhand - - - 3 55 4Total 185 4951 1928 5089 184259 69399

Wadi Programme

Women have been taking the lead in implementing various socio-economic development programmes in various states and addressing the problems of the communities as well. For recognizing the contribution of women to sustainable development, BAIF has been conferring the “Dr. Manibhai Desai Gaurav Puraskar” which was jointly awarded to Samarth Bachat Gat from Urulikanchan, Pune and Jai Bhuvaneshwari Self Help Group from Tumkur district of Karnataka.

Best SHG Award to Samarth Mahila Alpabachat Group, Urulikanchan: Recipient of Dr. Manibhai Desai Gaurav Puraskar and Smt. Vijaya Deshmukh Memorial Award 2012

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Research and Technology DevelopmentBAIF Central Research Station, Urulikanchan k The Central Cattle Breeding Farm has

a disease-free herd of 640 animals of exotic and indigenous breeds of cattle and buffaloes, which include 238 females, 104 calves and 411 elite bulls of 26 breeds. 40 HF embryos were imported from USA of which 18 embryos were transferred with 40% success.

k The semen freezing laboratory ranked “A” by the Government of India, has produced 71.2 lakh doses of semen from 236 elite bulls of purebred HF and Jersey, crossbreds, indigenous breeds of cattle and buffaloes. Out of this, 51% doses were supplied to BAIF’s field programmes in 11 states and the remaining to various Government agencies, Cooperatives and others. The semen freezing laboratory at Jind, Haryana, has produced 8.74 lakh semen doses of 28 elite indigenous breeding bulls of Gir, Tharparkar and Red Sindhi breeds.

k 4000 DNA samples of different breeds are being maintained in the DNA Bank while genetic disorder testing and karyotyping were performed for more than 200 samples.

k Under the field progeny testing programme, 1480 farmers with an average herd size of 6.04, consisting of 89% HF crossbred and 9.6% Jersey crossbred, have been registered in Maharashtra. So far, semen of 216 bulls has been used from 10 bull batches for progeny testing. The tenth batch of 28 bulls is in progress. The progeny performance of first 6 bull batches was recorded as 2939.16 kg milk. The milk recording of progenies born out of sires from 7th and 8th batches are under progress and performance of 96 progenies is 3020.22 kg.

k The field performance recording of Khillar cattle is in progress in 60 villages in Sangli, Satara and Solapur districts. It was observed that 42.92% Khillar cows in Solapur district, 28.94% in Satara and 28.15% in Sangli district are not milked, to facilitate healthy calf growth.

k Under the All India Coordinated Research Project on Forage Crops of ICAR, 12 accessions of pearl millet were evaluated for forage traits and pure line development. Two progenies (F4 & F5) of Maize were grown for Individual Plant Selection (IPS) with desirable forage characters.

k BAIF Napier Hybrid-10 was recommended by the Varietal Identification Committee on Forage Crops of ICAR, for evaluation in North West, North East, Central and South Zones.

k New breeding material of forage crops and grasses were evaluated through 22 breeding trials in kharif and rabi seasons under multi-location. Similarly, 5 agronomic and soil trials were conducted for development of new fodder production technology.

k Technology transfer in fodder production of kharif and rabi forages was undertaken at farmers’ field through 50 Field Technology Demonstrations around Urulikanchan and Baramati in Maharashtra.

HF cross maintained by a small farmer in Maharashtra

Mr. Sanjay C. Kirloskar, CMD, Kirloskar Bros. Ltd., giving Vasundhara Mitra Award to Mr. Sohani

Participation of BAIF at ICAR Directors’ Conference

RecognitionsOur contribution towards sustainable livelihood of weaker sections of the rural communities, were recognised through various awards.

BAIF received the “Sitaram Jindal Prize for Agriculture, Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation”, “ICICI Inclusive India Award for Sustainable Livelihoods Impact” and

“Vasundhara Mitra Award for environmental protection”.

Our initiatives in biodiversity conservation was recognised with our participant community at Jawhar receiving the “Plant Genome Savior Community Award”.


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feed were produced. The mineral mixture unit supplied 312 tons of mineral mixture to farmers through BABTPL.

k Value chain development through processing of silk and marketing at the “Silk Mark” certified shop, has popularised the programme as a homebased activity among small and marginal farmers in the project areas of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

k The Silk Mart shop at CRS has sold garments and accessories worth Rs. 20 lakhs during the year. 300 families in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh have taken up sericulture under the integrated sericulture model to take three crops integrating with agriculture and mushroom and enhancing their income from Rs. 7000 to Rs. 45,000 per year. 250 participants were trained in silkworm rearing while 20 were trained in post cocoon technologies.

k 12000 litres of biofertilizer and biocontrol for various products such as NitroPhos-N, NitroPhos-P, Rhizobium, Azospirillum, F-Neem and Vertrick were produced and

supplied to the field programmes of BAIF.

k The Vermicompost Unit recorded a sale of 33 kg earthworms, 56 litres of vermiwash and 51.8 tons of vermicompost.

k The Community Health Research Centre (CHRC) at Urulikanchan provided diagnostic services to 2010 villagers and 6374 pathological tests were performed. 3866 tests were carried out for diagnosis of diseases in cattle. 2343 SHG members are covered under the Janshree Bima Yojana of LIC of which, 2130 SHG members are enjoying health insurance coverage.

k Mr. Jayantrao Patil, Cabinet Minister for Rural Development, Government of Maharashtra, visited BAIF CRS on February 18, 2013.

k Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar, former Director General, CSIR, Government of India visited BAIF CRS on the occasion of BAIF Foundation Day on August 24, 2012.

Study on Lucerne Productivity Improvement

k Collection, documentation and conservation of nutritious and palatable grasses have been initiated at Wagholi, Lamkani, Khayadu river bank in Hingoli district of Maharashtra and Banni in Gujarat. Genotypes of Ophiuros exaltatus (L) Ktze- Kaus, Eragrostic japonica (Thumb.) Trin and Sorghum deccanense. Stapt ex Bor-Jondali, etc. were collected and planted on Wagholi campus for further study and multiplication.

k Seed production programme of forage crops was implemented on institutional land during kharif and rabi seasons. Under the programme, 197 quintal seeds of Breeder, Foundation and Truthful stage were produced. Planting material multiplication of forage grasses Hy. Napier (BNH-10), Guinea grass, Cenchrus grass was done and total quantity of slips and 19.50 lakh cuttings were supplied to dairy owners, Government institutions, private and cooperative dairies.

k Participatory seed production programme of various crops was undertaken during kharif and rabi seasons under BAIF Agro

and Biotechnology Pvt. Ltd. (BABTPL). Seed production of Maize African Tall and Soybean (JS-335) was undertaken on 42 ha during 2012 kharif. 59 farmers from Ahmednagar and Yavatmal districts participated and produced 49 tons of seed. During rabi 2012-13, seed production of Maize (African Tall), Wheat (HD-2189) and Gram (Vishal) was undertaken on 36.4 ha.

k The Animal Nutrition Laboratory has been analyzing feed samples and raw materials for feed and mineral mixture units to ensure high quality and standard of the feed. Analysis of water and soil samples for other organisations has also been carried out. Precision feeding to assess productive efficiency in breeding bulls is in progress under technical programme of AICRP Project. Bypass Protein and Fat Unit has been established at Wagholi campus.

k The Cattle Feed Unit is engaged in cattle feed formulation and production of superior quality feed. 932.5 tons of cattle

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Dr. Manibhai Desai Management Training CentreThe MDMTC located at BAIF Bhavan in Pune, is supporting various field programmes.

Thematic Development Areas

Centre for Arid-Desert Areas: An innovative farming system-based livelihood development model initiated in the semi-arid regions of Barmer (Rajasthan) and Kutchh (Gujarat) identified rainwater harvesting, cultivation of drought tolerant fruit crops such as ber, date palm, pomegranate, tree crops like Lasoda (Cordia dichotoma), Khejari (Prosopis cineraria) and Guggule (Commiphora wightii) and saline resistant vegetables for wider replication. Relevant Research and demonstration have been organised at Nanodra farm in Ahmedabad district.

Centre for Development in Fragile Hill Areas: The strategy for development of the fragile hilly region of Uttarakhand, relies on a resilient natural resource-based sustainable livelihood model to maintain small ruminants, inland fishery development, fodder cultivation, silvipasture development and promote temperate fruit crops such as apple, peach, nectarine, plum, pomegranate, walnut, malta and pear, vegetables like tomato and capsicum and flowers such as lilium, orchid and roses for more than 250 families of Kumaon and Garhwal regions.

Resource Centre for Tribal Development: Holistic tribal development is being promoted

in selected tribal clusters of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Forest-based livelihood development, use of wild food resources in Central Maharashtra, high value agri-horti development, tribal tourism-based livelihood, ecological restoration of sacred groves and agro-biodiversity conservation are some of the other innovative initiatives.

Centre for Producer owned Agri-business: Improving the supply chain of agri-horti produce such as mango, cashew, amla, strawberry, custard apple and vegetables and facilitating the organised groups of smallholders in collection, processing and marketing of their produce are being met through VAPCOL. The Centre has been facilitating direct marketing in urban areas.

Centre for Livelihoods through provision of Innovative Hospitality Services for Tourists: Community-based tribal tourist centres are being operated in Jawhar cluster of Maharashtra and Kawacha near Silvasa in Dadra-Nagar Haveli region. The Kelichapada tourist centre registered 442 visitors during the year and 1827 visitors so far. Traditional tribal cuisine is being promoted and revived through food counters locally known as Nahari in 9 locations.

To respond to the challenges of development in various agro-ecological zones and to provide well tested package of interventions to the disadvantaged communities, the following thematic centres are in operation.

Innovative farming system: Cultivation of salt-tolerant vegetables

On-Station and On-Farm Research

k The collaborative research on Jatropha genotype evaluation is being continued in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka. Regular observations on general plant status as well as growth and yield are made at all three sites. Along with the genetic variation factor, the genotypes have responded variably for growth and yield under different climatic conditions. Need-based irrigation through drip method and soil analysis-based nutrient application is carried out. Sucking pests that caused mottling of leaves, leaf-eating caterpillars, mites, papaya mealy bugs and cottony cushion scale insects were the important pests encountered while powdery mildew was the disease of significance. Insect and pest problems that required crop protection measures were controlled by chemical and manual control measures. The average height attained by jatropha plants in the third year was 2.3 m. Flowering and seed production started in many genotypes in the first year itself and the seed yield per plant ranged from 85 g/plant to 392 g/plant. Seed samples have been analysed for oil content and quality.

k Studies were conducted on the phenotypic and agronomic expressions of landraces of paddy (15), finger millet (20) and proso millet (10), and purification and improvement was done with knowledgeable farmers. Paddy landraces were cultivated organically and evaluated for grain yield, straw yield and tillering ability. The landraces Kudrat-2 (5.34 t/ha), Malghudya (4.68 t/ha), Lalya (4.84 t/ha) and Mahadi (4.5 t/ha) showed higher grain yields compared to locally grown variety MT 10-10 (5.12 t/ha).

k Finger millet landraces were also evaluated for grain and straw yield and promising among them were Shitpadi (2.7 tons/ha), Shitoli (2.16 tons/ha), Kalperi (2.14 tons/ha), Piter bendri (1.83 tons/ha). Among the landraces of proso millet,

Dudhmogra (2.4 tons/ha), Ghoshi (2.33 tons/ha), Juni vari (2.13 tons/ha) and vari jawhar (1.98 tons/ha) were found to be promising.

k On-farm research trials were conducted to assess growth and yield response of paddy with the method of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and a modified combination method in selected states. SRI and the modified combination methods showed better results in terms of general stand, number of productive tillers, leaf biomass and grain yield. The grain yield with SRI method was 5.10 t/ha as against 5.75 t / ha using the combination method and 4.05 t/ha in traditional method.

k A study is in progress to identify suitable grasses for silvipasture area in Ajmer district of Rajasthan. Five selected fodder species i.e. Dinanath, Guinea, Banni and Karad (a local grass) are being monitored for growth and yield together with local grasses.

k Evaluation of two French breeds of cattle, Abondance and Tarentaise, is underway in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states in 56 and 12 cattle development centers respectively. Recording of characters on performance and appearance of the progeny is in progress. Presently, 76 cows are in milk. The average milk production is 5.75 litres and 6 litres per day in Abondance and Tarentaise respectively.

