BAIF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION

BAIF ANNUAL REPORT 2011 - 2012

RESEARCH COORDINATION COMMITTEE Dr. S.B. Gokhale, Dr. J.N. Daniel, Dr. A.B. Pande, Mr. B.K. Kakade, Dr. S.S. Roy and Mr. S.E. Pawar

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.

Income Tax Exemption for Contribution to Scientific ResearchBAIF has been recognised by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India u/s 35 (1) (ii) of the IT Act, 1961

for Scientific Research. Contributions made to BAIF for carrying out Research and Development activities, will be eligible for exemption from Income Tax.

BAIF TRUSTEES

Smt. Rajashree A. Birla Mr. Kishor A. Chaukar Mr. Sunil S. LalbhaiMr. Deepak C. Mehta Dr. Sudha N. Murty Mr. Pratap G. Pawar Mr. Sharad Upasani Dr. Narayan G. Hegde Mr. 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

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 Vice President

Dr. D.N. Shindey Vice President

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

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

Ms. Pritam Chandak Executive Finance Director

Ms. Meena Gokhale Sr. Programme Coordinator

BAIF ANNUAL REPORT 2011-2012

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

Phone: 020 25231661, Fax: 020 25231662 E-mail: baif@baif.org.in Website: www.baif.org.inCover Page Photo: Mr. Girish Sohani and Mr. Bharat Kakade receiving

Social Impact Award from Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi

CONTENTSI wish to place on record, our heartfelt tribute to Late Shri. Arvind Mafatlal, who assumed the Chairmanship of BAIF from 1977 till his demise on October 30, 2011. Arvindbhai had a passion and commitment for upliftment of the downtrodden masses and extended a helping hand to Dr. Manibhai Desai since 1974 as a Trustee, devoting valuable time and resources for supporting various programmes of BAIF. He played a crucial role after the demise of Manibhai which enabled BAIF to tide over a leadership vacuum and make good progress. Today, we miss the guidance and affection of Late Shri. Arvindbhai. However, we are fortunate that Shri. Hrishikesh Mafatlal – who has himself been closely associated and supportive of BAIF work as a Trustee - has accepted the responsibility of Chairmanship of BAIF. We are indebted to him for his valuable support and guidance.

We are happy to present the progress for the year 2011-12. This has been the year of our continuing efforts for excellence and assimilating technological advances to address emerging challenges in the field. Improving the genetic base of our bull mother farm and bull station, establishing a new semen production station at Jind in Haryana, and exploring newer advances in application of genomics and newer technologies in our livestock development programme are the areas of our focus. This would certainly help the farmers to produce better quality animals and make the programme more remunerative.

The field programmes have made significant progress, particularly the expansion of the cattle development programme with a commitment to transform into self-sustainable centres. The programme supported by the Government of India under SGSY Programme in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Ksheerdhara programme operated with the help of NDDB, has confirmed that with careful selection of milk shed areas, placement of well trained and committed paravets and initial financial support to cover viability gap, the field programme can be made sustainable over a five to seven year period. In addition to the ongoing programme in a dozen States, we initiated work in two new States recently – one highly progressive and the other in very initial stages of dairy animal production. Our buffalo and cattle improvement programme in Punjab has received overwhelming response and reached levels of over a hundred thousand AI per year, opening the way for further expansion. The programme in Orissa has also started making a good impact at a level of over 30,000 AI per year and growing.

BAIF continues to serve as a Resource Agency for NABARD-sponsored watershed development programme and for implementing the watershed programme in various states. With our holistic approach, we were able to involve the community right from the stage of conception and converge with various development organisations to facilitate productivity enhancement in various sectors. With efficient land-use planning, introduction of improved technologies and linkages with market, participant families were able to enhance their income by 30-40% in these watersheds while improving the ground water table and biodiversity.

The wadi programme which evolved through our initiatives in Vansda during the early 80’s, has become a national programme funded by Ministry of Tribal Affairs as well as through a Special Fund created by NABARD. A large number of voluntary organisations and the State Governments have now accepted the Wadi approach as a viable alternative for rehabilitation of tribals in their own environs. BAIF continues to serve as a Resource Agency for NABARD and as the Centre of Excellence for Tribal Development sponsored by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

PREFACE1. Preface

2. Programme Highlights - Families under Major Programmes 2 - Project Outlay 2 - Livestock Development 3 - Water Resources Development 6 - Sustainable Agriculture 9 - Integrated Cluster Development 9 - Sericulture 12 - Agri-Horti-Forestry for Tribal Rehabilitation (Wadi) 14 - Agri-Business 16 - Forestry and Environment 17 - Women Empowerment 18 - Community Health 19 - Thematic Development Areas 20 - Partnership with Corporates and Foundations 24 - Research and Technology Development 26 - BAIF Central Research Station 26 - On-station and On-farm Research 28 - Development Communication 30 - Capacity Building 31

3. Visitors 33

4. Organisational Structure of BAIF 35

5. Progress of Associate Organisations - BAIF Orissa 36 - BAIF Punjab 37 - Maharashtra Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA) 38 - Gujarat Rural Institute for Socio-Economic Reconstruction, Vadodara (GRISERV) 43 - DHRUVA 44 - BAIF Institute for Rural Development - Karnataka (BIRD-K) 46 - BAIF Institute for Rural Development - Andhra Pradesh (BIRD-AP) 48 - Rajasthan Rural Institute of Development Management (RRIDMA) 49 - Society for Promotion of Eco-friendly Sustainable Development (SPESD) 50 - BAIF Chhattisgarh 52 - BAIF Institute for Rural Development - Uttar Pradesh (BIRD-UP) 53 - BIRD (UP) - Uttarakhand 54 - BIRD (UP) - Bihar 56 - BAIF Institute for Rural Vocations and Advancement (BIRVA) 57

6. BAIF’s Multi-disciplinary Programme Coverage 58

Our holistic approach to implement the development programme either through landscape approach or through cluster-based development approach, has proved to be extremely useful in identifying rural challenges and to search for appropriate solutions through convergence with various development programmes. One such project funded under the National Agricultural Innovation Programme through ICAR, Government of India by the World Bank, and launched in 10 clusters of 5 backward districts of Maharashtra, has once again demonstrated the relevance of the approach to initiate inclusive development to bring the families out of poverty through technology transfer. We are proud to report that taking note of the work under this and other projects, BAIF was conferred with the ‘Times of India and J.P. Morgan Social Impact Award’ which was presented in the presence of the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh on October 2, 2011.

In all our projects, value chain development, particularly value addition and marketing are the most critical components which ultimately ensure profitability of any economic enterprise. Realising this, People’s Organisations at various levels have assumed larger responsibilities for efficient linkages. BAIF is also working closely with the Small Farmer Agribusiness Consortium to take this agenda further.

While we continue to work on these programmes, we are also striving to re-orient to the emerging needs of sustainable development. Our teams have now started to study and initiate pilot work in the areas of Environmental Conservation / Restoration, Climate Change mitigation and Reducing the Carbon footprint and Water Footprint of development activities. We have made significant progress in identifying solutions for challenges in niche areas, namely the Hill areas of Central Himalayas, the Desert areas of Rajasthan and Gujarat, and the tribal areas across the country. Each of these programmes is now shaping into development programmes worth emulating.

Finally, building the capabilities of the participants and field workers at all levels can make the programme sustainable. Therefore, continuous efforts have been made to improve the capabilities of our staff and farmers. While the first batch of the Post Graduate Certificate Course on Development Management conducted by the S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, is progressing well, the second batch has opened with good response. Series of courses operated by BAIF have been recognised by national and regional Open Universities, thereby creating opportunities for upgradation of skills of para-professionals. We have successfully completed the first and second programmes of the SPARK Fellowship for Youth and the third batch of this Fellowship has also received good response.

We also pay our homage to Shri. B.G. Deshmukh, who was Chairman, Executive Committee of BAIF Trustees and a strong supporter of BAIF from 1994 till his demise on August 7, 2011. We gratefully acknowledge the valuable guidance received from time to time from our former Trustees, Shri. J.L. Bajaj and Prof. Indira Parikh. We are fortunate to have new Trustees, Shri. Sharad Upasani and Shri. Sunil Lalbhai who bring rich experience in governance and industrial development. We are grateful to all our Trustees, donor agencies and well wishers who have been guiding us in scaling new heights. We appreciate the dedication of our staff and volunteers and whole-hearted involvement of our partner farmers.

TRIBUTE TO OUR CHAIRMAN, SHRI. ARVIND MAFATLALShri. Arvind Mafatlal was formally invited to be a Trustee of BAIF on August 25, 1974 and nominated as Chairman, BAIF in 1977. Shri. Arvindbhai provided management support to BAIF to design various development programmes. During the initial years, he not only made generous contributions to various development projects, but also volunteered to square up the annual deficit of BAIF, which was extremely critical for the growth of the organisation.

In early 70’s, when the Cattle Development Programme sponsored by the Sugar Cooperatives, was proved to be successful, Shri. Arvindbhai insisted on expanding the programme to cover one million cows. He deputed his Management Experts to develop a project proposal and to help BAIF to raise financial resources. Due to his vision and ambitious goal, we were able to achieve this target. Many State Governments who had never heard of BAIF, created separate Development Corporations under the Chairmanship of Shri. Arvindbhai and invited BAIF to launch the programme. It was his vision and unfailing support, which enabled BAIF to serve over 5.26 million rural families spread over 88,000 villages in 16 states, despite the untimely demise of Manibhai in 1993. With production of high yielding crossbred cows, Manibhai desired to produce good quality vaccines at low cost which could be afforded by small farmers. However, establishing a laboratory of international standard, competing with many multinationals, was a challenge. Shri. Arvindbhai spontaneously donated a capital of Rs 50 lakhs which helped BAIF to approach Danish International Development Agency for technology. NABARD came forward to provide additional capital but they wanted a collateral security which BAIF could not provide. Again, Shri. Arvindbhai volunteered to execute a personal bond!

He was always genuine and humble in his approach. Whenever he met the rural poor, Arvindbhai not only encouraged them to work hard so as to become lakhpatis but also insisted on their building a strong moral character which is an essential component for leading a better quality of life. He defined Quality of Life as a composite of four A’s namely Anna (livelihood), Akshar (literacy), Arogya (health) and Aacharan (strong moral character). This has now become the guiding force of all our development programmes. The greatest strength of Arvindbhai was his Trust in People. He gave a free hand to his associates to think and act. He appreciated new ideas. This was how he built his team and won the hearts of many. Apart from his support to BAIF in providing sustainable livelihood to millions of poor rural families, he also steered the Sadguru Seva Sangh Trust which provides humanitarian services by undertaking relief and rehabilitation of families affected by natural calamities, health care and massive programmes of eye operations, which has been restoring the vision of half a million rural poor for several years. He had also served as the Chairman of the Nature Cure Ashram at Urulikanchan since mid seventies till his demise.

We salute this visionary and selfless soul and hope to carry on his mission to serve our countrymen.

Girish G. Sohani President BAIF TrusteesAugust 24, 2012

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, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and TripuraInternational 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 FoundationScientific 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, AustraliaPhilanthropic Organisations: J.R.D. Tata Trust, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Jamshedji Tata Trust, Tata Education 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, Rotary Foundation – Rotary Clubs of Hagoromo and Takaishi and Rotary Clubs of Nigdi, Pune and Longueuil Rive Sud, Canada, Gujarat Foundation for Mental Health, Basic Needs India, Green Foundation, Trinity College, University of California, The Resource Foundation, ACWADAM, Impact FoundationCorporates: ITC Ltd., Rourkela Steel Plant, Coca Cola India Pvt. Ltd., 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, 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., Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Crompton Greaves Ltd., Avanta Group Ltd.Patrons: Mafatlal Industries Ltd., Vaishno Mal Malhotra Public Trust, Mr. K.K. Malhotra, Associated Cement CompaniesAssociates: Industrial Development Bank of India

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTSOur quest for providing comprehensive sustainable development to weaker sections of the society particularly those located in backward regions of the country, was recognised by Society and the Policy Makers through the conferment of the “Social Impact Award” of the Times of India and J.P. Morgan, by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. Introduction of innovative technologies in five backward districts of Maharashtra for providing sustainable

rural livelihood under the NAIP Project funded by the World Bank through ICAR, was appreciated. Our programmes in the backward regions of Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh have also created a significant impact and the programmes in progressive states like Punjab have been well appreciated by sponsors and farmers. Our programmes are spread over 16 states covering 56,40,497 families.

