Outreach
States
Total Districts including 61 Aspirational Districts
Villages
Million families
Programmes and Impact
Livestock-based Livelihoods and Enteric Methane Emission Reduction
33,95,933 (cum. 77,30,028) families from 99,452 villages in 13 states have improved their livelihood; Methane emission reduced by 17 to 20 %
Water-centric Livelihoods and Land Degradation Neutrality
14,592 (cum. 386,701) ha; 19,478 (cum. 303,938) families in 381 (cum. 1894) villages in 14 states; Estimated carbon sequestered / offset: 14,592 tCO2e during the year 2023-24 (cum. 386,701 tCO2e)
Agri-Horti-Forestry (Wadi) for Carbon Sequestration and Livelihoods of small and marginal farmers
4239 (cum. 93,375) ha; 10,598 (cum. 233,438) tribal and poor families; 472 (cum. 7381) villages from 13 states; Carbon sequestered: 2.1 million tons
Rural Non-Farm Sector-based Livelihoods
13,515 families from 12 states; 882 Rural Entrepreneurs
Samruddha Gram
Convergence of mainstream programmes for holistic development of 13,047 families (cum. 25,512 since 2020) from 89 villages of 10 states
Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Climate-Smart Agriculture
Agrobiodiversity Conservation
4000 tribal farmers from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Odisha engaged in conservation, seed production and upscaling of worthy landraces through seed saver groups
Renewable Energy
Estimated emission reduction by more than 2030 IRESA units is 8124 t. CO2 e. per year; Emission reduction potential of fractional solar pumps:11.25 kg CO2 e. / day / hp.
Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation
Disaster Management is a very important programme of BAIF. BAIF has instituted a Disaster Management Fund to provide immediate relief measures to families affected by various natural calamities in its operational areas across the country.
Health and Nutrition
163,517 households have access to safe drinking water, improved nutrition and a cleaner environment through suitable WASH initiatives in 9 states
Women-centric Development
2486 SHGs with 24,860 women members in 10 states; Changemakers in Agriculture
Capacity Building
127,465 farmers trained in Livestock Development, NRM and Farm-based Livelihoods
Information and Communications Technology
200,000 farmers accessed information; 110 eDosts; More than 60 online e-learning modules on LMS platform
Education
Formal and non-formal educational initiatives in tribal regions; Functional literacy in Bundelkhand region and Smart School Programme; for 23,885 children from 292 school in 10 states were benefited during the year 2023-24.
Farmer Organisations
40,000 wadi farmers and 56 producer organisations; In 7 states 51 NABARD-empanelled organisations; 5 cluster-level FPOs; 82 Agri Business Centres; 2 Cattle Breeders Welfare Associations
Significant Events
BAIF-developed livestock chip launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Oct 05, 2024: Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi launched the ‘Unified Genomic Chip’ – ‘Gau’ chip for cattle and ‘Mahish’ chip for buffaloes at...
BAIF and NIAB Collaborative Research on Animal Biotechnology
Sep 19, 2024: BAIF Development Research Foundation, an organisation working at Pan-India level in rural development, with special focus on genetic...
BAIF-Tata Chemicals MoU to boost Rural Development and Green Solutions
Sep 03, 2024: A MoU was signed between BAIF Development Research Foundation and Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) to advance the production of Spineless...
BAIF Vision 2030
The strategy for achieving the goals will be empowerment and skilling of the local people, building social capital and collaborations with national and international science and technology institutions.
1. Climate Smart and Sustainable Natural Resource Management
2. Climate Smart Agriculture for Rural Livelihoods
3.Genomic Selection-based Climate Resilient Livestock Management
4. Women-centric Development
5. Water, Sanitation and Health
6. Rural Non-Farm Sector Livelihoods