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Community Health

The community health programme has been focussing on the issues of safe drinking water, sanitation, hygiene, reproductive and child health and malnutrition while reviving traditional systems of medicine to address the health concerns of the community. More than 700 vaidus have been trained so far at the Nature Cure Ashram at Urulikanchan to refine their traditional systems and to adopt modern therapies, are providing essential health care services in the tribal regions of Gujarat and Maharashtra and acting as a critical link with modern medicine. Over 330 Vaidus have established their health (charak) centres in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, with over 5000 villagers approaching them for primary treatment. 60 traditional health practitioners were trained to establish health centres in Dangs district while 16 healers are operating 8 centres in Uttar Pradesh. 59 traditional healers have completed a certification course in community health from Indira Gandhi National Open University

(IGNOU), New Delhi. Awareness campaigns on safe drinking water, nutrition and clean kitchen activities have benefitted more than 5000 families in different states. Awareness on clean kitchen and safe drinking water was created in Valsad district of Gujarat and Betul district of Madhya Pradesh.

Training of Yashaswinis for gainful employment

Training of Traditional herbal healers in Naturopathy

Yashaswini, the programme for empowerment of socio-economically disadvantaged rural women, has trained 19 women in comprehensive rural livelihood and 64 rural women through short-duration courses in tailoring, fashion designing and goat rearing for increasing their prospects for employment and financial independence.

The Gender Concerns Committees are operative in all the states. The Central Committee at BAIF, conducted orientation meetings and a gender sensitisation workshop to ensure safety for women and a congenial atmosphere at the work place.

Women Empowerment

Empowerment of women, an important component of our development programmes, has motivated thousands of women in our projects to take active part in income generation and community development while enjoying a respectable position in society.

Over 3536 groups with a membership of 41292 have been promoted through various programmes spread over 9 states,

have collectively saved Rs. 6.81 crores and accessed cumulative credit to the tune of Rs. 11.35 crores. A total of 727 groups are linked to commercial and cooperative banks to avail additional credit to meet their consumption and livelihood needs. 17 federations have been promoted across BAIF in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh states of which, 13 are registered federations involved in various social and livelihood activities.

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Active participation of women in tree-based farming

SHG members are covered under the Janshree Bima Yojana of LIC. To enhance their capacities and improve their quality of life, field functionaries and representatives of SHGs were trained in functioning of SHGs and Panchayati Raj institutions, credit plus activities like health and in management of natural resources. To ensure financial security under the group insurance scheme promoted by BAIF, 3216 members are enjoying health insurance coverage. 184

families are availing of insurance for their cattle from New India Assurance Company.

Vikasarth, the Development Finance Unit has been strengthening Self Help Groups and apex bodies like clusters and federations for sustainability, empowerment of the community, creation of livelihood opportunities and improvement in their quality of life. An in-house software has been developed for MIS of SHG and installed at 7 locations in 3 states of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Networking with INAFI – India, Madurai and Center for Microfinance, Jaipur has facilitated cross learning of experiences.


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Partnerships with Corporates and Foundations

Realising the scope for expanding the programme, BAIF has entered into collaborations with reputed corporates to take up turnkey development projects under their Corporate Social Responsibility.

k ITC Kolkata in Andhra Pradesh, supported rehabilitation of tanks in Jangareddygudem Mandal of West Godavari district resulting in the revival of 7 defunct tanks, benefitting 408 families with assured source of irrigation and two crops in a year. Pisciculture has been identified as a promising livelihood for 40 tribal families. Ballarpur Industries Ltd., supported livestock development,

agricultural development and women empowerment in 10 villages in Bhigwan block of Pune district in Maharashtra, reaching out to more than 800 families through livestock development, supply of nutritional supplements, increase in milk yield and supply to dairies in the region. 40 self sustained women SHGs are working in the area with a cumulative lending amount of Rs. 30 lakhs per annum. BILT is supporting the livelihood of 969 families spread over 15 villages in Dusani, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, through

breeding services at their doorsteps, village meetings and infertility camps and distribution of critical inputs such as mineral mixture and dewormers thereby renewing the confidence of farmers in dairy husbandry for assured livelihood. BILT supported the Jana Samrudhi Project in Ashti and Chamorshi talukas of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, with focus on livestock development, wadi, vegetable

cultivation and organic farming, enabling 369 tribal families in Gadchiroli to increase their income considerably.

k ITC support has enabled the functioning of 34 Agri Business Centres covering 1728 farmers in 34 villages of Prakasam and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh to ensure timely supply of critical agricultural inputs at discounted prices and attractive loans. ITC supported the operation of 233 cattle development centres in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra

Chairman ITC, Mr. Y.C. Deveshwar, visits the tree-based farming project in Mysore district

Climate Change Adaptation and Environmental Conservation

Environmental sustainability has been a key consideration of BAIF while implementing development programmes. This is reflected in activities such as wasteland development, greenbelt establishment and promotion of sustainable farming. Building resilience to climate change is a new initiative which is aimed at addressing risks of ecologically fragile zones, vulnerability of local communities and promotion of mitigation measures.

BAIF recognises the urgent need to work on climate change resilience and develop a green economy with a high degree of focus. The initial attempt in this regard was to understand local climate change experiences in selected areas with the help of a decision support system called Community-based Risk Screening Tool: Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL).

The areas identified for this assessment included biodiversity-rich Nandurbar (Maharashtra) and Dangs (Gujarat), coastal ecosystem in Amreli (Gujarat), extremely dry areas of Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) and Barmer (Rajasthan), Haveri (Karnataka) and highly vulnerable mountain system in Champavat (Uttarakhand).

Following this study, which helped understand the vulnerability and coping mechanisms of

local communities in response to climate change, BAIF is exploring opportunities to engage in programmes on climate change research and development.

Accordingly, a working linkage has been established with Territorial Approach to Global Change Scientific Services and Knowledge sharing partnership (TASK), an international initiative that aims to build up the resilience of local territories to global change and their rapid transition towards green economy. Collaborations are also being explored with the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security programme of CGIAR and under the Adaptation Fund for which NABARD is the National Implementing Entity.

As the Regional Resource Agency (RRA) for the National Environment Awareness Programme (NEAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, BAIF facilitated 571 NGOs, 237 educational institutions and 65 Government organisations from 37 districts of Maharashtra, Goa and Dadra Nagar Haveli to implement projects on promotion of environmental awareness based on the theme “Biodiversity conservation”.

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Abhinav brand at Nagaon and Chanje and a marketing outlet at Uran has resulted in the promotion of various products of 28 women SHGs. These women have collectively saved Rs. 10.92 lakhs and accessed cumulative credit to the tune of Rs. 17.36 lakhs for promotion of various micro-enterprises.

k Jan Seva Trust (Indian Rayon), sponsored livestock development through assured doorstep breeding services and awareness and adoption of management and maintenance of cows and buffaloes by 510 families from Bhalpara village in Veraval, Junagadh district.

k Ultra Tech Cement Ltd. is supporting sustainable development through the establishment of a cattle development centre at Kovaya, Rajula, Amreli district of Gujarat, benefitting 212 families.

k Larsen & Toubro Public Charitable Trust, has supported the need to address the lack of opportunities for rural youth arising due to inadequate skills through the establishment of Udyam, a technical training centre at Urulikanchan with its focus on enhancement of skills in civil engineering and light engineering aspects. This centre has generated employment for 68 youth in construction sector.

k CAIRN Energy, Vedanta Group, supported wadi development for 15 families from 4 villages in the desert region of Barmer with expansion of the programme to 2000 more wadis.

k Jhabua Power Ltd. (a unit of Avantha Power and Infrastructure Ltd.) supported agro-based livelihood of 1080 families in 20 peripheral villages of Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh.

k Koraba West Power Corporation Ltd., Raigarh, Chhattisgarh (a unit of Avantha Power and Infrastructure Ltd.), is supporting livestock development in 10 peripheral villages covering 290 families.

k Sasan Power Limited, Singrauli (a unit of Reliance Power and Infrastructure) supported 525 families from 10 peripheral villages through social welfare programme.

k Birla Corporation Ltd., Satna (a unit of MP Birla Group), supported integrated peripheral village development of 640 families from three blocks of Satna district.

k Hindustan Unilever Vitality Foundation supported holistic village development of 7674 families from 24 villages in Baldeogarh cluster of Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh.

k Hindustan Unilever Ltd., supported watershed development in Ahmednagar and Nashik districts with good participation of more than 570 families from two villages, resulting in availability of drinking water and cultivation of food crops for assured income through water conservation measures such as drip irrigation, spring development and permanent checkdams.

k Lafarge Cement supported 544 families

Germplasm conservation of paddy at Jawhar, Thane district

Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, benefitting the families through doorstep breeding and advisory services, operation of milk collection centres for procurement of milk and animals with higher value for sale. ITC is supporting farm forestry development in Mysore and Hassan districts, thereby reducing pressure on the scrub jungles and forests, cultivation of fodder as inter crop resulting in availability of fodder and increased knowledge of the participants about diversified cropping systems and agroforestry models.

kSir Dorabji Tata Trust supported drought proofing through tree-based farming system to motivate and uplift 234 families from 18 villages of Kalaghatgi cluster in Dharwad with improved fodder and biomass availability and access to benefits from MGNREGA scheme.

k Tata Power Company supported community development in 9 hamlets in the catchment areas of Kundli and Shirwata dams in Mawal, Pune district. Introduction of improved varieties of paddy, wheat, bajra and maize resulting in increased crop yield and income. Promotion of vegetable cultivation and fruit crops and watershed development through soil and water conservation, were also helpful to improve agricultural production. Empowerment of SHGs through orientation and training in record keeping, enabled them in systematic book keeping, increase in cumulative savings and lending, entrepreneurship development and exposure visits were some of the major outcomes.

k Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT), is supporting revitalization of farming systems of 14,750 distressed farmers from 96 villages in Western Vidarbha under Sukhi Baliraja Initiative through improved agricultural practices to enhance the productivity of major agricultural crops grown in this region such as cotton and soyabean. The other activities included livestock development thorough establishment of 45 centres, watershed development,

empowerment of women and development of Community Resource Persons.

k Britannia Foundation is supporting a project to combat malnutrition through the promotion of fortified food and generation of awareness among the community in Shikaripura taluk, Shivamogga district. Increased awareness about care of pregnant women, nursing mothers and growth of the child, intake of nutritious food, consumption of leaf of moringa tree and sprouted grains and mixture of groundnut and jaggery by expectant mothers, intake of deworming tablets and awareness about the adverse effect of child marriage are the major activities.

k Agriculture extension with Syngenta Foundation covering 19 villages in Mahabubnagar and RangaReddy districts of Andhra Pradesh, resulted in the production and marketing of 1280 tons of vegetables. Dairy farmers were organised for establishing their own milk collection centres which benefitted more than 1000 farmers to market 4000 litres of milk per day at 12 – 15% higher price.

k Deepak Mehta Foundation supported development of sustainable natural resource systems with watershed development, agricultural development and provision of drinking water at Dalimb and Boriaindi villages of Daund in Pune district resulting in development of 40 ha through land development measures, recharging of rainwater, establishment of farm ponds, resulting in 14.6 million litres water storage and motivating farmers to take up inter-crops in horticulture plantations and improved agriculture.

k Hindustan Zinc Ltd. supported integrated livestock development for more than 4900 families from 47 villages in Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur and Bhilwara districts.

k ONGC supported empowerment of women in 3 hamlets in the vicinity of the plant at Uran, Raigad, Maharashtra. A common facility popularly known as the


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Technical Management Skills Development Programme

Two batches of the Post Graduate Certificate Course on Development Management in collaboration with SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai have been completed with 37 development professionals, graduating successfully. They have resumed their work on sustainable rural development, professional approach and managerial expertise.