The significant achievements during the year were:} Livestock Development

Programme is providing livestock breeding services and other support services, benefitting over 5.26 million farmers spread over 88,272 villages in 12 states, enabling to produce milk worth Rs. 4000 crores per annum;

} Eco-friendly Goat development programme reaching 84,045 small farmers and women-headed families, particularly in tribal areas, to enhance their income by 2-3 folds while conserving the eco-system;

} Over 2.72 lakh ha of denuded lands developed under watershed, enabling 112341 small farmers to enhance food production, while contributing Rs. 550 – 600 crores to the National GDP per annum.

} 68586 ha marginal lands developed under agri-horti-forestry, rehabilitating 1.81 lakh tribal families, contributing

BIRD-Karnataka was honoured with the National Award - Rojgar Jagrookata Puraskar -2010-2011, at the hands of

Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson, NAC and Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, on February 2, 2012.

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Rs. 850 - 900 crores to the GDP per annum.

} Over 4500 women SHGs are engaged in socio-economic development activities and promotion of various micro-enterprises, with a collective saving of Rs. 8.76 crores and cumulative credit of Rs. 14.04 crores.

The above achievements have also made significant contribution to the Millennium Development Goals, particularly in the areas of eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, promotion of primary education, gender equity and empowerment of women, reduction in child mortality, improvement in maternal health and mitigation of global warming and environmental sustainability.

During the year, BAIF spent Rs. 134.19 crores on various projects across the country. Out of these, 46% was utilised on livestock, 3% on watershed development, 18% on agri-horti-forestry and 33% on social development, agri business and health programmes.

Increasing demand for milk and a large number of low productive bovine population owned by the weaker sections of the society, have been compelling factors for expansion of BAIF’s dairy development programme. The programme has been providing doorstep breeding services and other support services to over 5.26 million families spread over 88,272 villages in 12 states namely, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states.Our efforts to transform dairy cattle development

LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENTprogramme into a self-sustainable model, have made a significant headway. 100 cattle development centres in Eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh and 100 centres in Central Bihar, implemented with the support of SGSY Special Programme of the Government of India, could be successfully completed over a period of seven years while creating a corpus of Rs. 5-6 lakhs per centre to sustain the programme without further financial assistance. This model is now being presented to other donors particularly various State Governments for adoption in the future.

Other 33%

Wadi 18%

Watershed 3%

Livestock 46%

Project Outlay 2011-12

52,63,111

84,045

1,12,3411,81,000

Dairy HusbandryGoat Husbandry

Watershed DevelopmentWadi

Active involvement of women as service providers and mentors in livestock development, was initiated with the support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through 158 cattle development centres in Maharashtra, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh states. The project has successfully completed its second year of operation by reaching 49% of the poor through gender integration through 7718 women members and 399 women groups. 1125 dairy interest groups are engaged in adoption of new technologies and organising collection and marketing of milk.

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Families under Major Programmes

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Maharashtra Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA), was the pioneer in launching the cattle development programme of BAIF, since 1970. Out of 276 cattle development centres spread over 18 districts, seven centres are in operation with the support of the sugar cooperatives. Masur is one such cattle breeding centre located 15 km from Karad in Satara district, established in 1990. The Krishna river flowing through this region, has blessed the surrounding villages with prosperity. With year-round irrigation, fodder is available throughout the year, although sugarcane is the major crop.Dinkar Kumbhar is the Centre In-charge of Masur

Based on the successful experience in implementing an eco-friendly goat development programme in West Bengal benefitting 10,000 families, the programme has been extended to tribal regions of Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Orissa and Tripura. Reduction in mortality rate from 40% to 4%, increase in weight of newly born kids and growing stock, have enabled the goat keepers to increase their average annual income from Rs. 2400 to Rs. 8000-10,000.The focus is on promotion of small flock with

genetic improvement, feed supplementation, minor health services such as deworming and vaccination, castration of the kids, and selling goats on weight basis. While 3000 families in Vidarbha region are using Osmanabadi breeds for upgrading their nondescript goats, 4025 families in Udaipur area in Rajasthan, are using Sirohi breed. The farmers in desert areas of Barmer, have adopted Desi Sindh breed of goat which is hardy. Over 30,000 families in Jharkhand, 2000 families in Tripura and 25,000 families in Orissa, are using Black Bengal breed.

RECORD INSEMINATIONScattle development centre since 2003, functioning under the guidance of the Regional Coordinator, Dr. Ashok Deshpande. During 2011-12, the average AI per month recorded was 335. The percentage of confirmed pregnancies is 53% in cows and 56.30% in buffaloes. Presently, 1500 cows and 4000 buffaloes are in milk production and 35,000 litres of milk are collected every day from the area under this centre. There are 1466 families above the poverty line and 200 BPL families spread over 17 villages who are being benefitted from the services of this centre.In January 2012, Kumbhar received 900 calls but due to certain reasons such as late heat, improper development of uterus,

unavailability of owner at the spot, pregnant cows etc, he could perform 610 AI and thus achieved record inseminations in the history of BAIF-MITTRA, by exceeding the record of 501 inseminations last year. Kumbhar is a busy man. His day starts at 8 in the morning and ends at 8 at night. He assures excellent quality service to all programme participants. Apart from his dedicated services, other factors contributing to the success were } Close proximity

between the villages in the operational area.

} Year-round abundance of fodder led to high density of livestock - 12,000 animals in a compact area.

} Confidence of the animal owner in BAIF, farmers preferred to avail service only from BAIF

} Valuable guidance and encouragement by the senior officers boosts the performance of the field officers.

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Under the South Asia Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Programme (SAPPLPP), as a Partnering Institute for India, BAIF has contributed to over 15 Good Practices for improving the productivity of livestock and community pastures.

Table 1. Statewise Performance of Cattle Development Programme

State Districts Centres Villages (Cum.)

Families (Cum.)

Total Insem.

(2011-12)MITTRA Maharashtra 19 285 3533 94054 218701

GRISERV Gujarat 23 219 3500 384568 146177

BIRD-K Karnataka 21 226 3842 466082 180586

RRIDMA Rajasthan 18 422 7920 596646 414643

BIRD-UP Uttar Pradesh 75 1043 38713 2788022 1053583

BIRD Uttarakhand 12 120 2783 246435 66517

BAIF Bihar 15 252 5403 175000 233826

BIRVA-Jharkhand 24 710 14000 303345 169251

SPESD M.P. 19 120 3663 40452 42506

BIRD- A.P. 11 152 2189 100728 118504

BAIF Orissa 10 100 1920 24964 29120

BAIF Punjab 5 100 806 42815 107038

Total 252 3749 88272 5263111 2780452

This programme facilitated to make best use of the available water resources for consumption of human, livestock and crop production. A holistic watershed development programme is being implemented in Vidarbha region and in selected clusters of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, enabling 1,12,341families covering

WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

Shree Khemaram was a daily wage labourer belonging to Meghwal Scheduled Caste. There are six members in his family comprising of his wife, a daughter and three sons. He owned one ha of land on which he cultivated rainfed crops such as bajra, guar and mung crop in kharif season, with marginal production that totally depended on rainfall. He earned his basic needs by working as an unskilled labour in Barmer city where he earned Rs. 200 daily by toiling hard throughout the day. Due to unavailability of drinking water source in his village, his wife had to walk 4 to 6 km every day to fetch drinking water. When he met BAIF Project Staff, he became aware about diversified-based irrigation scheme introduced in the project areas with the support from Sir Jamshedji Tata Trust. Realising the

TANKA-BASED IRRIGATION

2.72 lakh ha in 1412 villages to increase their cropping intensity by 31-63% and crop yields by 40-80%. There was an increase in the ground water table by 1.5 m to

4 m, which eased the supply of potable water while improving the fodder supply. The revival of the traditional tanka system, coupled with fruit and forage production and

livestock management in the arid region of Barmer in Rajasthan, has been undertaken to provide sustainable livelihood for small farmers.

benefits of this scheme, he decided to enroll the name. He constructed a tanka with project support provided by BAIF. He was provided input cost of a tanka and the remaining labour cost for construction of the tanka was arranged by him from his landlord. He established a wadi plot of 50 plants and seasonal vegetables on the remaining area. He started earning Rs. 2500 per month from cultivation and sale of green onions, brinjal and radish. As a result of availability of abundant water for irrigating his wadi plantation from the tanka, he has stopped migrating to Barmer city and is also enjoying freedom from daily labour. He has been successful in creating his own assets and productive resources. The tanka harvests 30,000 litres of rainwater which is considered as

nectar by his family who have suffered from the ill-effects of scarcity of water. He is particular about the maintenance and care of his tanka. He and his family now enjoy sweet water for a year for drinking as well as irrigation of the 50-plant wadi. His wife now has time to contribute to the wadi. She no longer has to walk long distances in search of drinking water. He says that no one was willing to come to the desert to help them. BAIF came forward to show them the road to success in their otherwise hard life.

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As a State-level Resource Organisation of YASHADA and NABARD for capacity building in integrated watershed management programme in Maharashtra, series of training programmes on watershed development, irrigation and gender development were conducted for village level institutions, Government Extension Officers and project implementing agencies in Maharashtra.

Table 2. Statewise coverage of Area under Watershed Development

StateNo. of Micro Watersheds

(Cum.)Cum.

Area haNo. of

Villages (Cum.)

Cum. Families

benefittedMITTRA Maharashtra 184 57714 442 36367

GRISERV Gujarat 303 147184 300 32801DHRUVA Gujarat 24 13821 61 14699BIRD-K Karnataka 16 21443 68 5427RRIDMA Rajasthan 11 5553 31 2381BIRD-UP 11 8402 18 2933BAIF Bihar 5 5623 41 8316SPESD M.P. 193 7600 357 7842BIRD-A.P. 30 1776 58 1228BAIF Chhattisgarh 4 3862 36 347Total 781 272978 1412 112341

Various sustainable agricultural practices were introduced to boost the crop productivity and income of small and marginal farmers. Organic farming has been promoted in 20 blocks spread over 14 districts of Karnataka, covering 2180 farmers with dry land horticulture, food crops and vegetable cultivation. Use of biofertilisers and biopesticides are being promoted, enabling the farmers to maintain the productivity while reducing the cost of production. Plantations of multipurpose tree species on the field bunds and borders

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

are being promoted to enhance soil productivity and income of farmers. Vegetable cultivation particularly by using greenhouse technology is being promoted in Uttarakhand to enhance the productivity. System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for paddy cultivation is being popularised in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh states where farmers have reported 25-30% increase in paddy yield. Realising the low yields in wheat due to moisture stress and outdated cultivation practices,

System of Wheat Intensification (SWI) was introduced in line with SRI in selected districts of Madhya Pradesh where the farmers could increase their income. More farmers have come forward to adopt this method. Integrated Cluster Development: Sustainable livelihood through transfer of appropriate technologies for holistic development in backward regions, was promoted in 74 villages in 10 clusters of 5 backward districts of Maharashtra including selected clusters in 3 districts of Vidarbha through the Sustainable Rural Livelihood Security in Backward Districts of Maharashtra under the National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP), sponsored by ICAR. BAIF as a consortium leader introduced various interventions with focus on value chain development, which enabled 13,000 small farmers to enhance their income, ensuring food security and better quality of life. The integrated farm development model comprising of improved agriculture and water resource development practices, increased the

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cropping intensity by 49%. 1122 ha were brought under improved crop varieties and 828 ha under irrigation, resulting in rise in net income by Rs. 27,500 per ha, benefitting 5546 families. Linseed growers have been motivated to cultivate improved varieties,

processing for Omega-3 oil for a nutraceutical, useful for treating many diseases. Livestock breed improvement resulted in production of high yielding cattle and buffaloes at the doorsteps of the small farmers while installation

COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE AT MANDANEThe BAIF-led consortium has been implementing the Sustainable Rural Livelihood Project under NAIP in backward districts of Maharashtra. Nandurbar is one of the tribal dominated districts where the project interventions started in 2008-09. Mandane is located at a distance of 60 km from the district headquarter. The area has 85% population of scheduled tribes. Their average annual income has been around Rs. 15,000-20,000/- Dryland agriculture was the only source of livelihood. Under the NAIP interventions, focus was on development of agriculture, water resources and livestock and development of strong people’s institutions for capacity building and post project sustenance.

