Our Reach
States
Total Districts including 56 Aspirational Districts
Villages
Million families
Programmes and Impact
Livestock Development : Livelihoods and Emission Reduction
5,19,669 (cum. 72,10,900) families from 96,956 villages in 12 states have improved their livelihood; Methane emission reduced by 17 to 20 %
Natural Resources Management and Carbon Sequestration
8186 (cum. 372,159) ha; 13,636 (cum. 284,993) families in 115 (cum. 1513) villages in 12 states; Estimated carbon sequestered / offset: 100,000 t. C per year.
Agri-Horti-Forestry (Wadi)
3112 (cum. 89,136) ha; 7779 (cum. 222,840) tribal and poor families; 382 (cum. 6900) villages from 12 states; Carbon sequestered: 2.0 million tons
Rural Non-Farm Sector-based Livelihoods
14,636 families from 8 states; 1729 Rural Entrepreneurs
Samruddha Gram
Convergence of mainstream programmes for holistic development of 8074 families from 82 villages of 6 states
Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Climate-Smart Agriculture
20,176 vulnerable households; 135 villages in 5 States; Climate-Resilient and Smart Agriculture; Climate proofing interventions
Agro-Biodiversity Conservation
5500 tribal farmers from Maharashtra and Gujarat engaged in conservation, seed production and upscaling of worthy landraces through seed saver groups
Renewable Energy
Estimated emission reduction by 2000 biogas units is 8000 t. CO2 eq. per year; Emission reduction potential of fractional solar pumps:11.25 kg CO2 eq. / day / hp.
Health and Nutrition
55576 households have access to safe drinking water, improved nutrition and a cleaner environment through suitable WASH initiatives
Women-centric Development
3926 SHGs and 11 Federations in 10 states; Changemakers in Agriculture
Capacity Building
30,645 farmers trained in Livestock Development, 4817 farmers in NRM and 34301 farmers in Farm-based Livelihoods
Information and Communications Technology
75,000 farmers accessed information; 100 women eDosts; 65 online e-learning modules on LMS platform
Educational Initiatives
Formal and non-formal educational initiatives in tribal regions; Functional literacy in Bundelkhand region and Smart School Programme for 2000 children in 5 states
Farmer Organisations
40,000 wadi farmers and 50 producer organisations; 25 NABARD-empanelled organisations; 5 cluster-level FPOs; 69 Agri Business Centres; 2 Cattle Breeders Welfare Associations
Significant Events
National Group Meet: Rabi 2023-24 of All India Coordinated Research Project on Forage Crops and Utilization hosted by BAIF
Release of Report of “Four decades of Forage Research”Dr. T.R. Sharma, Deputy Director General - Crop Sciences, ICAR, New Delhi chaired the...
Foundation Day celebrated at BAIF Central Research Station
Chief Guest Shrimant Sanjeev Raje Naik Nimbalkar, Chairman, Govind Dairy, Phaltan awarding Best SHG Award to Madhav SHGThe 57 Foundation Day of BAIF...
Signing of MoU between BAIF and NDDB
Dr. Bharat Kakade, President and Managing Trustee, BAIF signing the MoUAn MoU was signed between National Dairy Development Board and BAIF...
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