The SPARK Fellowship Programme facilitated Graduate youth to engage

themselves in community mobilisation and rural development with technical expertise of Expert Mentors in natural resource management and community development. The programme has created a cadre of 15 socially responsible and technically competent Fellows while demonstrating innovative learnings, who have joined reputed institutes and development organisations committed to natural resource management. One of the Fellows, has set up his own agri-business enterprise, while the other one is

apart from promotion of sustainable agricultural practices which resulted in adequate fodder for their animals, good health, higher milk yield and increased income from sale of surplus fodder. 447 families participated in the vaccination programme. 10 families earned Rs. 40,800 from sale of 5880 kg of vermicompost. 35 participants were selected for raising green fodder demonstration plots. 13 farmers opted for maize and 22 farmers for bajra cultivation.

k Reliance Industries Ltd., MADER Trust, is supporting afforestation and horticulture development at Nagothane in Raigad district of Maharashtra on over 470 ha of its Nagothane Plant through maintenance of 14,000 old plants and 800 fruit orchards. More than 17 lakh multipurpose tree species have been planted with a survival rate of 77%. Other activities include gerbera cultivation in poly house, mushroom cultivation, vermicompost production and establishment of honey bee units. Skill development and vocational training of local community for garment manufacturing, repair and maintenance of electrical home appliances, computer and light commercial vehicle driving, apart from vegetables cultivation and establishment of kitchen garden, has enabled the participant families to enhance their income.

k General Mills supported watershed development, water resource development, community health, empowerment of women and strengthening of ashram schools in Akole, Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.

k The Infosys Foundation supported the Suprakashita programme in Nashik and Ahmednagar districts. 184 SHGs are registered with this programme with focus on capacity building of women members to improve the quality of life at the personal, family and community levels through inputs and information on community health, waste water management, kitchen garden, improved agricultural techniques, livelihood opportunities, Government schemes and programmes for community mobilisation.

k The Supraja Foundation is supporting holistic village development in 2 villages of Kaprada block, Valsad district, benefitting more than 900 families through soil and water conservation, tree-based farming, improved and commercial agriculture and improved quality of life. 1026 school children are receiving safe drinking water through water filter installed in 3 village schools and more than 75 families are also enjoying access to improved quality of water. Regular health care and nutrition are being provided to 40 severe malnourished children.

from 12 villages in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan through integrated livestock development. Vikram Cement and Wonder Cement have also approached BAIF-RRIDMA for similar development in their project areas.

k HEG Ltd., Mandideep (a unit of LNJ Bhilwara Group) covers 235 families spread over 10 villages in Tumerakheda, Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh for integrated livestock development.

k Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Ltd., Mumbai, supported socio-economic development in 4 villages of Junagadh district of Gujarat through awareness, cattle breeding, animal health camp, vaccination, public health camp, women development through SHGS, exposure visits, training of women in income generation activities, supply of kits such as lunch boxes and play sets to Anganwadi, school bags, volley ball kit, water filter, chaff cutter, kitchen garden kit, sewing machine kit and construction of a water diversion canal to increase water irrigation facility, has raised the income of 154 families in Kharif and Rabi seasons.

k Gujarat Heavy Chemicals is providing extension support to peripheral villages of Amreli and Junagadh districts with the participation of 412 families. Extension education was launched through infertility and treatment camps to promote cattle breeding activities.

k Essar Group Foundation has conducted a survey of animals and a one-day awareness programme and organised animal health and awareness camps in villages around its plant in Jamnagar district to increase awareness on improved practices of livestock management / animal husbandry, apart from installation of water harvesting structures.

k Agrocel Pure and Fair Cotton Govers Association is supporting cattle development through 5 cattle development centres in Koday, Rapar, Kutchh district, benefitting 3398 families with doorstep breeding and advisory services. All the centres have completed five years of operation and an MoU is in process for further extension of these centres.

k Solaris Chemtech Ltd., Khavda in Kutchh district of Gujarat is facilitating value chain development of dairy husbandry through health care, thereby enabling farmers to enhance their profits almost by 100% and taking further interest in not only dairy husbandry, but also conservation of Banni buffalo breed. Vaccinations with 3000 FMD, 4000 HSBQ and 4500 deworming were carried out and 10 health camps were also organised.

k Gujarat Gas Company is supporting cattle development through the functioning of a cattle development centre covering 12 villages of Valiya taluka of Bharuch district

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Development CommunicationThe communication strategy adopted by BAIF focusses on documentation and sharing of learnings through suitable communication material in print and audio-visual form in English and regional languages. During the year, short duration video films on technology development, books, training manuals, in-house journals and newsletters on the progress and learnings from various programmes, were brought out across the states. Following important documents were brought out during the year:

k The Milky Way: BAIF in Dairy Development – Saga and Reflections captures the innovative journey of pro-poor livestock development and the experiences learnt during the past four decades.

k Sustainable Goat Husbandry Manual highlights the experiences of small goat keepers in West Bengal, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Maharashtra in adopting good husbandry practices.

k Papers on Research, Thematic Areas and Case Studies BAIF 2011 is a compilation of research, thematic papers

and case studies published in national and international journals, workshop proceedings and research reports during the year 2011.

k Innovative farming system-based livelihood model for desert regions captures the development strategies with special focus on tanka-based irrigation adopted in Barmer and Kutchh regions.

k Sustainable Rural Livelihood Creation and Natural Resource Management in Central and Western Himalayas is a proceedings of the Brainstorming Workshop for Crafting Potential Strategies and Measures, held on 11-12 November 2011 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

k Ksheerasiri, a book on the impact of the livestock development programme in Karnataka.

k Janotthan, a film on sustainable development of tribal communities in Karnataka.

k Deepakalika Dhakuti, a book on process documentation of SHG members in Marathi, from Urulikanchan, Pune

Skills development in Construction technology, supported by L&T

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pursuing research in lac cultivation, with the aim of generating additional income for the tribal community. 7 Fellows have enrolled for the current batch, working in the challenging Vidarbha region to address the challenges of distressed families.

An MoU was signed between International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials-India (IAPMO-I) and BAIF for initiating skills development course in plumbing technology at the vocational training centre. Trainers’ Training was conducted from December 21-25, 2012. The training for the first batch of 20 students in the age group of 18-35 years and basic educational qualification of secondary education, commenced from January 2013 for a duration of two months to receive a certificate in “Trained Apprentice Plumber (TAP)”.

Under Indira Gandhi Open University, Delhi, a Study Centre for Watershed management is being operated at BAIF. 15 students successfully completed the Diploma course in water harvesting and management.

410 students enrolled under Diploma courses in Agriculture and Horticulture under the distance learning programme of Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University Nashik at the study centre at Urulikanchan.

Imparting skill based training for creating livelihood / employment opportunities for rural youth has been initiated through Udyam and Yashaswini through short-term courses for imparting vocational livelihood skill and life skills for young men and women at Urulikanchan and Jawhar to provide livelihood opportunities in rural and semi rural areas. A centre at Jawhar has enabled 150 tribal girls and women to complete courses in tailoring, food processing, grafting and improved farming. 12 training programmes were conducted for 370 SHG leaders and members of Haveli and Daund blocks in Pune district.

A one-month Management training programme on sericulture development was conducted for student volunteers from IRMA, Anand and Symbiosis Institute, Pune and training on tassar reeling, spinning and matka silk for 5 women participants from Yashaswini.

70 training programmes were conducted on Livestock Development, Sericulture, Watershed Development, Biofertilizers, Improved Agriculture, Horticulture, Nursery raising, Vermicompost, Mushroom and formation of People’s Organisations for 1300 participants comprising of farmers, field functionaries, scientists, unemployed youth, women SHGs and students at CRS. 55 exposure visits were also arranged for various organizations from the country as well as from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan.

13 Induction, Management Development Programmes, Training of trainers and other training programmes and workshops for capacity building of 258 staff members of BAIF and various Associate Organisations were conducted under MDMTC.

An International Conference on Inclusive and Sustainable Growth was organised on October 4 – 6, 2012 in partnership with Institute of Management and Research, Nagpur, facilitating interaction among the representatives of the Government, industries, academic institutes, civil societies and student community. 72 papers on financial inclusion, environmental sustainability, role of education, governance, approaches for partnerships, sustainable business strategies, role of corporates in relation to inclusivity and sustainability were presented.

The National Group Meet of AICRP on Forage Crops for Kharif – 2012, hosted by BAIF in Pune on May 4-6, 2012, was inaugurated by Dr. Swapan K. Datta, Deputy Director General, ICAR, New Delhi and attended by scientists of the coordinated centres from all over the country.


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BAIF ODISHA

To address the challenging problem of under-development and chronic poverty of tribals in Odisha, the Kalyani integrated livestock development programme with focus on promotion of dairy husbandry, goat development, fodder cultivation technology dissemination and partnership with tribal communities, has made a good impact in 14 backward districts through encouraging participation of farmers in calf rallies, popularisation of chaff cutters with 21,461 farmers making use of the modernised chaff cutters, cultivation of azolla in paddy and production of processed seeds of maize, sorghum, cow pea and rice bean on the fodder demonstration farm at Chiplima. 37383 AI were carried out through 100 centres. The programme has benefitted 32,295 families spread over 1920 villages in 10 districts. Addressing critical health aspects of goats through regular deworming

and vaccination has brought down the mortality by 13.6 % while introduction of the superior Black Bengal and Ganjam breeds have enhanced the prospects of goat keepers for higher profitability.

The watershed plus programme is being implemented in Nabarangapur district covering 5890 families on 7890 ha spread over 56 villages including 16 revenue villages and 12 micro watersheds. Lac cultivation is a new activity which has been undertaken by 25 tribal families for additional income.

A calf rally organised at Khaliapali village under Chandanbhati cattle development centre of Bolangir district, was inaugurated by Mr. Satyabrat Sahu, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of Fisheries and Animal Resource Development, Government of Odisha on January 22, 2013.

Chaff Cutter demonstration at Chiplima fodder farm

PROGRESS OF ASSOCIATE ORGANISATIONSVasundhara Agri-Horti Producer Co. Ltd. (VAPCOL)

BAIF Agro and Biotechnology Pvt. Ltd. (BABTPL)

Value addition and effective market linkage for the produce was initiated through farmer producer organisations ever since the wadi programme was launched. VAPCOL was established in 2008 with 52 producer organisations promoted by BAIF in 7 states

BABTPL, the private limited company established by BAIF in 2009, has launched the production and sale of mineral mixture such as BAIFMin – C and Vimicon and seeds of superior varieties of maize, soyabean and gram on a large scale in support of the development programmes promoted by BAIF. During the year, 312 tons of mineral mixture and 6.2 tons of fodder seeds were sold to various organizations and farmers. Collaboration with pharmaceutical companies for supply of dewormers and consultancies for Navajbhai Ratan Tata Trust, BAIF, Ashwatta Advisors Pvt. Ltd. and export of jatropha oil to Germany were the other initiatives.

to market fresh and processed products. As a member of fair trade and certified under the Shop for Change to prevent unfair trade practices, VAPCOL has established linkages resulting in increased returns to FPOs.