The BAIF staff and village committee members during their initial meetings, realised the need for a training centre and centrally located place, convenient for the community. Manmode village committee informed about a piece of barren land located on the banks of Jamathi River. It was surveyed and approved considering the availability of water. However, one of the villagers claimed ownership over this land. After series of meetings with Government functionaries, village leaders and the claimant of the land, the matter was resolved. With proper documentation, construction activity began. The village committee of Manmode was involved in every phase of work

and completed the construction of one training hall and office within a record time. The next challenge was development facilities to make the centre functional. The Manmode village committee accepted the responsibility. Live hedge was established to fence the campus. Demonstrations of vermicompost pits, Azolla cultivation and use of biopesticides such as Jeevamrit and Dashparni Ark were set up. From sustainability point of view, a few facilities such as feed mix unit and shade net were created. These have become regular activities for income generation while providing training. The centre is very well utilised. It is the venue of all the meetings of the cluster committee and various training courses. It is also made available to outsiders. All the expenses of the campus are met from the income. The Village Committee of Manmode along with the Cluster Committee, have developed ownership to sustain the on-going activities and to take up new initiatives.

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of bulk milk coolers resulted in the processing of nearly 4,000 litres of milk per day, benefitting 500 milk producers in the project area. Value chain on tassar silk has led to production of disease free layings and superior quality cocoons, generating employment of 90 to 120 days per annum. 162 families in Etapalli block of Gadchiroli earned supplementary income of Rs. 8000 per annum from this activity. A Sustainability Fund has been created from people’s contribution, to maintain the facilities. This model has shown potential for wider replication in the state.

With promotion of improved silkworm races, grainage for silkworm and tassar egg production, post cocoon processing, technical support and marketing of certified silk products by BAIF, sericulture has become a popular homestead livelihood activity for small and marginal farmers in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh. This value chain development has facilitated year-round remunerative employment for the families. With the support of the Central Silk Board, 15 private grainages were constructed and 54 tribal families were supported

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to take up silkworm rearing in Gadchiroli and Mulshi areas of Maharashtra. Sericulture as a component of the integrated farming system, has been introduced in Mandi district of Himachal

Pradesh, enabling more than 400 families to take up three harvests per annum. Presently, over 500 tribal families have adopted improved tassar silk production as a major source of livelihood.

TASSAR ACTIVITY - PROMISING LIVELIHOOD OPTION FOR TRIBAL COMMUNITY

Tassar silk worm rearing is a promising option for livelihood for forest dwelling families in remote areas covered by dense forests of Gadchiroli, a tribal dominated district of Maharashtra. Bhima Paika Mulma, aged 38, is a resident of village Parsalgondi in Etapalli block. The Mulma family used to depend on income from sale of minor forest produce and labour, for which men from the family had to migrate seasonally. In the year 2008, BAIF

started working for livelihood enhancement through NAIP project. The major interventions were wadi, improved agriculture, water resource development and rearing of tassar silkworm. Bhima attended trainings on silkworm rearing. Thereafter, he gained confidence to take up tassar cocoon production. In the year 2008-09, the project provided essential inputs such as 210 DFL and nylon net for covering the trees of arjun sadada

(Terminalia arjuna), to protect the worms from bird. The production was poor in the first year with just 1262 cocoons, but he did not give up hope. He kept trying since the last four years and improved his capabilities. Finally, he was successful in harvesting 28000 cocoons during the year 2011-12. This fetched him Rs. 20,300 and created employment for 90-100 days. Bhima has a plan to expand this activity in the future.

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State No. of Villages

No. of Participant

familiesArea

covered ha Major Fruit Crops

MITTRA Maharashtra 2844 94598 36795 Mango, cashew, amla,

guava, lemon, citrus

GRISERV Gujarat 220 2822 706

Mango, sapota, amla, lemon, cashewnut, guava, custard apple, drumstick,

date palm DHRUVA Gujarat 439 31893 12004 Mango, cashew, guava,

lemon

BIRD-K Karnataka 484 19708 8741

Mango, cashewnut, tama-rind, guava, sapota, amla, lemon, jackfruit and coffee

RRIDMA Rajasthan 674 21054 6316 Amla, mango, guava,

pomegranate, lemon, berBIRD-UP Uttar Pradesh 104 4215 1031 Amla, mango, bel, ber,

guavaSPESD Madhya Pradesh 122 3785 1396 Mango, custard apple and

guava ,cashew,amla

BAIF Bihar 20 550 350 Mango, guava, jamun, jackfruit and litchi

BAIF Chhattisgarh 36 1385 561 Mango, cashew and litchi

BIRD-AP 22 650 686 Mango, amla, tamarindTotal 4965 180660 68586

Table 3. Statewise cumulative coverage of families under Wadi ProgrammeWadi programme for rehabilitation of the scheduled tribes, has proved to be a holistic programme across the country. The programme which ensures food security through agri-horti-forestry and better quality of life through women improvement, community health, literacy and development of grassroot level people’s organisations is being expanded throughout the country with the support

AGRI-HORTI-FORESTRY FOR TRIBAL REHABILITATION (WADI) from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and NABARD. BAIF continuing to serve as a Centre of Excellence of the Tribal Affairs Ministry of the Government of India and as the Resource Agency of NABARD to build the capabilities of the project implementation agency.So far, BAIF has assisted over 1.81 lakh families to establish 68586 ha wadi, spread over Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttar

Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand states. Based on the initial trials, the Tribal Resource Centre sponsored by NABARD has taken up new initiatives to introduce new cashew varieties such as NRCC 2 and Vengurla 1, Amrapalli variety of mango for production and processing, promotion of pineapple, papaya and perennial castor, drought tolerant chick pea and sun hemp as alternative inter-crops in wadi in semi-arid regions.400 wadi families in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra and Betul district of Madhya Pradesh, have taken up lac cultivation on the trees of Palas, ber and kusum grown on the farm bunds and common lands. Over 3000 Mahua grafts have been distributed to establish on barren lands to reduce the gestation period. Series of field manuals and documentary films have been produced for training and empowerment of field functionaries and farmers engaged in agri-horti-forestry.

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Promotion of various post-production activities for value addition and market linkage are integral parts of our development programmes. The village level producer groups have been taking active part in organising collection and processing, growers’ cooperatives at the regional level and VAPCOL, the producer company, are coordinating the marketing of the produce. Vasundhara Agri-Horti Producer Co. Ltd. (VAPCOL): A member of fair trade and certified under the Shop for Change to prevent unfair trade practices, VAPCOL is providing support to farmers of member organisations particularly in wadi programme. Activities of

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the Producer company of 49 farmers’ organisations - Vasundhara Agri-Horti Producer Co. Ltd. (VAPCOL) promoted by BAIF in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states, include market of fresh mangoes, mango

pulp, candy, cashewnuts, cashew apple juice, mixed dried fruits, nuts, etc. under the brand name Vrindavan with a sales turnover of Rs. 7.5 crores. BAIF Agro and Biotechnology Pvt. Ltd. (BABTPL): Realising the shortage of superior quality fodder and nutritional supplements in the field, BAIF Agro and Bio Technology (BABTPL) has been established for production and supply of mineral mixture, feed supplements, dewormers and other critical farm inputs in BAIF’s operational areas. 880 tons of cattle feed and 42 tons of BAIFMIN-C and Vimicon were marketed.

All the development programmes undertaken, being environment-centric, they are contributing to conservation of natural resources and biodiversity, and to the mitigation of global warming and climate change. While livestock breed improvement is motivating farmers to reduce their herd size and adopt good management practices, resulting in reduction in methane emission. Tree-based farming with eco-friendly practices and establishment of greenbelts around industrial premises is contributing to carbon sequestration. Environmental awareness through screening of the

documentary film “Let Us Protect Our Environment” in Hindi, was organised in 20,000 schools. As a Regional Resource Agency of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, BAIF has supported over 800 organisations including many schools under the National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC) in Maharashtra, Goa and Dadra Nagar Haveli. Field demonstrations on vermicomposting, tree plantation, plastic and biomedical waste management and solar energy were organised under the theme “Climate Change”.

As a part of biodiversity conservation, participatory ecological restoration of sacred groves has been initiated at Jawhar in Thane district and at Junnar in Pune district, through community mobilisation, physical and biological measures for restoration.A National Conference on “Biodiversity Assessment, Conservation and Utilisation” was organised on February 9–11, 2012 by BAIF in collaboration with the Abasaheb Garware College, Pune to address critical issues on biodiversity conservation and to develop a suitable strategy for conservation of bio-resources for human development.

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WOMEN EMPOWERMENTWomen empowerment through hardship reduction, literacy, gender sensitisation and capacity building, is an integral part of all the programmes with focus on credit, income generation and social development activities. 4943 Self Help Groups (SHGs) with their Block level Federations have been promoted through various programmes spread over 9 states. These groups have collectively saved Rs. 8.76 crores and accessed cumulative credit to the tune of Rs. 14.04 crores. 1909 groups are linked to banks to avail additional credit to meet their consumption needs and for promotion of various micro-enterprises. Many of the members of SHGs are actively involved in the Panchayati Raj activities. Vikasarth, the Micro Finance Division of BAIF has been strengthening Self Help Groups, common interest groups and their federations promoted under various projects to empower the community. A suitable Management Information System (MIS) software has been installed at Lachhakadi campus

to facilitate efficient functioning of the SHGs. Networking with INAFI–India and Center for Microfinance, has ensured wider coverage and cross learning of experiences.A group insurance scheme has been introduced for SHGs in Urulikanchan cluster in Pune district and 2346 women have taken health linked policy and 252 students were awarded cash Fellowships as a part of this scheme.The empowerment of socio economically disadvantaged women under the Yashaswini Project, has led to assured source of livelihood. During the year, a comprehensive course on livelihood and life skills training was organised

for 17 women. Additional short-duration course on livelihood skills was organised for 19 women and another short-duration course on community development was organised for 24 women, thereby empowering 60 Yashaswini women during the year.

The community health programme is an integral component of the holistic development programme. Poor health care facilities being an important rural problem, BAIF has initiated promotion of safe drinking water, sanitation, hygiene, primary medical care, revival of traditional systems of medicine, awareness, reproductive and child health, family welfare and combating malnutrition in the project areas. The major activities include promotion of good health practices on safe drinking water, clean home and kitchen package, waste water disposal, improved nutrition through kitchen

COMMUNITY HEALTH

garden, herbal garden, cultivation and use of medicinal plants, hygiene and sanitation. 46 water purification units were installed in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, with the support of Planet Water Foundation, USA, benefitting over 28,000 people. Trained local volunteers selected from Community-based Organisations, have been working as health guides and community health facilitators to implement health activities and creation of awareness. The Nature Cure Ashram at Urulikanchan imparted training to traditional health practitioners

and health workers of Maharashtra and Gujarat to consolidate the indigenous knowledge and best practices to support primary health services in remote areas. Over 200 Charak Centres (health centres) have been established by them. The local school at Bhadrapada, documented more than 100 medicinal plants found in Dangs forest and developed a pilot herbarium. The Sure Start Project in Balrampur and Baharaich districts of Uttar Pradesh covered training of village volunteers popularly known as Asha on related topics who in turn provided inputs on reproductive and child

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health care to mothers’ groups and village health and sanitation committees. A project for Tharu community is being implemented in 15 villages of Sharvasti district of Uttar Pradesh, for documentation of traditional health practices. The mental health problems of 300 villagers were successfully addressed in Surat, Bharuch and Dangs districts of Gujarat with the help of trained local volunteers. A manual on “Mental health” has also been produced in Gujarati, Marathi and Hindi. 55 youth from tribal families were sent for various short-term vocational courses to learn various skills. The Girls Gain Ground Project covered 2000 adolescent girls in

Jawhar, Thane district and Peint, Nashik district for creating awareness on women’s health. Computer literacy, sewing and goat keeping, were introduced to adolescent girls. Career guidance training was organised for students of Standard X to enlighten them about various options of higher education and career paths. 622 students from 16 ashram schools were benefitted. Environment Education with special focus on eco-system is being implemented in 5 selected Ashram Schools. Audio-visual communication material such as posters on kitchen garden, clean kitchen and anaemia and manuals and posters on safe drinking water were developed and provided to selected schools to link curriculum with field activities.

