Outreach
States
Total Districts including 70 Aspirational Districts
Villages
Million Families
BAIF STRATEGIC PLAN 2030
Programme Verticals and Impact
Livestock-based Livelihoods
37,90,399 (cum. 86,08,029) families from 102,343 villages in 351 districts of 14 states have improved their livelihoods; 8.63 million cows and buffaloes born under the programme, are in milk, yielding 9.92 million tons per annum; Methane emission reduced by 15 to 20%
Farm-based Livelihoods
97,600 ha; 4,427 (cum. 245,490) tribal and poor families; 229 (cum.7,985) villages from 14 states; Carbon sequestered: 2.24 million tons
Water-centric Livelihoods
28 (cum. 871) watersheds,19,531 (cum. 420,867) ha; 26,514 (cum. 349,219) families in 228 (cum. 2343) villages in 15 states; Estimated carbon sequestered / offset: 27,626 tCO2e during the year 2025-26 (cum. 433,439 tCO2e)
Rural Non-Farm Sector
Diversified enterprises for enhanced income; 54,175 families; 1,190 (Cum. 2,481) Rural Entrepreneurs; 2027 women-led enterprises; 12,452 SHG women trained under Swayamshree Programme; 3,412 women established 1,203 enterprises
Holistic Village Development; Need-based Multi-sectoral Interventions; Participatory Planning, Convergence, Partnerships and Community Ownership; 4,247 families (cum. 30,590 families); 408 holistic villages developed
647,463 women (cum. 766,589), cumulavely supported 216,857 women entrepreneurs and established 4,628 women-led enterprises with a cadre of 6,077 Sakhis
129,892 (cum. 247,646) rural and tribal households in 10 states; Key Programmes: Food and Nutrition; Adolescent, Women, Maternal and Child Health; Traditional Health Care; Capacity Building
Education
Formal and Non-formal educational initiatives benefitted 45,162 (cum. 313,704) children in 464 (cum. 1,033) schools in 10 states; Holistic School-based and Anganwadi Interventions; Smart School Programme and Digital Learning; Career counselling and coaching facilities; Functional Literacy Programme benefitted 475 women in Bundelkhand through 19 Literacy Centres
Capacity Building
232 structured training programmes for 1,602 employees; 248,364 farmers were trained in livestock, NRM and farm-based livelihoods
Information and Communications Technology
Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Climate-Smart Agriculture
255,734 families; Cum. 8.2 million tons of carbon sequestered on 97,616 ha; 1,865 climate-smart villages; 112 wadi farmers generated 493 carbon credits; Carbon sequestration of 27,626 Co2e through land degradation neutrality measures
Agrobiodiversity Conservation
Conservation of India’s rich crop diversity – rice, millets, pulses and local vegetables; Community Seed Banks; Women Seed Conservationists; Sustainable Agri-Food Systems; 10,000+ farmers from 150 villages in 12 districts of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh
Nature-based Solutions
Nature-positive Solutions (NpS) and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for enriched ecosystems, greenhouse gases reduction, carbon sequestering, human health, food and water security and disaster risk reduction
Renewable Energy
Solar-powered agriculture; India’s first multi-model Agrivoltaics demonstration facility established at BAIF Rural Innovation Centre, Uruli Kanchan; 17 Agrivoltaics models in 3 locations; 741 Solar Lift Irrigation Units
Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation
BAIF has instituted a Disaster Management Fund to provide immediate relief measures to families affected by natural calamities in its operational areas across the country. Technical Institute of the National Disaster Management Authority for drought mitigation in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat
VAPCOL, BAIF Agro and BAIF Council for Advancement in Rural Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (BAIF CARES); 17 rural-focused startups incubated in agriculture, livestock, food processing, natural resource management and waste management
Central Research Station
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO); Scientific research and innovation for farming communities in Agriculture, Livestock, Natural Resource Management and Social Sciences; 16 Satellite Campuses
40,000 wadi farmers and 58 producer organisations in 7 states; NABARD-empanelled Cluster-Based Business Organisation in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka; 114 FPOs; 74 Agri Business Centres; Cattle Breeders Welfare Association for value chain development and programme sustainability
Significant Events
BAIF signs MoU with CSIR–NCL to strengthen Science in Livestock and Agriculture
BAIF Development Research Foundation and CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, signed a MoU to advance research, innovation and technology-led...
When technology reaches the last mile, transformation begins
BAIF is proud to lead the implementation of the RuTAGe Smart Village Centre (RSVC) at Prakasha in Shahada Block, Nandurbar—an important initiative...
BAIF Enters its Diamond Jubilee Year with a Renewed Vision for Rural Prosperity
Address by Dr. Bharat Kakade, President and Managing Trustee, BAIF Six decades of rural transformation; BAIF charts a new roadmap for Viksit Bharat...
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