Value addition for tribal produce

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KAMDHENU SUPPORTS EDUCATION

Sumitra Chavan is a daily wage agricultural labour in Abhona village of Nasik district, who earns Rs. 60 - 100 per day for about 8 months in a year. With the advent of weedicide sprays and mechanized farming, the job opportunities for labour are dwindling. Her husband is a driver on daily basis. This family owns one acre of rain-fed land where paddy, warai and nachani are cultivated during the rainy season. Her husband is daily wage driver and earns about rupees hundred per day whenever he gets an opportunity.

The family had a local cow which was inseminated at BAIF’s cattle development center. The cow delivered a crossbred calf. The family raised the crossbred calf which is now in its fifth lactation. The cow is fed grass and agricultural residue brought from the fields where she is employed to save the common concentrate. They sell 1600 litres of milk/lactation at the local dairy society for Rs. 15/litre while keeping some milk at home. The annual earnings is Rs. 24,000 from the sale of milk.

The cow has so far produced three heifers and two bull calves. One of the bull calves was sold recently for Rs. 6000 at eighteen months of age. A 11-month old heifer of the last calving, is maintained by the family. The family has also sold two heifers so far. Income from sale of milk is used for the education of their children. While her daughter is attending a residential school at Karanji, Dindori operated by the Tribal Development Department, her son is in Navodaya School in Aurangabad in the fourth standard. Sumitrabai reveals that she will never sell her cow as it is her major source of food security and education for her children.

Best SHG in Maharashtra: Anjanimata Mahila Group, Trimbakeshwar, Nashik:Recipient of Smt. Vijaya Deshmukh Memorial Award, 2012

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MAHARASHTRA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FOR RURAL AREAS (MITTRA)

The buffalo breed improvement programme in Bet,Transghaggar and Kandi regions has created a record impact with the participation of 75,992 small and landless farmers spread over Patiala, Sangrur, Ropar, Hoshiarpur, and Gurdaspur districts expressing satisfaction with the breeding services at their doorsteps which has helped them in improving the productivity of their animals and in earning

higher income. 139738 AI were recorded. The total number of families is 75,992. Out of these, 31052 families have been receiving direct services during the year. The programme has also achieved a milestone with all the 100 self employed youth enjoying an average income of Rs. 9211 per month with a monthly income record of Rs. 45,664.

The multidisciplinary programmes in Maharashtra continue to receive encouraging response from participant families for the reliable services of BAIF. During the year, 292266 AI were carried out with an average of 1044 inseminations per centre per year inspite of harsh drought. 11 new centres were established during the year. 280 centres are in operation in 3458 villages.

Among them, 90 villages have been covered for the first time under the programme. 2732 families have received direct services during the year while the cumulative number of families benefitted for the year was 53654. 90954 cows and buffaloes were in milk during the year. The goat development programme spread over 5 districts, has reached 227 families.

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GUJARAT RURAL INSTITUTE FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION, VADODARA (GRISERV)

The livestock development programme which has resulted in various best practices, has taken a new dimension with the launch of the Gir development programme in Saurashtra region for conservation of precious germplasm. and 28 new centres were established. During the year, 145092 AI were carried out covering 52,535 families spread over 2476 villages through 224 centres. The cumulative number of families receiving benefits is 84,823 spread over 3528 villages. The Disease Investigation Labs at Vihar in Mehsana and Chikhali in Valsad, continue to serve the farmers of these regions through essential health care services.

237 new families from one village joined the watershed development programme during the year, bringing the total number of families participating in the programme to 26393. During the year, 1262 families from 35 villages joined the wadi programme spread over 382 ha, bringing the total number of families enrolled in the programme to 4205. Comprehensive development of 1907 tribal families is an on-going activity in 45 villages of Sagbara and Vyara clusters of Narmada and Tapi districts with the support of NABARD through fruit and forestry plantations, vegetable cultivation, promotion

of groundnut as an inter-crop and water harvesting structures such as jalkund. Dairy Induction Programme covered 3305 families. Cold storage facility is being provided for the tribals at Bartad cluster in Navsari district.

The development of Kutchh region covered water conservation measures such as roof top water harvesting, well recharging, fodder production, wadi with drip irrigation, nursery raising and goatery. The watershed management programme in Jamnagar district focussed on deepening of ponds, renovation of check dams and integrated nutrient management and IPM trials on cotton and groundnut. The Devpasali and Chapu cooperatives worked to increase the income of farmers through input supply and recorded a turnover of Rs. 8 crores and Rs.3.86 crores respectively during the year.

With the rich germplasm available in the tribal belts of Jawhar and Nandurbar, 724 farmers were motivated to initiate conservation of paddy, finger millet, common millet, pigeon pea and black gram which are an essential part of their diet and successfully identified over 300 native genotypes of paddy and their special uses. They further formed the seed saver farmers’ group and took up the multiplication of seeds on the verge of extinction and motivated other farmers to plant them on a large scale for domestic consumption and for sale. Three Community Seed Banks have been established. The Central Seed Bank at Jawhar has a collection of 400 landraces of paddy, millets, maize,

pulses, oil seeds, vegetables and tubers. 170 landraces of paddy, 27 landraces of finger millet and 10 landraces of Proso millet have been morphologically characterized while a comparative study of the potential yield of 14 paddy landraces was undertaken in Jawhar and Trimbak clusters. 72 wild food resources in Jawhar were documented and 5 species were raised in a nursery. The community effort for conservation of crop germplasm while reaching out to 4200 farmers through seed exhibition, fair and field visits, was recognised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India by awarding them “Plant Genome Savior Community Award” along with a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.

Watershed development leading to increased water table

technologies for improving the productivity of agricultural and livestock was able to uplift more than 15,000 farmers with scope for wider replication in the state. Promotion of supply chain for efficient marketing, establishment of community service centres, introduction of drudgery reduction technologies and skill-based training for the benefit of women and creation of a Sustainability Fund have been promoted for continuity in the programme. Cultivation of high yielding varieties of linseed crop with good agronomic practices could boost the yield from 235 to 850 kg/ha and benefit 600 farmers from Nagpur district.

Processing for retrieval of omega-3 fatty acid in the food chain system and formulation of omega-enriched products were some of the value chain development initiatives. Under non-traditional activities, tassar silk production is being promoted in Gadchiroli and Gondia districts with the participation of landless women. A plantation of Terminalia arjuna was introduced on bunds under the watershed development programme. Promotion of lac cultivation and host plantation (Flemingia semialata) under NTFP initiatives and cultivation of azolla and fisheries as a part of integrated farming system, were taken up for additional income.

1198 new families from 60 villages joined the watershed development programme, bringing the total number of families participating in the programme to 26393.The agri-horti-forestry programme, one of the landmark programmes in the state, has seen demand for registration of 1812 new wadi plots and shift from the traditional fruit crop like mango to new crops like pomegranate, thereby registering the participation of 1812 new families during the year from 68 villages and thereby bringing the total number of families to 96410.

The National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) for remote area development based on our cluster development model, was implemented with the support of ICAR-World Bank in association with Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Maharashtra Animals and Fishery Science University, Bharati Vidyapeeth University and Dr. Hedgewar Sewa Samiti as consortium partners, in the backward blocks of Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Yeotmal, Ahmednagar and Nandurbar districts. To address livelihood security in these blocks, a holistic development model through promotion of appropriate

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During the year, 335 new families from 7 villages joined the wadi programme spread over 134 ha, creating a feeling of empowerment and ownership for 32,228 tribal families from 446 villages, while assuring food security and improved quality of life. More than 12060 ha of marginal lands have been converted into productive assets through tree-based farming system. Micro watershed development covered 3554 ha, benefitting 13,500 families from 50 villages, resulting in enhanced crop production by 25 – 30% during the year. 688 new families from 24 villages participated in the programme spread over 124 ha and bringing the cumulative number of families to 16,500. 4922 ha was brought under irrigation for cultivation of high value cash crops. 600 families were introduced to bee keeping for additional income generation. 140 traditional healers have assumed a prominent role in community health by addressing primary health concerns in over 446 villages. Clean filtered drinking water was provided to 2000 school children from 10 schools.

445 SHGs have been promoted in the project areas. 950 women from 14 villages of Valsad districts have established kitchen gardens in their backyards for better nutrition

and income. Saheli Melas for awareness on health, Panchayati Raj, agriculture and income generation were organised in 17 villages and attended by 391 participants. Dhruva is working with State Bank of India as a Business facilitator and has credit linked 18 SHGs for receiving loan amount of Rs. 5 lakhs. So far, more than 9118 participants have been trained through 737 training programmes in tree-based farming, water resources management, improved agriculture and social empowerment.

During the year, Mr. Ata Singh Meena, NSTFDC New Delhi, Mr. Sunil Lalbhai, Trustee, BAIF and Managing Director, Atul Co. Ltd., and Ms. Hamida AL Shakain, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Oman visited the tribal development programme.

Apart from efficient doorstep delivery services which has transformed the lives of small and marginal farmers in 22 districts, breeding and in situ and ex situ conservation of the nearly extinct Krishna Valley breed of cattle is being undertaken in Bagalkot, Bijapur and Gadag districts covering 570 villages through 27 cattle development centres. 64 Government-operated dispensaries from 6 blocks of Bagalkot district made use of Krishna valley breed semen to inseminate local cattle. 213976 AIs were carried out during the year covering 62,839 families spread over 3555 villages through 237 centres. This included 11 new centres during the year.

The watershed development programme resulted in the participation of additional 157

BAIF INSTITUTE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT – KARNATAKA (BIRD-K)

families from 3 villages spread over 302 ha through 1 micro watershed during the year, bringing the cumulative number of families to 8592. The Jalajeevani Project for sustainable development has impacted the lives of 1679 families spread over 22 villages in Tumkur district who are enjoying higher crop yield in the range of 35-40% from finger millet due to systematic treatment on over 2640 ha, which has greatly reduced soil erosion, increased soil moisture and stabilised the crop production, enabling them to earn Rs. 8000 to 10,000 from sale of mango. Ground water recharge has revived open wells, bore wells and increased availability of water in the existing borewells.

Food security from vegetable cultivation

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra at Chaswad in Bharuch district, disseminated information on suitable farming technologies to 3358 farmers and development professionals along with demonstration of on-farm trials, field trials and field days. Preparation of silage has been initiated in polybags and a permanent structure with 6 ton capacity has been constructed on this campus for demonstration.

An Agriculture Resource Centre has been established at Kadod benefitting 500 tribal families from 21 villages of Mandvi block of Surat district. 70 tribal families from Vansda cluster prepared 70 tons of vermicompost for application on their farm as organic manure.

Two Federations Surabhi and Maitre have been established in Tapi and Bharuch districts. GRISERV is working as a business facilitator with Surat District Cooperative bank enabling linkage of 56 SHGs with a loan of Rs. 33.95 lakhs.

To promote good health and to encourage children to attend school, safe drinking water

is being assured through installation of 14 water plant units, benefitting 11,139 school children in Panchmahals district under the Planet Water Foundation Project.

Under women empowerment, 950 women from 14 villages of Bharuch districts have established kitchen gardens in their backyards for better nutrition and income.

Training being an essential component of the field programme, 123 training programmes on Livestock Development, Vermicompost and Watershed Management were conducted for 4814 persons from 11 districts.

empowerment of women through formation of SHGs and promotion of micro-enterprises, while addressing health concerns such as malnutrition and anaemia, through promotion of backyard nutrition gardens and quality of drinking water by chlorination of wells, health awareness, training and capacity building, promotion of people’s organizations, eco-tourism and in-house newsletters for dissemination of information.