A Health workshop was organised on October 21-22 for field workers on contagious diseases, body mapping, introduction of internal body parts and Body Mass Index (BMI). A regional workshop was conducted for Shikshan Mitra Programme Staff with focus on teaching-learning process and linking curriculum with field activities.

THEMATIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS To address the problems of difficult regions across the country and those regions having their unique set of problems, theme-based Centres have been established in desert, fragile hilly and remote tribal regions and in emerging sectors such as hospitality and tourism-based livelihood.1. Centre for Development in Desert/Arid Areas: Focussing on the arid regions of Rapar, Kutchh district in Gujarat and Barmer district of Rajasthan with a core grant support from DST, Government of India, suitable technologies such as cultivation of drought tolerant fruit,

vegetable, foodgrain and forage crops such as ber, date palm, pomegranate, khejari and guggul, conservation of water resources through technologies such as tanka and well re-charge and promotion of good livestock husbandry practices through introduction of suitable goat breeds such as Sindhi, Khader and Marwadi breeds, are the major activities to improve the local livelihood.

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Centre is focussing on the development of Kumaon and Garhwal regions of Uttarakhand. Innovative water conservation measures, agri-horti-forestry, vegetable production in greenhouse, dairy husbandry and poultry are becoming popular among local communities because of direct economic benefits and efficient backward and forward linkages. For designing a suitable socio-economic development strategy for this region of

} To counter runoff losses, sub-surface water harvesting should be promoted. This can increase the dry weather flow for up to 250 days in a year.

} Species like oak and alder which have broad leaves, enhance ground water recharge. To reverse migration, water should be harvested in proper structures and used judiciously.

} Forests in the Himalayan region yield nontimber forest produce. While the potential of oak-based sericulture is yet to be tapped fully, the harvest of Rhododendron and Cordyceps need to be regulated to ensure sustainability.

} There is good scope for bamboo-based livelihoods, using recent technological advances.} Transportation difficulties and risk of perishability result in preference of processed dairy

products over milk. Uttarakand is uniquely positioned to produce organic ghee through the establishment of microprocessing plants.

} As landholdings are usually small, animal husbandry in the hills requires stall-feeding. Besides grasses like Setaria and Pangola, trees such as Grewia optiva also fit in well in hill farm production system. Fodder production through Van Panchayats can be taken up successfully.

} Due to climate change, new areas within the Himalayan region are becoming favourable for temperate fruit crops and nonconventional crops. Emergence of new challenges in the form of pests, diseases and weeds require solution.

} Seed production of vegetable species, intensive production of high value crops in polyhouses and cultivation of native species like sea buckthorn, can also fetch additional income for small farmers.

Workshop on Hill Area Development: Recommendations

Mid-west Himalayas, a workshop was organised in collaboration with the Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, which has given new clues for future action. The Experts identified the following as the most appropriate programmes for providing sustainable livelihood for the local communities in the mountainous eco-system.

3. Resource Centre for Tribal Development:With a focus on betterment of tribal families, studies on emerging challenges and opportunities for forest resource-based produce such as lac, tassar and honey in tribal clusters of Central India. Activities such as Non-timber forest produce-based livelihood, farm diversification options, tribal heritage agriculture systems and Forest Rights’ Act and community claim settlement were undertaken. Various local specific income generation activities such as high-value vegetable production in low-cost bamboo greenhouse, floriculture, dairy husbandry and innovative feeding practices for poultry have also been introduced.

Nutritional security is being addressed through enrichment of backyard gardens with perennial vegetables, cultivation of strawberries and high value vegetables, conservation of paddy, millets, tubers, wild vegetables, promotion of non-timber forest

products such as tassar silk, palmyra palm, mahua (Madhuca indica), charoli, lac farming, gum cultivation, aromatic grass such as lemon grass and rosha, water chestnut cultivation and inland fishery.

4. Centre for livelihoods through provision of innovative hospitality services for tourists:This Centre has developed community-based tribal tourist centres in Jawhar cluster of Maharashtra and at Dadra-Nagar Haveli region, operated by community groups. Services include authentic tribal cuisine, tribal culture, craft and festival, tourist guide and revival of

traditional food through food counters known as Nahari on tourist routes, thereby providing off-farm income opportunities.

2. Centre for Development in Fragile Hill Areas:

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Many corporates committed to community welfare have supported to implement the following projects: } ITC supported

operation of 246 Cattle development centres in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Karnataka states. Agri Business Centres have been promoted in Prakasam and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh to ensure supply of timely and reliable agricultural inputs to 1077 families and remunerative price for their produce.

} The Farm Forestry Promotion Project is being implemented with the support of ITC in 53 villages with the participation of 394 farming families. Since inception, 1115 families have been assisted to establish forestry plantation either on boundaries and block plantations in 88 villages of Mysore and Hassan districts.

} The Jalajeevani watershed-based development project supported by K.K. Malhotra and Vaishno

PARTNERSHIP WITH CORPORATES AND FOUNDATIONSMal Malhotra Trust, Mumbai, has provided benefits to 1511 families. Over 2312 ha has been treated with soil and water conservation measures.

} Industrial Greenbelt Development at Gokak Falls, with the support of Gokak Mills in Belgaum district of Karnataka. During the year, 42,000 pongamia plants were planted on 12 ha.

} Britannia Industries supported nutritional security of 305 families in two villages of Shimoga district of Karnataka. The activities included training and awareness, deworming, anaemia

screening, weight and height monitoring, house hold water purification, establishment of kitchen gardens, supply of fortified biscuits for children, adolescent girls, pregnant women and nursing mothers.

} Sesa Goa has supported a livestock development centre in Chitradurga taluka, benefitting 1000 families in 22 villages.

} General Mills supported comprehensive development through Water Resource Development, Watershed Development, Improved Agriculture, Development activities

in Ashram Schools in Akole cluster of Maharashtra.

} Jhabua Power Ltd., the Avantha Group, supported sustainable management of natural resources through livestock development, wadi, biogas development, improved agriculture practices and water resource development.in Ghansore in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh.

} The Birla Cement Corporation of Aditya Birla Group is supporting livestock development, sustainable agriculture, vegetable cultivation, agri-horti-forestry through wadi in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh.

} Sasan Power Ltd. of Reliance ADAG, is

supporting livestock development and fodder development, in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh.

} HEG Ltd. of the LNJ Bhilwara Group is supporting livestock development in Barkheda Setu in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh.

} Deepak Mehta Foundation supported holistic development with watershed development, agricultural development, and drinking water facility in Dalimb and Boriaindi villages of Daund block of Pune district.

} Ballarpur Industries Ltd. supported community development through

livestock development, agricultural development and women empowerment activities in 13 villages at Bhigwan block in Pune district.

} TATA Power supported livestock development, agricultural development, watershed development and empowerment of women in 9 hamlets of Mawal taluka in Pune district.

} ONGC supported women empowerment activities in three hamlets in Uran, Raigad, Maharashtra. A common facility centre was established at Nagaon and a marketing outlet at Uran.

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} Hindustan Zinc, of Vedanta Group supported five integrated livestock development centres in Chittor, Bhilwara, Udaipur and Rajsamand districts of Rajasthan.

} LAFARG India Ltd. supported one livestock centre in Chittor district of Rajasthan.

} With the support from Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Ltd., Mumbai, various socio-economic development activities were undertaken in Kodinar block of Junagadh district. Significant among them were health camp for local communities, women empowerment through capacity building and promotion of income generation activities through agriculture and livestock, support to local schools to improve the education, games and sports facilities, support to children through school kits and improvement in quality of drinking water.

RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

Research and Technology Development are integral components of BAIF’s multi-disciplinary development programmes with focus on applied research and promotion of suitable innovative technologies for the benefit of the farmers.BAIF Central Research StationThe Central Cattle Breeding Farm maintains 529 animals of exotic females and bull and bull calves of various breeds of cattle and buffaloes. Under the bull procurement programme, 14 calves of varying ages are being maintained and 530 potential bull mothers have been identified. Field performance recording is an on-going activity.

To improve the genetic base of exotic breeds, 40 HF embryos were imported from the United States and 12 embryos were transferred with 50% success. 72.23 lakh frozen semen straws were produced at CRS from 214 elite bulls of purebred exotics, HF and Jersey, crossbreds, indigenous breeds and buffalo breeds with Minimum Standard Protocol. To meet the demand for quality semen doses, frozen semen production has also been started at another Frozen Semen Station at Jind in Haryana with 1.70 lakh semen doses with 22 elite bulls of indigenous breeds. The Molecular Genetics and Reproduction Biotechnology Laboratory

is maintaining 4000 DNA samples of various breeds. Genetic Disorder Testing and Karyotyping were performed for more than 100 samples from semen freezing laboratories in Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh. The Disease investigation laboratory was engaged in biochemical profiling of animals and routine disease investigations. Under the Krishna Valley breed ex-situ conservation project, 5290 AI were performed and 504 male and 443 female calves were born. 64 Government-operated AI centres of Bagalkot district of Karnataka, availed of Krishna Valley semen for breeding of field animals and the demand is increasing. The field performance recording of Khillar breed is in progress, in 10 clusters of Sangli, Satara and Solapur districts. Under the Field Progeny Testing programme of Holstein Friesian Crossbred bulls of ICAR coordinated project, 1480 farmers were registered in Western Maharashtra. Semen of a total of 188 bulls was distributed from

four different institutions across the country for evaluation in the past covering nine bull batches and out of them, 105 bulls were contributed by BAIF. Presently, the ninth batch of 21 bulls is in progress. The progeny performance recording of the first 5 bull batches revealed that the average performance was 2931.73 kg from 2324 progenies, born out of 103 sires. The Animal Nutrition laboratory and Production Unit is engaged in the formulation, testing and production of improved feed and mineral mixture for the crossbred animals. A Bypass Protein and Bypass Fat Production Unit has been established at Wagholi. A research study on impact of DSM Premix containing micronutrients on milk yield and reproductive performance was undertaken. Under the All India Coordinated Research Project on improvement of feed resources and nutrient utilisation in raising animal production, mineral mapping in Solapur district was undertaken. Studies on compensatory feeding on the performance of lactating cows and feeding

azolla on semen quality of breeding bulls are in progress. Under the All India Coordinated Research Project on Forage Crops, collection of maize and lucerne germplasm was made in Satpuda hill ranges of Maharashtra and Kutchh area of Gujarat. Under the crop improvement programme, 10 landraces of maize and two landraces each of pearl millet and sorghum were evaluated. 32 landraces of lucerne are being assessed for forage yield and quality parameters. New breeding material of forage crops and grasses were evaluated by conducting 18 breeding trials in kharif and rabi seasons under multi-locations. Similarly, four Agronomy trials were conducted for development of new production technology. Technology transfer in fodder production of

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kharif and rabi forages was undertaken through 60 Field Technology Demonstrations in farmers’ fields.Under the forage crop seed production programme through rural women, seed production programme of maize African Tall, cowpea UPC 9202 in kharif and Lucerne RL 88, berseem Wardan and oats Kent in rabi was undertaken. 60 tons of Breeder, Foundation, Certified and Truthful seeds were produced. Simultaneously, planting materials of Hybrid Napier (BNH-10), Guinea grass and Cenchrus grass were multiplied and 17.60 lakh slips and cuttings were

Internal research focussed on livestock production, land-based livelihood and natural resource management. } Agronomic trials to

evaluate Jatropha genotypes from worldwide collections, are being conducted in Wagholi, Maharashtra, Chaswad, Gujarat and Lakkihalli in Karnataka under a collaborative research with Jatroselect GmbH of Germany. Apart from genotypic variation,

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undertaken in hill areas of Champawat and Rudraprayag.

