Press Release | Pune | India
BAIF Development Research Foundation, has assumed voluntary membership of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, thereby reaffirming its commitment to ending hunger, poverty, and inequality in alignment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. BAIF recognises that hunger and malnutrition are rooted in structural poverty and rising inequality, and acknowledges that current global efforts are insufficient to meet SDGs 1 (No Poverty), 2 (Zero Hunger), and 10 (Reduced Inequalities). It therefore endorses the Alliance’s mission to promote coordinated, large-scale, and integrated approaches that combine social protection with access to essential services such as food security, nutrition, livelihoods, education, health, and climate resilience.
Dr. Bharat Kakade, President and Managing Trustee of BAIF stated that BAIF emphasises the importance of country-owned, inclusive policies and programmes targeting the poorest and most vulnerable populations, particularly in rural and tribal areas. It values the Global Alliance’s policy basket as a guiding framework for evidence-based action and commits to supporting national and local implementation through knowledge sharing, capacity building, technical assistance, and partnerships. BAIF will work collaboratively with Alliance members to strengthen coordination, innovation, and learning to enhance country-level outcomes.
Drawing on its extensive field presence in over 100,000 villages in India, Dr. Kakade expressed readiness to support integrated sustainable community development approaches, climate and shock responsive interventions, and programmes for landless and smallholders. Its actions include expanding nutrition-sensitive agri-horti-forestry and dairy husbandry initiatives, scaling resilient livelihood models to reach 10 million rural families by 2030, developing climate-resilient infrastructure and enabling access to digital entitlements. While these commitments are voluntary and non-binding, BAIF affirms its intent to align its capacities and partnerships to contribute meaningfully to the global fight against hunger and poverty.