DHRUVA

The wadi based multidimensional programme in the tribal districts of Navsari, Valsad and Dangs, and Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, aims at holistic development of tribal families through adoption of landscape approach and innovative farming practices like farm forestry for wadi development, water resource development for effective soil and water conservation on undulating terrain, sustainable agriculture,

Second Best SHG in BAIF Programme: Vijay Mahila Group, Songadh, Tapi: Recipient of Smt. Vijaya Deshmukh Memorial Award, 2012

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rainwater to recharge the groundwater table. Majority of the farmers have taken up this activity and completed bunding manually. 38162 cmt bunding was completed covering 2869 ha. 609 farm ponds were excavated to conserve rain water. Bunds were further strengthening by sowing stylo hemata fodder legume. An impact study of 90 households and interaction with farmers of Nandihalli, Ajjenahalli, Kabbigere, Boragunte, Gidadagalahalli, Bisadihalli and Chikkarasanahalli village revealed the increase in the yield of Finger millet by 35%. There were improvements in the yields of Jowar and Red gram as well which were cultivated as mixed crops along with finger millet.

Farm ponds retain water for 6 to 9 months in the he lower catchment areas. Seven farmers have started floriculture with jasmine. From these 4-year old floriculture plots, farmers are earning Rs. 10,000 to 15,000. The jasmine flowers are being sold at Badavanahalli market, 10 km from Nandihalli and there is demand for farm ponds in this village.

Many participants were provided 40 horticulture plants and 400 to 500 different species of forestry plants. On an average, the survival rate of horticulture plants is 87 to 90%. Mangoes have attained a height of 2 m. 90% of the plants have started bearing fruits and theee farmers have started earning Rs. 6,000 to Rs. 10,000 per annum from the sale of fruits. Farmers are also growing crops like red gram, castor and fodder sorghum etc in the space between the horticulture plants. Among the forestry species, Acacia auriculiformis and Cassia siamea have survived well and have attained 4 - 5 m height.

Farmers have also noticed the improvement of water availability in the existing bore wells. There was no continuous flow of water (intermittent gaps) before water conservation and recharge activities. Now the yield has improved and there is continuous flow of water in the irrigation borewells. This has ensured clean drinking water for all these villages.

Documentation of livestock development: Book release by Development Commissioner,Mr. Kaushik Mukherji, Government of Karnataka

FRUITS OF LABOUR

“When we visited Nandihalli village in Tumkur district during 2005, farmers were uprooting their tamarind trees. The reason was that the trees were not yielding because of scanty rainfall. BAIF team advised them to stop cutting the trees and wait till the coming season, as the Jalajeevani Project was to be launched. The team explained the project activities to recharge ground water and conserve soil and moisture. After a prolonged discussion, they agreed to stop cutting the trees. Today, new tamarind plantations are coming up. The performance of the existing trees has also improved significantly. Dhananjaya is a local farmer participating in the watershed-based development project called Jalajeevani in Koratagere taluka, Tumkur district, sponsored by K.K. Malhotra and Vaishno Mal Malhotra Trust, Mumbai.

These villages are in the semi-arid region with an average annual rainfall of 550 mm.

Shallow red sandy soils with severe lack of soil and water conservation measures and erratic rainfall forced the farmers to cut the tamarind trees. Vegetation was very thin. Farmers could take only one crop of finger millet. Those having fairly good land were growing groundnut. Knowing the credibility of BIRD-K and BAIF, the community was very receptive towards the project interventions.

The activities were started in 2006 in Dodderi hobli, Madhugiri taluka, Tumkur district, covering 1150 families in 19 villages to improve the productivity of degraded lands through systematic land treatment based on watershed principles followed by plantation of forestry and fodder cultivation all along the field bunds and horticulture plantation in one acre, etc.

Focus was given to trench-cum-bunding across the contours to harvest run off of

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Jai Bhuvaneshvari Group Baluveneralu, District Tumkur, is the recipient of Dr. Manibhai Desai Gaurav Puraskar and

Smt. Vijaya Deshmukh Memorial Award.

The group is working since last 10 years since October 2000 with the same 16 members. Earlier women never came together. The group has been formed for economic security and social cause. Started with Rs. 20 saving the group increased it to Rs. 100. Total saving of the group is Rs. 65,000 and loan amount up to Rs. 5 lakhs. They are meeting regularly once in a week. 5 members are literate and help in maintaining their own records. They have developed good bank linkages and taken loan from bank twice for various purposes like to purchase livestock, repair of house, to purchase agriculture land and to start small hotel at village level. Their repayment is 100% and all of them taken loans for consumption and as well as commercial purpose. In the beginning most of them used to go for labor work on others fields now have a regular source of income. At individual

level they are bold, acquired negotiation skills, managing their business like grocery shop, agriculture activities etc. They have gained the confidence and courage to go to market and sell their vegetables in the market and come back to village in the evening. Everybody has bathroom and toilets at home as well as herbal kitchen garden. Every year they have Mahila Mela on International women day occasion. This group has participated in various village level activities like group plantation program, village cleanliness, sanitation, etc. They are also helping each other in their difficult situation and give support to each others. They act as resource persons for giving livestock training, preparation of Auyrvedic kada, etc. They all feel that SHG has changed them a lot and increased their respect at home as well as in the community.

Best SHG Award to Jai Bhuwaneshwari Group,Tumkur: Recipient of Dr. Manibhai Desai Gaurav Puraskar and Smt. Vijaya Deshmukh Memorial Award 2012

The wadi programme resulted in the participation of additional 382 families spread over 23 villages during the year, with a cumulative figure of 16831 families on an area of 8606 ha. The Suvarna Sankalpa project supported 7848 tribal families from 199 villages in 8 districts, through tree-based farming, maintenance of small ruminants for additional income, improved quality of life through use of energy saving devices, promotion of clean kitchen and establishment of kitchen gardens and strengthening of community-based organisations for sustainability of the programme.

Efforts were made to promote efficient farming technologies such as organic farming, application of biofertilisers and biopesticides among farmers from 13 districts to improve the yield of their crops and to market their organically grown vegetables for higher price. In an initiative in Chikkanayakanahalli block in Tumkur district, several farmers cultivated organic vegetables in a small area of 200 - 2000 m2 per family and earned substantial income in the range of Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 45,000.

The Sachetana Drinking Water project is promoting rainwater harvesting and

improvement in the quality of ground water through people’s participation to ensure safe and fluoride-free drinking water to 26 fluorosis-affected villages in Tumkur district. Under the Planet Water Foundation Project, water filters were installed in 10 schools in Tumkur district.

During the current year, 176 farmers implemented tree based farming system on one acre each under Samrudhi project sponsored by Deshpande Foundation and their efforts resulted in 8728 horticultural and 74040 forestry plants being planted. About 71 ha was treated for soil and water conservation activities, benefiting farmers from Hirebendigeri, Kadalli, Hiremanakatti and Mugali clusters and supporting 715 families from 14 villages.

The Dr. Manibhai Desai Gaurav Puraskar for the best women’s group, demonstrating superior leadership qualities, capacity enhancement through engagement in various micro enterprises and bold initiatives for socio-economic development of the community was awarded to the Jai Bhuvaneshwari Self Help Group from Tumkur district of Karnataka.

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COLLECTIVE PROCUREMENT FOR BENEFIT OF SMALLHOLDERS

Individual smallholders in developing countries face many constraints in the procurement of inputs and marketing of their products due to high transaction cost of transaction. They have limited access to physical and financial resources, lack transport handling experience while smallholders have limited technical skills, lack of training in production and processing and no access to information on market needs. Moreover, farmers lack bargaining power and hence, there is no equal distribution of value addition especially in the case of seasonal and highly perishable agricultural products. The Agri-Business Centres are playing a leading role in establishment of farmer-

centric Agri-business centres in 31 villages of Prakasam and Guntur districts. Nadimpalli, Kummaripalem, Bhadrupale are three Agri-business Centres with 125 enrolled members who received loan for procurement of fertilisers in Kharif 2012. Some members surveyed the market information and tapped the traders for collective procurement of 44.9 tons of fertilisers. As the quantity of fertiliser was huge, the trader gave 10-15% subsidy to the farmers. This enabled the members of the Agri-Business Centre to procure fertilizer collectively and save Rs. 72360/- including transport and labour charges. This effort developed their confidence and improved their bargaining power.

Agri-business development : Fertiliser distribution

A business facilitator model has been launched by BIRD – Karnataka in collaboration with State Bank of Mysore enabling linkage of 233 SHGs under the Navachetana Programme with a cumulative loan of Rs. 11.06 crores.

Training and capacity building were conducted for 4400 farmers, field functionaries and Government officials by Gramodaya Training and Demonstration campus at Tiptur while the Gramachetana Training Centre at Sureshettikoppa in Dharwad district conducted training for 4573 persons.

The livestock development programme which is the premier programme of BAIF in Andhra Pradesh, has shown a steady growth in terms of expansion to 12 districts and enrollment of additional socio-economically backward families into the programme and making an entry into the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu through the establishment of two cattle development centres. 142858 AIs were carried out during the year spread over 2405 villages covering 121419 families

Mr. D.V. Sadanandagouda, Honourable Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka, visited the BIRD-K stall at the Seed exhibition in Bangalore on May 25, 2012. Mr. Y.C. Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC, visited the tank rehabilitation and integrated livestock development programme at U.G. Halli in Mysore district on April 4, 2013. Mr. Venkataramanappa, MLA, Pavagada, inaugurated the Sachetana drinking water project at YN. Hosakote, Tumkur, on July 8, 2012.

BAIF INSTITUTE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT – ANDHRA PRADESH (BIRD-AP)

through 158 centres. 6 new centres were established during the year. The programme contributed Rs.47.36 crores to the GDP. Participation in the international dairy show at Hitex enabled BAIF to showcase its livestock related activities to 22,000 farmers from the state and other parts of the country. Operation of 885 milk collection centres has given an opportunity to small farmers to sell their milk at a fair price.

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RAJASTHAN RURAL INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT (RRIDMA)

The livestock development programme promoted by BAIF in the arid regions has brought hope for small farmers who are maintaining hardy breeds of cattle and goats for sustaining their livelihood. 474484 AIs were carried out through 431 centres benefitting 109062 families spread over 8110 villages. The services were extended to 190 new villages during the year. 85535 cows and buffaloes were in milk during the year. The Goat Development Project in the village clusters of Udaipur has enhanced the productivity through efficient health care while increasing the capacities of the goat keepers in marketing of their animals. The programme has reached 7137 families in the state.

The watershed development programme saw the participation of 372 families from 12 villages during the year, resulting in 2223 families participating in the programme so far. 1668 new families joined the wadi programme which was spread over 506 ha during the year, bringing the total number of families to 22722. The integrated tribal development programme supported by NABARD in Udaipur, Banswara and Dungarpur districts has enhanced the income of 535 families who are earning an additional average income of Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 12,000 per month from mango and anola crops. Improved agricultural practices have enhanced the crop productivity.

The integrated watershed development programme has increased the area under double cropping while ensuring drinking water to the villagers and for protective irrigation. Silvipasture development has been undertaken on degraded pasture lands with community participation in Ajmer and Bhilwara districts. The National Agriculture Innovation Project Component -3 Livelihood and Nutritional Security of Tribal dominated areas through Integrated Farming System and Technology Models at Phalasiya received a certificate of appreciation from Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur at the hands of the Director General, ICAR, Dr. S. Ayyappan on November 16, 2012.

Dr. O.P. Gill, Vice Chancellor, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture Technology, Udaipur, visited the Amla Producers’ Cooperative at Baghpura and Tribal Development Project at Panarva in Jhadol block of Udaipur on September 11, 2012. Ms. Priya Agarwal Non Executive Director of CAIRN India Limited visited the HZL project and appreciated work implemented by RRIDMA.

Improved Agri-Horti and RWH development project and Integrated Livestock development project with support of Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (HZL) has benefitted more then 7000 families resulting in increased crop and milk production of the area.

Red Sindhi breed : Popular breed in Barmer district Income from Fruit crop

The watershed development programme enlisted the participation of 1879 families from 60 villages spread over 41 watersheds, during the year, bringing the total number of families participating in the programme to 3107. Active participation of the farmers was evident in the watershed development programme through the formation of farmers’ clubs while assured water supply encouraged 58 farmers to adopt the modern technique of line planting in paddy and improve their yield. Promotion of micro-irrigation benefitted 49 farmers who could achieve bumper crop yield with watermelon and groundnut. Contour cultivation in Red gram benefitted 40 farmers.