} Studies on organic cultivation of patchouli under coconut shade were carried out in Karnataka.

} Under the Conservation and Revival of Crop Genetic Resources for Sustainable Livelihood and Food Security of Farming Communities in Jawhar and Dhadgaon Blocks in Maharashtra, Conservation of crop landraces of paddy (170), Finger millet (27, Proso millet (5), Maize (5), sorghum (6) were purified and upgraded. Characterisation and evaluation of crop landraces of paddy (25), Finger millet (16) and Proso millet (10) were taken up. Community level seed production of paddy, Finger millet and Proso millet was taken up. Crop germplasm is being maintained

through 335 landraces of various crops at the Central seed bank at Jawhar and on-farm conservation at field level involving 565 farmers in nine villages of Thane and Nandurbar districts. Three Community Seed Banks have been established, two in Jawhar block of Thane district and one in Dhadgaon block of Nandurbar district. The project has benefitted 2540 farmers through exhibitions and fairs on

seeds, field visits and training on participatory seed selection. State- level seed savers’ workshop was organised at Jawhar in 2011 involving 55 participants from various parts of Maharashtra. Training was conducted on preparation of decorative material from paddy panicles. A presentation was made on in-situ conservation of crop genetic resources with community participation which was awarded the first prize under in-situ conservation category at the National Conference on Biodiversity Conservation in Pune. Young Researcher Award was conferred during PANACEA 2011 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

supplied to dairy farmers, cooperative dairies and private and Government institutions. The centralised facility for seed processing was availed by the seed growers for grading of seeds. To popularise ecofriendly agriculture, 32 kg earthworms, 32 litres of vermiwash and 39 tons of vermicompost were produced and made available during the year. Production of Biofertiliser and Biocontrol products was undertaken for various crops and supplied to the farmers.The Community Health Research Centre (CHRC) provided diagnostic services to 2388 human

beings and conducted 4150 pathological tests, in addition to screening of 1191 animals and carrying out 5443 pathological tests. The CHRC also coordinated development programmes initiated through 152 SHGs in Haveli, Daund and Indapur blocks of Pune district. 9 training programmes have been conducted for more than 250 SHG leaders / members of Urulikanchan and Haveli blocks. Production and marketing of sanitary accessory by the local SHGs has spread awareness on good hygienic practices among women. So far, Rs. 9.17 lakhs worth material have been disbursed among the members of the SHGs.

effect of climatic factors has also been observed on germination, growth and yield of these genotypes.

} Standardisation of the production and usage of vermiwash on chick pea and tomato over several seasons enhanced the yield by 20%.

} Improved management practices on poultry and study on Red Bean (Rajma) diversity were

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Various communication tools such as technical booklets, training manuals, research reports, fact sheets, posters, the BAIF Journal and documentary films have been developed to share our experiences. Conferences on contemporary topics were organised to identify the challenges and opportunities. Important books and documentary films brought out during this period were:Books:} Horticulture for Tribal

Development – BAIF’s Story of Excellence: Book, based on a Doctoral Study, traces the challenges, opportunities and impact in the lives of the tribal families through the adoption of agri-horti-forestry on their degraded lands.

} Wadi Programme: A Tree Based Farming System User Guide: Book in English and Hindi, serves as a reference for programme planners, managers and practitioners.

} Post Harvest Management and Value Addition of Mango:

DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATIONServes as a reference guide for processing and marketing of mango for value addition.

} Cashew Processing Operation Manual: Focusses on value chain development of cashew for the benefit of the farmer producer.

} Income Diversification through Underused Crops – The CoDI Experience: Focusses on the diversification of underused crops among smallholders in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.

} Food for Work Forestry Programme - A study of a development prototype: This book documents the innovative experiment of Food for Work Programme by BAIF with the support from the Government of Gujarat which led to the evolution of the wadi programme.

} Sustainable Livelihood – Development in arid regions: This book identifies the major issues,

appropriate technologies and development interventions in arid and desert regions.

} Sustainable Livelihood – Focus on Central Himalayas: This book focusses on the challenges and opportunities of development in hilly terrain.

} Soil and Water Conservation Structures in Watershed Development Programme: Training manual in English and Marathi (Reprinted).

} Papers on Research, Thematic Areas and Case Studies: BAIF – 2010: Compilation of published scientific papers and good practices from various field programmes.

} Swayam Sahayata Gat - Sabhasad Prashikshan – Prashikshak Margadarshika: Manual in Marathi serves as a training guide for SHG management.

} Deepakalika Dhakuti: 12 SHG members participated in a write workshop on process

documentation in Gujarat. 3 volumes of the Process Document were edited as reference manual.

Films:} Sustainable

Livelihood in Backward Regions of Maharashtra: Documentary film in English, Marathi and Hindi, on core activities of watershed development, improved agriculture and supplementary livelihood (25 minutes).

} Distress to Prosperity: Documentary film in English, Marathi and Hindi, on drought proofing methodology through watershed development in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra (22 minutes).

} Kotwaliya: Film in English and Gujarati on the upliftment of primitive tribals in Tapi district.

} Dheya Sabalikaranache Swayam Sahyata Gatachi Sutra: Documentary in Marathi on the concept, best practices and impact of the SHG programme.

} CRS is a recognised Study Centre of the YCMOU for various Agriculture-related courses. 80 training programmes were conducted for 1122 participants comprising of farmers, field extension staff, scientists, unemployed youth, women SHGs and students on Embryo Transfer Technology, Sericulture, Watershed Development, Biofertiliser, Improved Agriculture,

CAPACITY BUILDINGBuilding capacities of development professionals within and outside BAIF and village level community members is a major thrust of the Dr. Manibhai Desai Management Training Centre (MDMTC). This is being carried out through innovative training programmes, workshops and seminars by a team of multi-disciplinary professionals and trainers of BAIF.

Horticulture, Nursery raising, Vermicompost, Mushroom and People’s Organisations.

} BAIF has been recognised as a Study Centre by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi for Diploma in Watershed Management and Certificate in Water Harvesting and Management, where the first batch has successfully completed the course.

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} In Dangs district, under the certificate course for traditional health practitioners promoted by IGNOU, a baseline survey has been conducted and more than 500 practitioners and traditional birth attendants have been identified for the course.

} Training was also imparted to dairy development officers of the Government of Afghanistan. An orientation on rural development was organised for a team of agricultural experts from North Korea.

} Training programmes were also organised for health volunteers of World Vision and other NGOs on health,

hygiene and malnutrition and for officials of the Agricultural Department.

} Orientation programmes on renewable energy and water resources management were organised for bankers and NGO

representatives in collaboration with NRMC and NABARD.

} Series of in-house trainings were conducted for capacity building and leadership development.

} Udyam, a centre for vocational training has been launched at Urulikanchan and Jawhar with the support from Larsen and

Toubro Public Charitable Trust, Mumbai for imparting skill-based livelihood training for rural youth in Masonry, Bar-bending activities and other skill-oriented activities. 26 rural youth who completed training are self-employed. Similarly, at Jawhar, 24 tribal girls acquired training in tailoring and 24 women in organic farming.

} BAIF in partnership with S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, launched the Post Graduate Certificate Course on Development Management, enrolled with 21 Development Professionals. This tri-semester course is developing a second line of leadership for NGOs by imparting managerial training to development workers.

} The second batch of the SPARK Fellowship Programme comprises of 12 graduates engaged in multidisciplinary programmes in Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Gujarat.

} The State Bank of India Fellowship Programme with 10 mid-career professionals was successfully concluded with documentation of the learnings from various project locations. Many interns and volunteers were also placed in the field

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for getting first-hand development experience. The work of two of the Fellows who were engaged in sensitisation of the rural community at Sureshettikoppa cluster in Dharwad district of Karnataka, on Right to Information (RTI),

enabled BIRD-K to receive the Rojgar Jagrookata Puraskar. The Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Dr. D. Subbarao, interacted with the SBI Fellows associated with BAIF, and appreciated their commitment to Rural Upliftment.

Shri. K. Shankaranarayanan, Governor of Maharashtra inaugurating the vocational training centre.

} His Excellency Shri. K. Shankaranarayanan, Governor of Maharashtra visited the BAIF Central Research Station at Urulikanchan

on August 10, 2011 and inaugurated the skill-based vocational training centre Udyam.

} Shri. Madhukarrao Chavan, Honourable Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries, Government

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Shri. Madhukarrao Chavan, Minister for Animal Husbandry, Government of Maharashtra at CRS.

of Maharashtra visited the BAIF Central Research Station at Urulikanchan on May 6, 2011.

} Shri. Giriraj Singh, Minister for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services, Government of Bihar, visited the BAIF Central Research Station at Urulikanchan on June 26, 2011.

} Dr. Shadrack Moephelle, Agriculture Research Centre, South Africa, visited the BAIF Central Research Station at Urulikanchan on March 26, 2012.

} Dr. Joan Hendricks, Dean and Dr. Narayan Avadhani, Head of

Biochemistry Department, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA, visited the BAIF Central Research Station at Urulikanchan on January 24, 2012.

} Shri. Hardeep Kumar, Principal Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Animal Husbandry Department, Government of Haryana, visited the BAIF Central Research Station at Urulikanchan on November 6, 2011.

} Shri. D.S. Jhagare, Commissioner, Animal Husbandry, Government of

Maharashtra, visited the BAIF Central Research Station at Urulikanchan on May 5, 2011.

} Dr. Sadhana Raut, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, visited the tribal development and livestock development programmes of Rajasthan Rural Institute of Development Management (RRIDMA) at Jhada Pipla village in Jhadol block of Udaipur district on September 24, 2011.

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Governing Council

Core Management Group

President & Managing Trustee

Vice Presidents

Research Committee

CentralResearch

Station

State - Level

AssociateOrganizations

State - Level

AssociateOrganizations

Core Groups/ThematicCentres

Finance

M & E

MDMTC

HR Team

FunctionalTeams

Units/AssociateOrganisations

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF BAIF

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 Organisation 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.

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PROGRESS OF ASSOCIATE ORGANISATIONSBAIF ORISSA

Realising the potential for development of backward regions of Orissa and to improve the quality of life of the tribals suffering from chronic poverty, “Kalyani” – an integrated livestock development programme with special focus on cattle, goat and fodder development was launched in 2010 in 14

districts. More than 4000 farmers have been trained. With regular interactions through village meetings, wall paintings, handouts, stickers and educational charts, livestock keepers are being sensitised to avail the services provided through this project. This has helped to improve the performance of the dairy development programme.

Under the goat development programme, deworming and vaccination were carried out in all the 25 Goat Development

Centres. More than 1.25 lakh goats excluding pregnant does, were dewormed and over 50,000 goats were protected against PPR. Black Bengal breeding bucks were provided to 194 goat keepers’ groups in 25 blocks. A regional workshop on improvement of goat production and productivity was organised at Sundergarh. Goat keepers groups have been formed to adopt good management practices.

Production of superior quality forage seeds and popularisation of

fodder cultivation through demonstration of good fodder production practices were the major activities of the fodder demonstration farm at Chiplima. More than 7000 fodder demonstration plots with maize, oats and berseem and azolla on paddy field were established on over 371 ha.

User friendly chaff cutters were provided to more than 500 farmers.

Integrated sustainable livelihood programme sponsored by Rourkela

Steel Plant benefitted 2750 families in 15 villages in Sundergarh district through goat and poultry

BAIF PUNJAB Punjab is the only state

where BAIF has undertaken buffalo improvement as a major activity, using sires having their dams’ yield above 4000 kg/lactation. Cattle breeding is also an important activity. The programme is spread over Bet, Trans Ghagghar and Kandi areas comprising of Patiala, Sangrur, Ropar, Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur districts. More than 42,000 families are being

development, water resource management, improved agriculture and wadi programme.

served with 107038 AI and minor health care services through 100

buffalo development centres.

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The programme is spread over 26 districts serving over 1,42,597 families in 4286 villages. The cattle development programme is being operated in 19 districts

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through 285 centres. A centre at Masur in Satara district, recorded 610 inseminations in the month of January 2012 surpassing all the previous records.

SUCCESSFUL FOOTSTEPS

Bajirao Tulandi belongs to Tumirkasa village in Aheri taluka of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. He stays in a joint family comprising of his parents, wife, three children and an younger brother. His main source of income is paddy farming on two ha land. To supplement the income, Bajirao joined the Jan Utkarsha programme in 2006 and planted mango and cashew plants on 0.4 ha. He also cultivated improved variety of maize and vegetables as intercrop. In 2009-10, he also decided to

participate in tassar silk production. He was then taken for exposure visit to Etapalli cluster. After interacting with the tassar farmers, he was impressed and motivated to start tassar silk activity. He prepared the plot as per the guidance of BAIF’s MITTRA Perimilli cluster staff. In October 2010, he was provided 200 DFLs. He adopted all the package of practices. His wife helped him in various activities. After two months, he harvested 11595 cocoons, which were purchased by

MITTRA at 0.60 to Rs. 1.40 per cocoon based on their gradation. The total income from this crop was Rs. 11,041. Overwhelmed with such handsome income, Bajirao motivated many farmers and 35 farmers came forward to start tassar activity in October 2011. Bajirao obtained 400 DFLs in October 2011 which yielded 20170 cocoons and fetched him Rs. 20,000. The income of Bajirao during 2011 to 2012 was Rs. 53,600 as shown below:

Sr. No. Source of Income Amount Rs.

1. Wadi (mango and cashew) 5500

2. Improved agriculture (SRI, Maize, urad and mung) 8500

3. Vegetable cultivation (brinjal, tomato, chilli, spinach and fenugreek) 9600

4. Tassar sericulture (400 DFLs) 20,000 Total 43,600

Bajirao has undertaken 20 days training on grainage in Jharkhand and has now constructed a grainage house in June 2012. During 2012, he will provide DFLs for other farmers. He has also been selected as a community resource person for imparting training to new participants in three villages. He is a role model for the villagers in Perimilli cluster.

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MITTRA has been entrusted the responsibility of implementing the NABARD-funded Wadi Programme under Tribal Development Fund in 5 districts through the development of 4950 wadis.

The Adivasi Development Programme sponsored by the Government of Germany through KfW (German Development Bank) and NABARD, was successfully completed after 11 years of operation, ensuring sustainable livelihood and improved

quality of life to 13,848 families against the target of 10,000 families in Peint and Surgana blocks in Nashik district and Mokhada block in Thane district, who pursued various income generation activities such as wadi, vegetable cultivation, cash crops, crop improvement and floriculture.

25 sites of diversion-based irrigation system developed in Nandurbar district sponsored by Sir Jamshedji Tata Trust, helped 380 families to cultivate crops and vegetables on 300 ha.

Fish Farming

Koduji Pandhare who hails from Nakati village in Deori taluka of Gondia district of Maharashtra, owns 1.6 ha of agricultural land. He earned his livelihood through agricultural and selling of smoked fish in the local market. In 2011, he constructed a farm pond of 30x30x3 m with the support of the Agriculture Department. In the same year, he also participated in the MITTRA project for fisher, honey and lac production. These activities being new, he learnt the techniques through trainings provided by MITTRA. For fish farming, MITTRA provided 2 kg fish seedlings of mix carp variety. He applied 99 kg lime, 320 kg farmyard manure and 600 kg of fresh cow dung in the farm pond. 35 kg rice bran and 15 small pieces of rice were also used in the pond. Koduji kept

THE DIVERSIFIED ENTERPRISES OF KODUJI PANDHARE

a close watch on the growing fish. The total expenses incurred during the year was Rs. 3362. The harvesting of fish was started after four months. As the pond dried in February 2012, the remaining fish had to be harvested. The total yield during the season was 175 kg, which fetched him Rs. 14,000. Thus, the net income was Rs. 10,638.

Bee Keeping

For bee keeping, Koduji showed interest in the activity and joined four other villagers for training in harvesting of honey from rock bees using non-destructive methods provided by expert Dr. Gopal Paliwal. He procured a kit required for harvesting of honey from rock bee colonies from MITTRA for his group. They harvested 150 kg honey during the summer of 2012 and sold it in the local market at

Deori at Rs. 200 per kg. The total income was distributed among the five members and Koduji received Rs. 5500.

Lac Cultivation

As Koduji had several palas trees on his farm, he decided to inoculate Rangini lack on selected trees. MITTRA provided training and gave 13 kg brood lac, one knife, an axe for pruning the branches, 60 mesh nylon bags, one gator spray pump for the group, one secateur, pesticides and guidance from time to time. The expenses incurred were about Rs. 1800. Rangini brood lac was inoculated in November 2011 on 30 trees. All the package of practices such as pruning of trees, inoculation in nylon bags, removal of fungi, protection of trees, removal of lac and scraping of lac were properly followed by Koduji. At the end of the season, he harvested 60 kg which was used as brood lac for other participants. He received Rs. 6000 and earned Rs. 4200 as net income.

Meanwhile, Koduji also learnt about good production practices of paddy cultivation which helped him to increase the yield by 25-30%. Thus, with multiple income generation activities, his annual income has increased to Rs. 58,000, almost four times rise, enabling him to spend on household needs and to build new assets. He has now volunteered to work as a community resource person for his village to guide and expand the activities in the region.

Promotion of diversified crops such as lac on Palas trees, water chestnut, aromatic crops and raising of seasonal flowers such as marigold with perennial flowers such as jasmine, and adoption of fish farming in low cost reservoirs locally known as Bodi, in Vidarbha region, were some of the new initiatives taken up by more than 4036 families for supplementary income and biodiversity conservation.

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Promotion of value-based education through Shikshan-Mitra programme has led to the emergence of ashram schools as new Centres of Development in 15 districts including the tribal belt of Nandurbar. Under this school-based programme, health and skill-based education of adolescent school-going as well as non-school-going girls is being addressed through ashram schools. Health check up camps are organised from time to time. The other activities include

distribution of books and uniforms, nutrition, safe drinking water and sanitation, games and sports and vocational training.

Women empowerment was well demonstrated by the participation of 137 groups in Udyogini, a Annual State-level exhibition of SHGs at Shahada.

Endogenous tourism to enlighten the general public about tribal culture through the tribal centre operating at Kelichapada in Jawhar taluka is becoming popular.

Training, an integral part of the on-going multidisciplinary programme, led to 323 training programmes being conducted at Jawhar and Peint centres.

In recognition of the services in integrated rural development, MITTRA received the 'Vasantrao Naik Puraskar (Samaik)’ by the Vasantrao Naik Agricultural Research and Rural Development Foundation.

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

Based on the agro-climatic conditions of various regions in Gujarat, priority was given to livestock development, watershed development, tree-based farming, sustainable rain-fed agriculture and improved quality of life of women and tribals.

The livestock development programme is spread over 3500 villages in 23 districts, providing reliable services to 3,84,568 families. Conservation of Banni buffalo breed has been initiated through selection of elite bulls for semen production and upgradation of local buffaloes with Banni breed in Kutchh district. Similar programme for conservation of Gir cattle and Jafrabadi buffaloes is already in

progress in Saurashtra region. Bull mother farm for Gir breed has been established at the Nanodra farm which is being developed as a Knowledge Centre by cultivating improved varieties of date palm, ber and fodder. Disease surveillance and critical diagnostic services were undertaken through 53 infertility related health camps by the disease investigation laboratories at Mehsana and Chikhli in Tapi, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavanagar and Kutchh districts.

400 primitive tribal families in Mandavi cluster in Surat district have successfully adopted dairy

husbandry by procuring crossbred cows and maintaining fodder banks, as a reliable source of livelihood.

Comprehensive development of more than 7500 tribal families is being ensured through agri-horti-forestry, water resources development and establishment of green and dry fodder banks. Vegetable cultivation was taken up by more than 1800 tribal families in Surat district. The facilities of the cold storage unit have been installed at Pavi Jetpur cluster in Chhota Udaipur taluka of Vadodara district for bulk storage of perishable vegetable crops. Farm

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mechanisation has been initiated in Mandavi block of Surat district. 456 SHGs with 4570 women and men members, worked for community development of 166 villages in Tapi, Bharuch and Surat districts.

Date palm cultivation has been successfully launched in desert region of Kutchh district. A demonstration farm has also been set up on Nanodra campus for motivation and training of farmers from arid region.

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra at Chaswad,

The tribal development programme through wadi is benefitting more than 30,000 families from 439 villages in Valsad, Navsari and Dangs districts and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. To converge the wadi programme with various on-going development programmes, landscape development approach has been developed.

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aiming to promote sustainable, eco-friendly farming technologies, conducted 61 training programmes for farmers, benefitting 1927 participants. Soil and water conservation activities such as check dams, nallah plugging, farm bunding, etc. were carried out on farmers’ fields. Micro irrigation through installation of drip irrigation was well demonstrated. Technology transfer through farmers’ club approach was promoted. Field demonstration on paddy, cotton, pigeon pea, gram, wheat,

vegetable crops and fodder crops were promoted on 70 ha, benefitting 250 farmers. A new variety of wheat GW-366 which yields 17.3% higher over the local variety has been introduced. Two promising varieties of soybean, JS 97-52 and NRC- 37 were introduced. Mexican (Zygogramma) beetles were introduced to control invasion by Parthenium weed. 2625 farmers participated in Agricultural fairs, field days and scientist-farmer interactions.

LANDSCAPE APPROACH FOR INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENTTo converge the wadi programme with various on-going development programmes, Landscape Development Approach has been evolved. This approach focvusses on integrated planning and implementation of diverse interventions by the local community, to address development problems at the village level and to ensure efficient and optimum utilisation of financial resources.

This pilot project was implemented from 2007 to 2013 in Amboshi in Dharampur block of Valsad district and Sarvar in Dangs district of south Gujarat. Significant achievements have been made through this approach to undertake soil and water conservation, develop wadi, introduce high value crops, optimize crop yields, promote livestock development, afforestation, micro-

enterprises, community health and sanitation measures. Progress has been recorded through convergence of participatory village development plans (PVDP) which is a unique model for holistic village development.The methodology has been documented in “Landscape Approach for Integrated Rural Development”, a book published by BAIF.

To reduce the gestation period of income from horticulture plantation under wadi, improved agriculture is being promoted through large scale cultivation of turmeric, ginger and pineapple and cash crops such as sun hemp, groundnut, gram and vegetables. 500 landless families were benefitted by training on repair of hand pumps and maintenance and care of hand pumps, and other off-farm activities.

Women empowerment is well demonstrated through 470 women SHGs with more than

5000 members who are actively involved in economic and community development. Quality of life is being enhanced through

raising of nutrition gardens by 4205 families, supplementation of special food for severely malnourished children, supply of

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clean drinking water and promotion of health education aspects. More than 3000 patients were treated by traditional health practitioners. The development journal Ujjas is brought out regularly to share the progress in various aspects of the tribal development programme.

Under Adivasi Development Training Centre, need-based training has been conducted for on-going programmes apart from training outside agencies on wadi development. 22 trainings were conducted on integrated water management programme for 530 participants apart from training of 176 watershed committee members. Training programmes on wadi and agricultural development were also conducted for more than 1400 participants while arranging orientation visits of 2500 wadi farmers including women.

BIRD-K was selected for the prestigious National Award - Rojgar Jagrookata Puraskar-2010-2011, for creating awareness and facilitating the community for availing the benefits of MGNREG scheme in Begur, G.Basavanakoppa, Dummawada, Satturu and Gambiyapura Gram Panchayat villages of Kalaghatagi taluka, Dharwad district during

2010-2011. The Chief Minister Shri. D.V. Sadananda Gowda felicitated the CPC, Shri. K Mallikarjunappa for this recognition in Bangaluru. Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Gram Panchayats have supported BIRD - K for effective implementation of MGNREG scheme in the selected Gram Panchayats.