During the year, 558 new families from 22 villages enrolled themselves for the wadi programme bringing the total number of families to 1208. Adoption of tree-based farming system approach for rain-fed agriculture practiced by farmers in Mahabubnagar district has benefitted 558 families through creation of productive assets and generation of employment. The Integrated Watershed Management Project in 29 villages sponsored by the Government of India, has wider scope for holistic development of the villages

converging with various Government departments and schemes duly adopting electronic fund management systems and zero interference of politics. The BAIF-SFI Agriculture Extension project in 19 villages of Mahabubnagar, has enabled 650 farmers to diversify and start vegetable cultivation and collective marketing. The formation of Vegetable Growers’ Association is building confidence among the farmers who marketed 1194 tons of vegetables through 2 collection centres. The other initiatives include operation of agri-business centres and rehabilitation of tanks by desilting.

The impact of the programme was appreciated by Sri. Kavuri Sambasiva Rao, Minister for Textiles, Government of India, Mr. Theo Van den Berg, an expert in Animal reproduction from Arnhem, Willemsplein, The Netherlands, Ms. Paritala Sunitha, MLA and many others.

BIRD-AP was awarded a National level Certificate of Appreciation by ICAR, New Delhi, through His Excellency, Sri. E.S.L. Narasimhan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh to the NAIP team of Andhra Pradesh on July 19, 2012 wherein the Chief Programme Coordinator, was one of the team members.

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This is the story of Garroli village in Baldeogarh tehsil of Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh. Baldeogarh has a rich heritage and is famous for its heroism and ancient culture. The main occupation of this semi-arid region with red sandy soil and deprived of ground water, is agriculture and its allied activities. With rain-fed agriculture and low yielding livestock, people in this area are very poor. Thus, integrated watershed management programme was introduced in collaboration with Hindustan Unilever Vitality Foundation (HUVF) in 15 villages. The sequence of activities followed awareness about soil and water conservation and sustainable agricultural practices, exposure visit to a model watershed, capacity building, PRA and work planning. During this process, farmers could visualize the benefit of constructing a new water body. When this idea was shared with the community, some of the farmers were not in favour of constructing the dam due to the fear of high floods which can damage their farms. This doubt was cleared by the BAIF technical team. A user group was established by the farmers who were likely to be direct beneficiaries and hence, a small dam was built. It was observed that the storage of the dam was till 2 km on the upstream side and the availability of water was till March. One of the farmers Pragilal says, “30 farmers are benefited by the dam, who have started irrigating their farms using diesel engine. The dam has helped in irrigating 50 ha, thereby resulting in the change in mindset of the villagers who are now thinking favourably about the watershed development programme”. He also reminded the team about the story of the thirsty cow and added “every drop of water is important”. Now, farmers are visiting the local watershed office regularly to collect information about the programme and are

planning to build series of such dams so that their village can be brought under irrigation throughout the year. Similarly, a check dam constructed at this village has benefited the farmers immensely. Earlier, he used to cultivate a single crop. Now, he is able to take up two crops. With assured moisture, the yield has increased. The farmers were earlier cultivating soyabean and other pulses with an average yield of 7 – 8 quintals which provided a net income of Rs. 10,560. Subsequent to the project, the second crop of wheat was also cultivated with 3 – 8 tons, yielding a net income of Rs. 28,500.

For years, villagers of Khajrar had to travel a distance of 6 km to cross the nallah (stream) and to reach Haripur Khas, a neighbouring village and Baldeogarh tehsil. During monsoon, the nallah used to be in high flood while during normal times, it was difficult to cross as it was very deep. After the launching of the watershed development programme by BAIF in 15 villages of Baldeogarh, a meeting was arranged and the farmers decided to construct a dam-cum-bridge. Now, the vegetable growers of Janakpur and Khajrar are especially happy as visiting Hirapur market every week to sell their produce has become easy. A farmer from Khajrar village says “The dam-cum-bridge helps us to travel during the rainy season. As there is abundant water available, we are now planning to grow more vegetables”.

EVERY DROP OF WATER COUNTS

Improved crop yield

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTION OF ECO-FRIENDLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (SPESD)

The livestock development programme has been extended to the Bundelkhand region comprising of Sagar, Damoh, Panna, Chhatarpur, Datiya and Tikamgarh districts through the operation of 110 livestock development centres under Bundelkhand special package through AHD, Madhya Pradesh. 42010 AIs were carried out through 168 centres spread over 1697 villages benefitting 34041 families.

The watershed development programme witnessed the participation of 415 additional families from 39 villages. The integrated watershed development programme in Baldeogarh block of Tikamgarh district, is ensuring availability of safe drinking water during summer apart from supporting rabi

crops. Similar programme has also been undertaken in the ravine area of Dabra in Gwalior district.

During the year, 590 families from 4 villages joined the wadi programme resulting in the expansion of the programme to 126 villages benefitting 4375 tribal families in Betul, Seoni district.

Agricultural Productivity Enhancement Project through ICRISAT, covering 27 villages in 5 districts, has resulted in diversified cropping with high yields of green pea, potato and onion crops, balanced nutrition application trials on soyabean have registered 3 to 5 q/ha increase in yield.

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of BIRD-UP in the state. BIRD-UP also recognised the support of the farmers and contribution of employees who have been providing dedicated services for several years and also acknowledged the services of the In-Charges of the Livestock Development Centres.

The Generation of Rural Employment and Sustainable Livelihood (GRESUL) 100-centre Project, established with the support of the Government of India in the year 2004, could accumulate a corpus of Rs. 6.54 lakhs per centre, with an average of over 90 inseminations per month. This confirms that with careful planning for initial support, the programme can be made self-operational within 5 – 6 years even in backward blocks of the state.

Efficient marketing of milk being a crucial problem, particularly in the districts where Dairy Federations are not functioning effectively. BAIF had promoted marketing of milk through farmers’ groups through selected groups in Etawah and Agra districts

through installation of bulk milk coolers. 9734 farmers from Etawah and 2475 farmers from Agra, participated in the collection and marketing of over 1.5 million litres of milk and earned over 20% higher price.

A special programme on development of Murrah buffaloes was promoted with the support of National Agricultural Innovation Project, where farmers were involved in progeny testing of Murrah buffaloes while replacing the inferior animals with newly bred elite progenies.

Under the Sunahara India Project, 11135 farmers were involved in vegetable cultivation with adoption of good production practices such as fertilizer application, based on soil analysis, vermicomposting, hi-tech nursery for sustainable livelihood, drip irrigation and shade net for sophisticated vegetables such as pigeon pea. These families were trained before initiating the cultivation and organised to market their produce efficiently. The women groups of the participant families participated in a literacy drive programme

Agricultural Production Commissioner, Mr. Alok Ranjan, Government of UP, at the Silver Jubilee celebration

BAIF INSTITUTE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT – UTTAR PRADESH (BIRD-UP)

BAIF CHHATTISGARH

The wadi programme is being implemented in 33 villages of Bastar, Surguja and Jashpur districts covering 1077 families through establishment of orchards of mango, cashew and litchi fruit crops, with cultivation of vegetables as inter-crops. The watershed development programme in Surguja district

is being implemented with the active participation of the community. Inland fisheries, vegetable cultivation, lac cultivation and sustainable agricultural practices were also promoted in 22 villages including Bastar and Surguja district, covering 1032 families for additional income.

BAIF Institute for Rural Development - Uttar Pradesh (BIRD-UP), celebrated its silver jubilee on December 13, 2012 in Allahabad. The Government of Uttar Pradesh recognised BAIF’s contribution to Rural Development in the state by deputing Sri. Alok Ranjan (IAS), Agricultural Production Commissioner, Sri. Rajivkumar, Principal Secretary - Rural Development and Sri. Yogeshkumar (IAS), Principal Secretary - Animal Husbandry for the celebration. BAIF was persuaded to launch this programme for the benefit of small farmers in the state by the-then Chief Minister Shri. H.N. Bahuguna and the Government of Uttar Pradesh extended wholehearted

support to establish BAIF centres. Over the last 25 years, the programme has spread over 75 districts through 1234 centres covering 42070 villages, benefitting 2.9 million families. 1311767 inseminations were carried out across the state benefitting 164265 families and 191 new centres were established during the year. The cumulative number of families benefitted under this programme is 2894797. 1,75,373 cows are in milk production contributing Rs. 920 crores to the GDP annually.

On this occasion, Sri. Alok Ranjan released the logo of BIRD-UP and a Compendium on the impact of the development programme

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PEAK ACHIEVEMENT

Jaswant Singh Maurya joined BAIF Institute for Rural Development – UP (BIRD-UP) in 1993. He has been operating the Cattle Development Centre at Kalana in Deomai block in Fatehpur district since 2005. The centre is located 68 km west of Fatehpur district headquarters. This is a backward region with 80% farmers depending on agriculture and dairy farming for their livelihood. Most of the farmers are small and marginal holders, growing maize, sugarcane, pea and chilli with irrigation from borewells. The centre has a breedable population of 7000 cattle and buffaloes including 1192 crossbred cows and 6107 buffaloes spread over 22 Gram Sabhas. Fortunately, th e centre was linked well for marketing milk with Paras dairy, Namastey India and lately with Amul. 300 - 400 litres of milk was collected from every village under this centre.

Considering the scope of breeding, this DRDA centre under Kalana, was divided into two centres - Kalana to continue as

DRDA centre under Jaswant and the other centre to be operated by other technicians under Ksheerdhara to provide paid services, since March 2011.

Hence, Jaswant was ready to accept the challenge although the area under the centre had reduced. To generate adequate work, 10 new villages were added to this centre, thus making his services available to 22 villages under this. centre. Thus, presently, the services are made available to 1337 families. 787 cows and 3664 buffaloes are under milk production. So far, 19684 AI have been performed with 10578 confirmed pregnancies and birth of 8516 calves. In 2011-12, 2335 inseminations were carried out and 1510 calf births were reported. In the year 2012 – 13, the total AI was 3467, with a conception rate of 77.57% for cows and 68.67% for buffaloes.

Dairy farmers of this centre sell 6600 – 7000 litres of milk everyday and the value of milk sold is in the range of Rs. 1.66

Record Achievement by Centre In-charge, Jaswant Singh Maurya

through 20 literacy centres established with the project support.

The multi-activity programme in Sultanpur and Rae Bareli districts, implemented with the support of SGSY, is progressing well. The activities in Sultanpur included development of sodic lands through horti-forestry plantations covering 1270 ha introduction of improved agricultural practices, promotion of dairy husbandry, goatery and piggery and training of youth to take up non-farm sector enterprises such as carpentry, bicycle and rickshaw shops, electric and electrical repair and grocery shops and on-farm enterprises such as vermicomposting, hi-tech nursery, vegetable cultivation under shade net or low poly tunnels, processing of anola and other agricultural produce. In Rae Bareli district, the area covered under tree plantation was 2374 ha benefitting 3121 families. Introduction of efficient water resources management and improved agricultural practices, could benefit these families. To augment the income of small land holders, dairy cattle and buffaloes as well as goats were provided to selected families at a subsidized price which benefitted 3980 small and marginal land holders. Under the programme, 47 SHGs and 12 village watershed committees were active in taking up various development initiatives including empowerment of women. The project helped them to have better access to on-going

Government programmes. The watershed development programme is benefitting 2933 families spread over 18 villages and 8402 ha. The wadi programme is benefitting 4215 families spread over 104 villages.

617 SHGs are functioning under various projects covering 7118 members. To protect small farmers from the debt trap arising from ill-health, low-premium medical insurance has been introduced in selected districts. 1086 SHG members are enjoying health insurance coverage in Uttar Pradesh under the Community Based Health Insurance programme.

Training of rural youth in livestock breeding, fodder development, preventive health care, animal housing and community development, is a regular feature, which benefitted 1136 youth during the year.

Second Best SHG - Saraswati Mahila Group, Raniganj, Pratapgarh: Recipient of Smt. Vijaya Deshmukh Memorial

Award 2012

Agricultural Production Commissioner Mr. Alok Ranjan, Principal Secretary - Rural Development, Mr. Rajivkumar (Behind), and Principal Secretary - Animal Husbandry, Mr. Yogeshkumar at the Silver Jubilee celebration


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BIRD (UP) – UTTARAKHAND

Good impact of the cattle development programme is evident in the expansion of this programme to 12 out of the 13 districts in the state. 77934 inseminations were carried out through 127 centres benefiting 60178 families from 3135 villages and 7 new centres were established during the year. The cumulative number of families benefited under the programme is 256448. The self sustainable model is being implemented in 4 districts. Farmers were trained in improved animal husbandry practices. The NAIP project with the objective of promoting need-based sustainable rural livelihood security is being imple mented in Champavat and Tehri Garhwal districts through backyard poultry keeping, goat farming and rearing of cows. The introduction of Abondance and Tarentaise French breeds in Champavat district has received an encouraging response from the farmers.

The hill area development programme focuses on improved and sustainable agriculture, horticulture and floriculture. Many farmers have adopted these technologies and have cultivated superior quality vegetables under shade net and extended the cropping season, by providing protection against cold weather conditions.

The integrated tribal development programme in Dehradun district is promoting tree-based

farming, improved vegetable cultivation and fodder development, livestock husbandry and sericulture. 55 families from 3 villages are participating in the orchard development programme through cultivation of lemon crop spread over 4 ha.

The rehabilitation of victims in Rudraprayag district was conducted through construction of temporary shelters for the damaged houses, supply of utensils and essential rations and provision of safe drinking water, quilts for protection against cold weather and counselling.

Floriculture for livelihood in hilly regions

Food processing by women group for supplementary income

lakhs to Rs. 1.80 lakhs per day. Thus, the farmers of this centre are pumping 6.5 crores of rupees to the economy of the village every year.

Punctuality and efficiency were the two key ingredients which made him very popular in the villages. He starts work at 6 – 7 am every day and returns home late in the evening. He carries his breakfast and lunch with him and uses his spare time in verification of calving and interacting with farmers who admire his devotion and passion for his work. As the cows and buffaloes are born out of BAIF progeny, farmers have been adopting stall feeding and cultivating fodder, maize, oat and berseem for feeding them. Minor health services such as vaccination, deworming and supply of mineral mixture are also being provided by the programme operators.

Jaswant had heard of high volume of work in the cattle development centres in Maharashtra and is motivated to take a challenge to break this record. Hence, he has prepared himself and started approaching farmers to avail of BAIF services. Namastey India and other private operators are also providing AI services here, competing with BAIF. The response was better and this enabled him to carry out 915 AI in January 2013 as the highest AI in BAIF Associate Organisations across the country. He was awarded for top performance by Shri. G.G. Sohani, President, BAIF and Shri. Ramesh Rawal, Executive Vice Chairman, BIRD-UP, on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee celebration on December 3, 2012.

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BAIF INSTITUTE FOR RURAL VOCATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT (BIRVA)

The livestock development programme with its focus on dairy cattle development, heifer rearing, productivity enhancement camps, green fodder demonstration, azolla demonstration and production and goat development, is being operated in all the 24 districts. The services of BIRVA were recognized by the State Government through felicitation of the 3 most outstanding AI technicians at the hands of former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Mr. Arjun Munda on November 12, 2012. Best performing Technicians from every district, were also recognized by the-then Chief Minister. 273558 inseminations were carried out through 760 centres spread over 562 villages, benefitting 94240 families. The cumulative number of families benefitted under this programme is 649475. The programme contributed Rs. 164 lakhs to the GDP.

To strengthen the dairy development programme in the state, a national seminar on “Status, Opportunities and Sustainability of Dairying in Jharkhand, Ranchi” was organised by the Government of Jharkhand in collaboration with BAIF on June 1-2, 2012 and inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Jharkhand online. Dr. Narayan G. Hegde was invited as a Special Guest to speak on a suitable strategy for boosting dairy development in the state, involving small and

marginal farmers. Dr. Suresh B. Gokhale, Director - Research, BAIF, presented detailed data on the operation of the BAIF cattle development centre in the state and its relevance to the livestock breeding policy of the state. Farmers, including the tribal farmers from Santhal region are taking part in the programme and participating in calf rallies which have been organised in all the districts. A calf rally in Khunti district, was inaugurated by Mr. Kariya Munda, Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Mr. Arjun Munda, the -then Chief Minister of Jharkhand inaugurating the BAIF stall

Cultivation of Azolla

BIRD (UP) – BIHAR

Apart from its presence in 16 districts, BAIF has been selected by the AHD, Government of Bihar, to implement livestock development project in 27 districts under 8 regions through 1200 livestock development centres to extend the benefits of doorstep services to small farmers. All the 257 centres are in operation, spread over 5740 villages and 5 new centres were established during the year. Among them, 338 villages have been covered for the first time under the programme. 219940 families have received direct services during the year while the cumulative number of families benefitted under this programme is 3,94,940. The programme contributed Rs. 250 crores to the GDP.

The watershed development programme is benefiting 9235 families from 41 villages spread over 5623 ha and 5 micro watersheds. The wadi programme is making good progress with the participation of 524 tribal families from 21 villages, with 97% survival of horticultural crops thereby indicating the interest and ownership of the programme participants. BAIF was able to install over 55 hand pumps, 23 treadle pumps, organise 10 desiltation of wells, construct 4 new wells and 4 borewells spread over 47 villages for supporting irrigation of wadis, which has also provided a permanent source of clean water for drinking. In Sangrampur block of Munger district, 140 wadi owners from 3 villages were able to come out of poverty. The programme enabled them to develop

safe drinking sources, reduced hardship for women and established social credibility.

Promotion of farm schools for training and capacity building of farmers in water conservation, has enabled enhancing the agricultural production and earning supplementary income through maintenance of small ruminants and leaf plate making, using Palas leaves. Cultivation of BAIF hybrid Napier as fodder and Azolla as feed supplement, has received encouraging response from the farmers. Promotion of energy saving devices such as solar lanterns is benefitting 1200 tribal families and their children who have evolved study groups with this device.

Dr. D.V. Deshpande, Chief General Manager, NABARD, inaugurated the cattle show arranged in Sakkadi centre in Ara district on January 6, 2013, where more than 450 farmers with their cows and calves born under BAIF programme, participated in the programme. Former Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri. Lalu Prasad Yadav, interacted with one of the BAIF women Centre In-charge Ranju Kumari to learn about the functioning of Sonpur centre in Chhapra district under Godhan project and appreciated the mode of BAIF operations. A workshop on Role of Gender in promoting livestock programme was organized on July 11 – 12, 2012 in Patna where representatives of Godhan project from three states participated.

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A) State-Level Associate Organisations

1. BIRD, Andhra Pradesh2. BAIF Bihar (under BIRD UP)3. BAIF Uttarakhand (under BIRD UP)4. BIRD-UP, Uttar Pradesh5. BIRVA, Jharkhand6. BIRD-K, Karnataka7. DHRUVA, Gujarat8. GRISERV, Vadodara, Gujarat9. MDMTC, Pune10. MITTRA, Maharashtra11. RRIDMA, Rajasthan 12. SPESD, Bhopal, MP

B) Core Groups / Thematic Centres Core Groups are established at suitable locations to implement the role required of a Resource Support Organisations for particular programmes and geographical areas. Thematic Centres are Start-up Teams to initiate programme development in newer Thematic Areas.

BAIF is a professionally managed, secular civil society organisation headed by a Board of Trustees. To ensure effective programme conception and implementation, BAIF has promoted independent Associate Organisations in operational states. BAIF has also created a central cadre of senior scientific and managerial staff who are deputed to various Associate Organisations of BAIF for effective transfer of programme implementation.

The goat development programme has reached 26,950 families in the state. The goat development programme sponsored by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, is being implemented through 8 centres covering 9581 goat keepers from 160 villages in Deoghar and Godda districts. Goat development programme sponsored by the Animal Husbandry Department, Government of Jharkhand, is being implemented in 20 clusters covering 24,680 goat keepers from 400 villages in 6 districts. Under the imGoats Project, 160 goat keepers have been formed in 60 villages of Jama block of Dumka district promoting Black Bengal breed. A goat rally was arranged in Tapsi village, Jama, to motivate farmers to adopt better management practice in goat husbandry. Local traders and other

stakeholders were also invited to interact with goat keepers. 343 goats belonging to 93 goat keepers, were registered.

Under green fodder demonstration, 25204 tons of green fodder was produced from kharif seeds and 164131 tons from rabi seeds. 850 farmers were trained in azolla production to promote as a supplementary feed.

His Excellency, Dr. Syed Ahmed, Governor of Jharkhand, visited the BIRVA stall on the eve of World Milk Day on June 1, 2013. Mr. Madhukar Gupta Advisor to the Governor and Mr. Nitin M. Kulkarni, Officiating Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, also visited the stall.

One of the beneficiaries from Jama block, Dumka district, received 7 kids under this programme. This germplasm is being taken for further multiplication of the programme.

Organisational Structure of BAIF

Governing Council

FunctionalTeams

Units/AssociateOrganisations

Core Management Group

President & Managing Trustee

Vice Presidents

Research Committee

CentralResearch

Station

State - Level

AssociateOrganizations

State - Level

AssociateOrganizations

Finance

M & E

MDMTC

Development Programmes / Training

Core Groups /Thematic Centres

HR Team

Board of TrusteesExecutive Committee of Trustees


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MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMME COVERAGEState - Districts Livestock

Devt.Watershed

Devt.Agri. / Wadi

Agri-BusinessWomen Emp.

Dev. Fin. / HealthAndhra Pradesh - Mahabubnagar, Ranga Reddy

Guntur, Prakasham, Warangal

Anantapur

Karimnagar, Khammam, West Godavari, Medak, Chittoor, Nalgonda

Bihar - Banka, Munger

Buxar, Chhapra, Samastipur, Siwan, Vaishali

Arra, Begusarai, Gopalganj, Jehanabad, Muzaffarpur, Nawada, Lakhisarai, Patna, Rohtas

Chhattisgarh – Bastar

Jashpur, Sarguja

Gujarat – Bharuch, Dahod, Surat, Dangs, Navsari, Valsad

Bhavnagar, Vadodara

Ahmedabad, Junagadh, Jamnagar, Rajkot

Kutchh

Amreli, Banaskantha, Mehsana, Narmada, Patan, Porbandar

U.T. of Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Haryana – Jind, Yamunagar

Himachal Pradesh – Mandi

Jharkhand – Bokaro, Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Garhwa, Giridih, God-da, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Jamtara, Khunti, Koderma, Latehar, Lohardaga, Pakur, Palamu, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Sahebganj, Saraikela-Kharsawan, Simdega, East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum

Karnataka - Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamarajnagar, Chick-kamaglur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Tumkur, Uttar Kannada

Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal, Chhatarpur, Damoh, Datiya, Betul, Guna, Indore, Mandsaur, Raisen, Sagar, Sehore, Singrauli, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Vidisha

Satna, Seoni

Betul

Bhopal, Dhar, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Tikamgarh

Guna

Hoshangabad, Indore, Rajgarh, Sehore, Vidisha

Maharashtra – Ahmednagar, Amravati, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Nashik, Pune, Washim, Yevatmal

Hingoli, Wardha

Gondia, Nagpur, Nanded,, Raigad, Thane

Beed

Akola, Bhandara, Kolhapur, Satara

Usmanabad

Odisha – Angul, Baragarh, Bauda, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Koraput, Naupada, Sambalpur, Sonepur