The livestock development programme covering 4,66,082 families spread over 3842 villages in 21 districts, has come up with a new initiative to provide additional support services and to transform this activity

into a self sustainable programme. Realising the benefits of dairy husbandry as a dependable source of livelihood, farmers are willing to bear the cost of the services.

Tree-based farming is another significant programme, launched to improve the productivity of the degraded lands while generating year-round employment for small farmers. Under the farm forestry programme, tank rehabilitation has been undertaken to provide protective irrigation for newly established plantations. Presently, the Suvarna Sankalpa Programme jointly sponsored by the Government of Karnataka and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, is benefitting 8600 tribal families spread over 192 villages. Farm forestry and agroforestry have also been promoted to enhance the micro-climate while generating additional income to the farmers.

Organic farming programme launched in 21 villages covering

800 farmers, has provided new hope to improve the productivity while conserving the environment and cost of production. These activities have demonstrated efficient methodologies to mitigate drought in the state.

Watershed development with efficient land-use plan, has further helped the farmers to improve their productivity. Under the Jalajeevani Project, 312 ha degraded land was treated and various soil conservation measures, desiltation of tanks and promotion of vermicompost were undertaken by the participant families which enabled them to

enhance their agricultural production.

12 water filters were installed with the support of Planet Water Foundation in 12 Government schools for ensuring safe drinking water for 3713 children in Madhugiri and Tumkur talukas of Tumkur district.

225 SHGs are in operation along with an apex people’s organisation for micro-finance, forward and backward linkages and environmental conservation,while improving the quality of life and ensuring sustainable development.

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

1. Cattle (SGSY)2. Cattle (TSS)3. Cattle (Jindal)4. Ksheeradhara5. Suvarna Sankalpa6. Org. Farming7. Sachetana8. Sarvangina Vikas Yoj.9. Janotthan 10. Sambrudhi11. Parimochana12. Jalajeevani13. Tree-based Farm. (ITC)14. Gokak15. Navachetana16. ICUC17. NABARD Watershed18. Training Centres19. Digital Green

PROJECT LOCATIONS

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

Dairy husbandry, watershed development and wadi programme were the major programmes spread over 12 districts. The livestock development programme is being operated through 152 centres in 11 districts through cattle breeders’ associations and BAIF’s revenue model Ksheeradhara.

Under the NABARD-supported programme, 7 watersheds are being developed in Rangareddy and Mahabubnagar districts covering 1771 ha, to benefit over 1220 families. Water resources developed in the lands of poor farmers are being used for vegetable cultivation and establishment of small orchards. Paddy cultivation under SRI method was also promoted.

Establishment of four mega watersheds under Integrated Watershed Management Project, has benefitted over 20,000 families spread across 38 villages in 3 districts.

Tree-based farming is being implemented through 650 families for drought proofing on 686 ha under MGNREGA in 22 villages of Mahabubnagar district.

The NAIP Project was successfully implemented in rainfed areas through suitable interventions such as community heifer rearing, ram lamb rearing, custom hiring of agricultural implements, promotion of seeds of improved varieties of groundnut and castor, repair of

traditional water bodies and revolving fund mechanism for landless and other poor families, benefitting 1350 families from 6 villages in 2 districts.

Collective procurement of agricultural inputs and marketing of produce is being promoted through the establishment of Agri Business Centres in Prakasam and Guntur districts covering 1077 families.

Agricultural Extension activities are being promoted in 41 villages of Mahabubnagar and Rangareddy districts to enable small holders to become professional vegetable growers through capacity building and transfer of improved agronomic practices.

The livestock development programme is being implemented through 422 centres in 18 districts covering 6.0 lakh families in 7920 villages. 4,14,643 AIs have been performed during the year.

Rajasthan has evolved various cost effective models for door to door delivery of breeding services over the last 10 - 12 years. As a result, the cost per AI under the SGSY sponsored programmes has come down from Rs. 254 in 2003-04 to Rs. 62 in 2011-12. This enabled BAIF to increase the operation from 180 cattle development centres to 349 centres within the available funds.

The imGoats Development programme in Jhadol block with focus on Sirohi breed

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improvement, is making a good impact on the lives of the landless and women goat keepers in tribal areas. Coordination among all the stakeholders particularly between goat keepers and traders under the innovative platform, is a unique approach in the project.

Silvipasture development on village common lands was taken up on 514 ha in Bhilwara and Ajmer under the SGSY Programme.

The Vedanta Group sponsored an improved agri-horticulture and rainwater harvesting project in Chittor,

Udaipur, Bhilwara and Rajsamand districts where 1370 families are using improved agricultural practices. 26 rainwater harvesting structures have been constructed which have ensured protective irrigation for wadi, agricultural crops and for domestic consumption.

The NABARD-funded Wadi Project enabled 1600 tribal families in Banswara, Dungarpur and Udaipur districts, to establish wadi, leading to socio-economic prosperity. Another NABARD-funded Wadi Project, enabled 1000 tribal families in Ogna cluster of Jhadol, to

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establish wadi with amla, mango, guava, lemon and pomegranate for sustainable livelihood.

Our Anola Wadi programme registered a production of 1073 tons of Anola. 150 tons of Anola were processed into various products by the Anola Growers’ Cooperative.

NABARD-funded four IGWDP in Sarada block of Udaipur district which has resulted in increase in the level of the water table from 0.30 m to 1.40 m. 16.20 ha has come under double cropping pattern.

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust-funded Sustainable

Development Programme is being implemented in Barmer district, which has demonstrated an improved traditional model for water harvesting, agriculture and horticultural production in integration with livestock production system. The participant families in this programme have earned an income of Rs.16650 per annum from sale of ber fruits and leaves in the first year of fruiting itself.

In Rajasthan, particularly in tribal areas, participation of women is encouraging. As a testimony, 1500 women participated in

The livestock development programme sponsored by IRDP, DRDA,

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

the Women’s Day celebrations held at Banswara and Ogna with great enthusiasm.

In recognition of the significant contribution to the upliftment of the rural poor in the state, RRIDMA was conferred the "SBI Excellence Award" for 2011 from the Delhi Circle comprising of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan by the State Bank of India Delhi Circle.

Based on the field learnings, case studies from various project locations have been documented in the form of a booklet Safalata ke Sopan.

MPRLP and ITC is being implemented in 19 districts, benefitting 40452 families spread over 3663 villages.

The watershed development programme is being implemented through 193 micro watersheds spread over 7600 ha and providing waters security for protective irrigation to over 7842 families from 357

villages. The programme is also being extended to another 10,317 ha in Bundelkhand. The integrated watershed management programme in Tikamgarh district covers 24 villages.

3785 families are participating in the wadi programme in Betul, Seoni and Pati Badwani districts.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT OF TRIBAL FARMERBAIF-SPESD is implementing the wadi programme in Ghodadongari block of Betul district. Dhadgaon is a forest-fringed village where 13 families have joined the wadi programme since 2008. These farmers own small farms with poor soils. They grow one crop during the monsoon and harvest a small quantity of foodgrains barely sufficient for sustenance. One of them is Ojha Dhurve, who used to work on other farmers’ farms on daily wage basis, as his land was not productive. To forget his miseries, he used to consume liquor brewed from Mahua flowers and did not take any interest in his farm. BAIF field staff approached Ojha to establish wadi on his degraded farm land. Ojha and his wife Bhagotabai were briefed about the benefits of the wadi programme and were motivated to join the programme. Considering the poor quality soil, the project staff proposed a 30 mango tree + 20 anola tree for his farm. With the guidance of the field staff, he repaired the existing dry tube well on

his farm which ensured protective irrigation. He was provided with seeds of various cereal and vegetable crops under the project. He was guided to adopt improved agricultural practices to improve the income from his inter crops. Ojha started growing wheat, onion, tomato and brinjal on his farm which enabled him to earn Rs. 16845 in the first year itself, apart from keeping vegetable for home consumption. His four-year old wadi is one of the best wadis in

the village and is nearing fruiting stage from which the anticipated income is Rs. 23,000 – 25,000 per annum. He has built his house in the wadi plot and started living there to take good care of his wadi. Having been convinced about the ill-effects of consumption of liquor, Ojha is a reformed person now. He has no time to be idle or to even think of liquor. He has now become a role model for other farmers in the neighbourhood.

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The wadi programme is being implemented with the support from NABARD in Bastar, Sarguja and Jaspur districts covering 1385 tribal families from 36 villages who are developing orchards of mango, cashew and litchi on 561 ha with

INCREASE IN PADDY PRODUCTION BY EARTHEN GULLY PLUGGINGUnder the NABARD-sponsored watershed programme, a village watershed committee has been formed at Khondhla village in Udaipur block of Sarguja district in Chhattisgarh state for planning and execution of the soil and water conservation activity, with the active participation of the community.

There is a hillock at the ridge of the watershed, whose run-off has formed a nallah flowing across the paddy fields, causing heavy soil erosion. To arrest the flow of water, a group of 15 farmers joined to construct 10 loose boulder structures and 44 earthen gully plugs at suitable intervals. As a result, soil erosion has reduced significantly. The farmers observed that the back water of structures start flowing with the paddy field and give a boost to the growth, even during dry spells. As a result, the paddy yield from 4.8 ha, has increased from 4.8 tons/ha to 10-11 tons/ha.

components of water resources development, agri-business and empowerment of the community particularly women and focus on their health.

4 watersheds, covering 3862 ha, are being implemented in Sarguja

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

Realising the need to uplift the backward regions of Uttar Pradesh and bring it in the forefront of development, BIRD-UP launched the livestock development programme 25 years ago. Presently, this programme is being operated through 1043 cattle development centres in 75 districts and providing doorstep services to over 27.88 lakh families spread over 38713 villages. Based on the success of the programme, 120 cattle development centres have been sponsored in Bundelkhand region to serve the farmers of which 51 centres were established in 7 districts. 100 other centres, sponsored by Uttar Pradesh Bhumu Sudhar Nigam Ltd., are being established in 26 districts of the sodic belt.

Generation of Rural Employment for Sustainable Livelihood Project in 17 districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, is now operating on a self–sustainable mode with monitoring from BAIF and NABARD.

Integrated Milk Production and Marketing through Farmers’ Organisation Project in Etawah and Agra districts, gave direction to milk marketing and procurement system with the active involvement of BPL farmers through Dairy Interest Groups.

Under the Godhan Project, various models for sustainability have been tested through 68 centres. Women Paravets have assumed greater leadership and improved their performance. They have been organising cattle rallies, fairs, health camps and approximately 700

Dairy Interest Groups with confidence.

Under the multi activity approach for poverty alleviation, implemented with the support of SGSY Special Programme of the Government of India, 8172 families have enrolled from 106 villages in Rae Bareli and Sultanpur districts. The farmers who were growing paddy were encouraged to adopt System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method which has the

and Jashpur districts. All the watersheds are in capacity building phase.

Additional 22 families have been covered in Bastar under fisheries cultivation in the existing community pond.

BIRD (UP) – UTTARAKHAND

potential to reduce the cost of input and increase the crop yield. The programme has enabled the farmers to increase the yield of paddy from 7.34 tons to 8.80 tons. Integrated Pest Management practices in paddy increased the yield from 5.41 tons/ha to 6.23 tons/ha while reducing the hazards of chemical pesticides. There was also a significant improvement in the yield of wheat and other crops. Several eco-friendly practices introduced through the project were very well adopted

Considering the challenging terrain, livestock development programme was introduced as an important source of livelihood. Presently, the programme is being implemented in 12 districts through 120 cattle development centres, providing breeding services to 246435 families spread over 2783 villages. Under the Ksheerdhara Project, 16 centres are being operated as self sustainable centres. Demonstration of

by the target BPL families and also by the non-participating neighbouring farmers in the village clusters. Farmers maintaining dairy animals are able to sell the surplus milk to Mother Dairy / Parag Dairy @ Rs. 18-20 per litre and improve their income.