Nabarangpur

Punjab - Patiala, Sangrur, Ropar, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur

Rajasthan - Bundi

Udaipur

Ajmer, Banswara, Baran, Dungarpur

Alwar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dausa, Jaipur, Jhalawar, Karauli, Rajsamand, Tonk

Badmer

Bharatpur, Nagaur, Sawaimadhopur, Sirohi

Tripura – Dalai, West Tripura

Uttarakhand – Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champavat, Dehra Dun, Garhwal, Haridwar, Nainital, Pauri, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Uddham Singh Nagar, Uttar Kashi

Champavat, Dehra Dun, Rudra Prayag

Uttar Pradesh - Aligarh, Ambedkar Nagar, Auriya, Azamgarh, Bagpat, Ballia, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, Basti, Bijnor, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Chandauli, Deoria, Etah, Etawah, Faizabad, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur, Firozabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Hardoi, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Kannauj, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Kanshi Ram Nagar, Kaushambi, Kushi Nagar, Lakhimpur Khiri, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Maharajganj, Mahoba, Mainpuri, Mathura, Mau, Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muzaffar Nagar, Pilibhit, Rae Bareli, Rampur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Shravasti, Siddharth Nagar, Sitapur, Sonbhadra, Sultanpur, Unnao, Varanasi

Chitrakoot, Hamirpur

Agra, Allahabad, CSM Nagar (carved Distt. from Rae Bareli, Sultanpur)

Amethi, Bahraich, Balrampur, Gonda

Pratapgarh

West Bengal - Bankura, Burdwan

PUBLICATIONS Development Strategy

k BAIF History and Heritage k In the Footsteps of Gandhi – the Manibhai Desai and BAIF Story k Manus Ubha Kela (Marathi) k Manibhai Desai - An Ascetic Incarnate k Blowing in the Wind k Integrated Rural Development for Sustainable Livelihood k Prayas: Experiences in Partnership

Natural Resource Management k Horticulture for Tribal Development: BAIF’s Story of Excellence k Drought Proofing for Sustainable Livelihood: A Replicable Model for Dryland Development k Second Green Revolution for Sustainable Livelihood of Farmers k Innovative Farming-system-based livelihood model for desert regions k Unfolding the potential of Tribal Food Resources of Western India k Income Diversification through Underused Crops – The CoDI Experience k Watershed Manual k Soil and Water Conservation Structures in Watershed Development Programme (Rev. Ed.) k Soil and Water Conservation Structures in Watershed Development Programme (Marathi) k Water for All – A success story of networked arm ponds of Karnataka k Combating Drought – A success story from Rajasthan k Jal Jeevanamrit (Marathi) k Adhik Dudhasathi Hirva Chara (Marathi) k Ferrocement k Landscape Approach for Integrated Rural Development k Sustainable Livelihood – Development in Arid regions; Focus on Central Himalayas k Adhik Dudhasathi Hirva Chara (Marathi) k Ferrocement

Workshop Proceedings k Proc. of the IX Annual Convention of Society for Conservation of Domestic Animal Biodiversity and National Symposium on “Role of Indigenous Animal Genetic Resources in Rural Food Security vis-à-vis Climate Change” k Sustainable Rural Livelihood Creation and NRM in Central and Western Himalayas k Underutilised Fruit Species for Food-Nutrition Security and Enhanced Rural Livelihood k Jatropha and Other Perennial Oilseed Species k Unfolding the Potential of Diversified Rural Livelihood – Successful Initiatives

Research Reports k Papers on Research Thematic Areas and Case Studies BAIF Programme 2011; 2010; 2009 k AICRP on Forage Crops: A Decade of Research k BAIF Research Highlights 2001-2007 k Promotion of Sustainable Livelihood in Desert Areas of Western India k Conjunctive use of Water Resources in Deccan Trap, India

Livestock Development k The Milky Way: BAIF in Dairy Development – Saga and Reflections k Sustainable Goat Husbandry Manual k Eco-friendly Goat Husbandry for Sustainable Livelihood of Small Farmers k AI and Dairy Cattle Management k Dudhal Gai: Mhashinche Vyavasthapan (Marathi)

Community Health k Positive Attitude for Good Health and Happiness k Nature Cure

PUBLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTARY FILMS FROM BAIF


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k Nature Cure for Obesity k Essence of Nature Cure: Focus on Women k Natural Recipes: Healthy and Refreshing Diet for All k Nature Cure for All: Natural Remedies for Health Disorders

Empowerment of Women k Gender Sensitisation Training Manual k Swayamsahayta Gat Prashikshak Margdarshika (Marathi) k Building a Self Help Group - training manual for trainers

Training Manuals k Sustainable Farming k Low Cost Technology for Afforestation on Wastelands k Wadi Progamme: A Tree Based Farming System User Guide k Post Harvest Management and Value Addition of Mango k Cashew Processing Operation Manual k Tamarind: Homestead tree to Commercial Orchards k Ber: A Boon for Wastelands k Shaping your Land k Planting and Aftercare of Fruit Trees

Nature Series for Children k Mother Nature k Bioenergy: The Dependable Source for the Future k Let Us Protect Our Environment (Marathi) k Appu and his Pet Puppy k Niru and her Baby Mango Tree

DOCUMENTARY FILMS : k In the Footsteps of Gandhi: the Manibhai Desai and BAIF Story k Building from Below k Mor Dekhna Jungle Mein (The Peacock Trail), English and Hindi k Wadi (English and Hindi) k From Seed Sovereignty to Food Security k Utthan (The Dawn) (English and Hindi) k Sustainable Livelihood in Backward Regions of Maharashtra (English, Hindi and Marathi) k Distress to Prosperity (English, Hindi and Marathi) k Kotwaliya (English and Gujarati) k Dheya Sabalikaranache Swayam Sahyata Gatachi Sutra (Marathi) k Wavli (English and Hindi) k Golden Earth (Sunhari Dharti), English, Hindi and Marathi k The A Frame (English, Hindi and Marathi) k Nursery Raising (English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati) k Grafting (English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati) k Aftercare English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati) k Low Cost Technology for Wastelands Development (English and Marathi) k Samruddhi (Prosperity), English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati k Artificial Insemination and Care of Buffaloes (English and Marathi) k Controlling Tuberculosis: A New Beginning (English and Hindi) k Artha Tun Artha Palikade (Marathi); Artha se Artha Purna Ta ke Oar (Hindi) k Vardaan (The Boon), English, Hindi and Marathi k Gokak goes Green k Industrial Greenbelt - a War on Urban Pollution k Our Environment – Let Us Protect It (English, Hindi and Marathi) k Value Chain on Linseed k Value Chain for Tasar Sericulture, Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra k A Success Story of Mandane Cluster k Sustainable Livelihood through Holistic Development of Livestock, Akole, Ahmednagar, k Crop germplasm conservation and revival efforts through BAIF

BAIF'S PROGRAMMES IN INDIA

Operational States

Cattle Development

Semen Laboratory

Goat Development

Watershed Development

Agri-Horti-Forestry

Women Empowerment

Community Health

Sericulture

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BAIF Development Research FoundationDr. Manibhai Desai Nagar, Warje, Pune 411 058, MaharashtraPhone: 020-25231661 Fax: 91-20-25231662 E-mail: [email protected]

BAIF Central Research StationUrulikanchan, Pune 412 202Phone: 020-26926248 Fax: 26926347 E-mail: [email protected]

BAIF Development Research FoundationE-1, First Floor, DDA Market, MOR land New Rajendra Nagar, New Delhi 110 060Phone: 011-28741031 / 28741032Fax: 011-28741036 E-mail: [email protected]

BAIF Semen Freezing LaboratoryDharouli, Jind, Haryana 126113Phone: 01686-268563 Fax: 01686-268248E-mail: [email protected]

BAIF Odisha “Kalyani”, Gandhi Colony, Sarlakani, Post Dhankauda Via Remed, Sambalpur 768 006, OdishaTelefax: 0663-2410276 Email: [email protected]

BAIF Punjab705, Ghumman Nagar - BLane No. 7, Alipur Road,Patiala 147001Phone: 01756-540450Email: [email protected]

BAIF Chhattisgarh 47, Anand Nagar, Near Shiv Mandir, Raipur 492 001ChhattisgarhPhone: 0771-4074750 E-mail: [email protected]

Maharashtra Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA)BAIF-MITTRA Bhavan, Opp. Nivas Homes, Behind Bodhale Nagar,Nasik-Pune Highway, Nasik 422 011, MaharashtraPhone: 0253-2416057 / 2416058 Fax: 0253-2416056E-mail: [email protected] www.mittra.org

Gujarat Rural Institute for Socio-Economic Reconstruction, Vadodara (GRISERV)3rd Floor, Indra Complex, Near Amarjyot Society, Manjalpur, Vadodara 390 004Gujarat Phone: 0265-2654897, Fax: 0265-2651802E-mail: [email protected] www.griserv.com

DhruvaBAIF Vrindavan Campus, Village Lachhakadi P.O. Gangpur, Tal. Vansda,Dist. Navsari 396 580, GujaratPhone: 02630-244096, 290314 Fax: 02630-244005E-mail: [email protected] www.dhruva.org.in

BAIF Institute for Rural Development – Karnataka (BIRD-K)`Kamadhenu’, P.B. No. 3, Sharada Nagar, Tiptur 572 202, KarnatakaPhone: 08134-250658 / 250659 Fax: 08134-251337E-mail: [email protected] www.birdk.org.in

BAIF Institute for Rural Development, Andhra Pradesh (BIRD-AP)House No. 17-1-382/SN/22Srinivasa Nagar Colony, Near Sports Club, Champapet, Hyderabad 500 059 Telefax: 040-24075405 E-mail: [email protected] www.baifap.org

Rajasthan Rural Institute of Development Management (RRIDMA)BAIF Bhavan, G Block, Near Community Hall, Hiran MagriSector 14, Udaipur 313 002, RajasthanTelefax: 0294-2640133E-mail: [email protected] www.rridma.org

Society for Promotion of Eco-friendly Sustainable Development (SPESD)“Surbhi”, E-7/65 Lala Lajpat Rai Society, Arera ColonyBhopal 462 016, Madhya PradeshPhone: 0755-2461019 Telefax: 0755-2428619E-mail: [email protected]

BAIF Institute for Rural Development – Uttar Pradesh (BIRD-UP)27 A , A.C. Banerjee Road, LIC Colony, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar PradeshPhone: 0532-2466220 Fax: 0532-2465475E-mail: [email protected] www.bird-up.org

BIRD (UP) - UttarakhandSarvapriya Vihar, Near Ramdev Ashram, Kankhal,Haridwar 249 408 UttarakhandPhone: 01334-324512 Fax: 01334-240576E-mail: [email protected]

BIRD (UP) – Bihar House No. 2, Road No. 8, East Patel Nagar, Patna 800 023, BiharPhone 0612-2284326,Telefax: 0612-2292486 E-mail: [email protected] www.bird-bihar.org

BAIF Institute for Rural Vocations and Advancement (BIRVA)Farmers’ Training Centre Campus, (Near Sudha Dairy),HEC Sector II: Dhurwa, Ranchi 834 004, JharkhandPhone: 0651-2444188 Fax: 0651-2444114E-mail: [email protected] www.birva.org.in

Vasundhara Agri-Horti Producer Co. Ltd. (VAPCOL) Dr. Manibhai Desai Nagar, Warje, Pune 411 058, MaharashtraPhone: 020-25235414 Fax: 020-25231662 E-mail: [email protected]

BAIF Agro and Biotechnology Pvt. Ltd. (BABTPL) Dr. Manibhai Desai Nagar, Warje, Pune 411 058, MaharashtraPhone: 020-25235414 Fax: 020-25231662

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