The wadi programme covers 4215 families in sodic and normal land of 2577 ha, apart from maintaining small units of animals, rural non-farm sector enterprises, sustainable agricultural practices and formation of strong community

organisations. 73 ha of land covering 316 families have been brought under irrigation. Papaya saplings have been transplanted on wadi bunds for additional income generation.

380 Self Help Groups have been formed under the project. Community health programmes have been initiated in all the clusters. The landless are being benefitted by the introduction of rickshaw trolleys as a means of supplementary income.

fodder cultivation and conservation of perennial forest grass have been taken up in Champavat district.

The integrated tribal development programme in Dehra Dun covers 700 families through water resources development, improved vegetable cultivation, heifer rearing, small ruminants such as goats and sericulture. Under the NAIP Project, livestock farming is being promoted in Champavat

and Tehri Garhwal districts. Backyard poultry is also being maintained by the farmers for additional income.

Hardy French breeds suited for hilly terrains, have been introduced to explore the possibility of enhancing the income of dairy farmers through higher milk yield. The study is in progress as the new born females have been reached the stage of milk production.

Under the hill area development

programme in Garhwal and Champavat districts, sustainable agricultural practices, maintenance of small ruminants such as goat and poultry, establishment of fruit plantations, low cost poly house for cultivation of high value vegetables and flowers were adopted by the families. Community-based post-harvest processing for malta (sweet lime) juice was established.

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BIRD (UP) – BIHAR Taking into

consideration the backward situation of rural population in the state, the cattle development programme is being implemented in 15 districts through 252 cattle development centres, benefitting over 1.75 lakh families spread over 5403 villages. The revenue-based model of implementation of the cattle development programme is making good progress in Patna, Munger and Siwan districts.

An innovative liquid nitrogen container has been designed which has increased the storage capacity, while reducing the operational cost.

The NAIP Project for promoting good agricultural production technologies, has been completed successfully. One of the farmer participants, Umesh Yadav from Nayatola village in Dharhar block of Munger district recorded highest production of 7.68 tons/ha of paddy under SRI method of cultivation.

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5 watershed projects have been completed in Munger and Banka districts with the support of NABARD. 5623 ha has been covered under watershed of which, 4357 ha area was treated, covering 41 villages and benefitting 8316 families. 72118 man days employment has been generated through this programme, while significantly increasing the crop production.

The farm school demonstration project has also been successfully completed.

The wadi project for Integrated Tribal Development Programme, covering 550 families from Dharahara, Tetya Bubber and Sangrampur blocks of Munger district, was launched in 2009 with the support of NABARD. Horticulture development, soil conservation, water resource development, women development, health and sanitation, training and capacity building of farmers were taken up under

the project which registered a survival rate of 85%.

Under the watershed development programme, against the target of 683 solar lamps, 1020 solar lamps were distributed from people’s contribution to cover all the villages as an entry point activity.

Azola production through 250 farmers and Hybrid Napier cultivation by 100 farmers were promoted. A booklet on azolla cultivation has also been brought out.

During the year, 263 candidates sponsored by Director, Dairy Development, Government of Bihar were trained in paravet responsibilities.

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Under the sponsorship of Government of Jharkhand, thrust has been on dairy cattle development, fodder security and goat development.

1,69,251 AI were carried out during the year, covering 303345 families from 14,000 villages in 24 districts. So far, 35,787 female calves have been born through this programme in the state.

To boost the management of livestock, heifer rearing programme was initiated by providing calf starter free of cost to all the young female calves. Concentrate was also provided for calf rearing at 50% subsidy. 426 tons of calf starter and 3184 tons of cattle feed were distributed. All the calves were vaccinated and dewormed. 9572 heifers owned by 8487 farmers were insured.

Support for feeding cows was given by providing Rs. 2.5 kg per kg feed procured by the dairy farmers under the BAIF programme. 5572 tons of feed were distributed.

2847 exposure visits of farmers’ groups were organised to progressive dairy areas in UP. 549 training courses were organised. More than 70 calf rallies were arranged. Several animal health camps were organised with active support from the Government of Jharkhand for vaccination, deworming and diagnosis and treatment of sick animals.

Fodder development was initiated through field demonstrations and distribution of fodder seeds to needy farmers. In all, 136 tons of fodder seeds were distributed and 96 tons of maize, bajra, cowpea, rice bean and guar and 40 tons of oats, lucerne and berseem in rabi season.

Demonstration in azolla production was carried out as a source of protein supplementation in five districts. Demonstration on paddy straw treatment with urea was also carried out.

Eco-friendly goat development, sponsored by Government of Jharkhand, SDTT and International Livestock Research Institute, was undertaken in 620 villages, benefitting 35,600 families. The programme included upgradation of non-descript goat with elite Black Bengal breed which was well accepted by the local communities, deworming, vaccination, castration and improved feeding practices. Goat keeping women’s groups have been formed to maintain superior breeding bucks and to share the learnings. Well trained Field Guides interacted regularly with goat keepers and guided them wherever needed, particularly to adopt good management practices and marketing the goats on weight basis. The programme has brought better enlightenment among goat keepers and enabled them to enhance their income by 2-3 times.

Operational States

Cattle Development

Semen Laboratory

Goat Development

Watershed Development

Agri-Horti-Forestry

Women Empowerment

Community Health

Sericulture

BAIF'S PROGRAMMES IN INDIA

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MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROGRAMME COVERAGEState - Districts Dairy Husb. 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, Bagalpur, Begusarai, Gopalganj, Muzaffarpur, Lakhisarai, Patna, Rohtas Chhattisgarh – Bastar Jashpur, Sarguja Gujarat – Bharuch, Dahod, Surat Bhavnagar, Dangs, Navsari, Valsad,Vadodara Ahmedabad, Junagadh, Jamnagar, Rajkot Kutchh Amreli, Banaskantha, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Narmada, Patan, Porbandar

Navsari, Valsad, Dangs U.T. of Dadra and Nagar Haveli Himachal Pradesh – Mandi Jharkhand – Bokaro, Chatra, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Dumka, Garhwa, Giridih, Godda, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Jamtara, Khunti, Koderma, Latehar, Lohardaga, Pakur, Palamu, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Sahebganj, Saraikela-Kharsawan, Simdega, Singhbhum East, Singhbhum West

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

Belgaum, Davanagere, Hassan, Tumkur Belgaum, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Gulbarga, Kodagu, Mysore, Raichur, Tumkur

Madhya Pradesh – Barwani, Betul, Hoshangabad, Satna, Seoni Indore, Vidisha Bhopal, Damoh, Datiya, Chaterpur, Guna, Panna, Singroli, Sagar, Tikamgrah

Dhar, Gwalior, Harda, Shivpuri, Tikamgrah Maharashtra – Ahmednagar, Amravati, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli Hingoli,, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Nashik, Pune, Yevatmal, Washim

Gondia, Nagpur, Nanded,, Raigad, Thane Beed Akola, Kolhapur, Satara Usmanabad Orissa – Angul, Baragarh, Bauda, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Koraput, Naba-rangpur, Naupada, Sambalpur, Sonepur

Sundergadh Punjab - Patiala, Sangrur, Ropar, Hoshiarpur and 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, Nainital, Champavat, Dehra Dun, Uddham Singh Nagar, Haridwar, Pauri, Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal

Uttar Pradesh - Chitrakoot, Hamirpur CSM Nagar (Carved Distt. from Rae Bareli, Sultanpur) Bahraich, Balrampur Pratapgarh Agra, Allahabad 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, Raebareli, Rampur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Shravasti, Siddharth Nagar, Sitapur, Sonbhadra, Sultanpur, Unnao, Varanasi

West Bengal - Bankura, Burdwan

BAIF Development Research Foundation Dr. Manibhai Desai Nagar, Warje, Pune 411 058, Maharashtra Phone: 020-25231661 Fax: 91-20-25231662 E-mail: baif@baif.org.in

BAIF Central Research Station Urulikanchan, Pune 412 202 Phone: 020-26926248 Fax: 26926347 E-mail: crs@baifcrs.com

BAIF Development Research Foundation E-1, First Floor, DDA Market, MOR land New Rajendra Nagar, New Delhi 110 060 Phone: 011-28741031 / 28741032 Fax: 011-28741036 E-mail: baif@bol.net.in

BAIF Orissa "Kalyani" Gandhi Colony, Sarlakani, Post Dhankauda Via Remed, Sambalpur 768 006, Orissa Telefax: 0663-2410276 birdorissa@gmail.com

BAIF Punjab 705 B Ghummen Nagar Alipur Road Gali No. 7, Near Primrose Public School Patiala 147 001 Punjab baifpunjab@gmail.com

BAIF Chhattisgarh 147, “Akanksha”, Anand Nagar Near Durga Mandir, Raipur 492 009 Chhattisgarh Phone: 0771-4074750 E-mail: baif_cg@yahoo.com

Maharashtra Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA) BAIF-MITTRA Bhavan, Opp. Nivas Homes, Behind Bodhale Nagar, Nasik-Pune Highway, Nasik 422 011, Maharashtra Phone: 0253-2416057 / 2416058 Fax: 0253-2416056 E-mail: mittransk@gmail.com www.mittra.org

BAIF Offices and Associate OrganisationsGujarat Rural Institute for Socio-Economic Reconstruction, Vadodara (GRISERV) 3rd Floor, Indra Complex, Near Amarjyot Society, Manjalpur, Vadodara 390 004, Gujarat Phone: 0265-2654897, Fax: 0265-2651802 E-mail: griserv@griserv.com www.griserv.com

Dhruva BAIF Vrindavan Campus, Village Lachhakadi P.O. Gangpur, Tal. Vansda, Dist. Navsari 396 580, Gujarat Phone: 02630-244096, 290314 Fax: 02630-244005 E-mail: dhruva_org@rediffmail.com www.dhruva.org.in

BAIF Institute for Rural Development – Karnataka (BIRD-K) `Kamadhenu', P.B. No. 3, Sharada Nagar, Tiptur 572 202, Karnataka, Phone: 08134-250658 / 250659 Fax: 08134-251337 E-mail: birdktpr@gmail.com www.birdk.org.in

BAIF Institute for Rural Development, Andhra Pradesh (BIRD-AP) Door No. 9-6-173 Ground Floor, Durga Bhavani Nagar Colony, Road No. 2, Santoshnagar, Hyderabad 500 079 Telefax: 040-24533405 E-mail: baif_ap@rediffmail.com www.baifap.org

Rajasthan Rural Institute of Development Management (RRIDMA) BAIF Bhavan, G Block, Near Community Hall, Hiran Magri, Sector 14, Udaipur 313 002, Rajasthan Telefax: 0294-2640133 Phone: 6533707 E-mail: ridma@gmail.com www.rridma.org

Society for Promotion of Eco-friendly Sustainable Development (SPESD) “Surbhi”, E-7/65Lala Lajpat Rai Society, Arera Colony Bhopal 462 016, Madhya Pradesh Phone: 0755-2461019 Telefax: 0755-2428619 E-mail: baifmp@gmail.com

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

BIRD (UP) - Uttarakhand Sarvapriya Bihar, Near Ramdev Ashram, Kankhal, Haridwar 249 408 Uttarakhand Phone: 01334-324512 Fax: 01334-240576 E-mail: baifuttarakhand@gmail.com

BIRD (UP) – Bihar House No. 2, Road No. 8, East Patel Nagar, Patna 800 023, Bihar Telefax: 0612-2292486 E-mail: baif.,bihar@yahoo.com 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, Jharkhand Phone: 0651-2444188 Fax: 0651-2444114 E-mail: baifjkd@dataone.in www.birva.org.in

Vasundhara Agri-Horti Producer Co. Ltd. (VAPCOL) Dr. Manibhai Desai Nagar, Warje, Pune 411 058, Maharashtra Phone: 020-25235414 E-mail: info@vrindavan.co.in

BAIF Agro and Biotechnology Pvt. Ltd. (BABTPL) c/o BAIF Central Research Station Urulikanchan, Pune 412 202 Phone: 020-26926248 Fax: 26926347 E-mail: babtpl@gmail.com