Nov. 15, 2022: BAIF Development Research Foundation/BAIF Livelihoods is implementing the Programme “Training of Youths & Scaling up Bovine Breeding Services through Establishment …

Nov. 15, 2022: BAIF has developed need-based and region-specific tribal development models in the country taking into consideration…

Nov. 15, 2022: BAIF Development Research Foundation/BISLD Maharashtra team and Genome Saviour farmers participated in the programme organised by Tribal Development Department, Government …

Nov. 14, 2022: Dr. Manibhai Desai – the Founder of BAIF and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, strongly believed in the traditional wisdom of rural and tribal families living in remote villages across …

Nov. 03, 2022: National Women Farmer’s Day (Mahila Kisan Diwas) 2022 – a day which celebrates the feminisation of Indian agriculture through the emergence of champion women farmers, was observed under the “Sathi” Project at Kone village in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik district of …

Oct. 22-22, 2022: Livestock Development Programme supported by Adani Foundation and implemented by BAIF Livelihoods Chhattisgarh, was launched in Chhattisgarh with the inauguration of the Cattle Development Centre at Chicholi, Tilda, Raipur district by Mr. Chandrasekhar Gowda …

Oct. 16, 2022: World Food Day is observed by BAIF through the implementation of its innovative agri-horti-forestry and climate-resilient programmes in diverse agro-climate conditions which have ensured food and nutritional security to distressed families including women and children, thereby combating malnutrition and safeguarding them from other health hazards.

Oct. 15, 2022: Women play important role in nurturing the family and contributing for family income in agrarian rural Indian communities by participating in labour-intensive agricultural processes and conservation of indigenous crops, dairy and livestock …

Sept. 29, 2022: The ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (NIANP), Bengaluru commercialised the anti-methanogenic feed supplement – ‘Harit Dhara’ to BAIF Development Research Foundation through AgrInnovate india on a non-exclusive basis, on …

Sept. 26, 2022: A study tour of NABARD Officials from Maharashtra to BAIF’s Central Research Station, Uruli Kanchan, Pune, was organised on September 26, 2022. The team comprising of District Development Managers and other Senior Managers including Mrs. Rashmi Darad …

Sept. 18, 2022: World Bamboo Day was celebrated on September 18, 2022 at Gangangaon village in Dahanu, Palghar district of Maharashtra under the ‘Ensuring Long Term Plantation of Bamboo for Livelihood Support and Habitat Restoration in Tribal Parts of Maharashtra’ Project funded by SBI Credit Card and SBI Green Fund and managed by SBI Foundation in association with BAIF since 2020-21. Known as the timber…

Based on the directive of ICAR, New Delhi to organise “Kharif Forage Day” at all the designated Centres of the All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Forage Crops and Utilisation operating in the country, BAIF Central Research Station, a AICRP Centre engaged in the development of new varieties/hybrids of maize, pearl millet and B x N Hybrid, evaluation of new entries through on-station and Multi Location Trials (MLT), generation of new forage production technologies…

T“With an all-time high outreach of 31 lakh families in a year and the farm-based livelihood popularly known as the wadi programme also crossing a coverage of one lakh families in 2021-22, enabling the programme participants to earn Rs. 30,000 to Rs. one lakh per year and even more additional income, the year 2021-22 was an year of achievements”, stated Mr. Bharat Kakade, President and Managing Trustee of BAIF. Mr. Kakade was speaking at the 56th Foundation Day…

The 75th year of Indian Independence – Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav was celebrated by BAIF Head Office in Pune and all other locations in 12 states, with immense patriotism, pride and joy, thereby making August 15, 2022, a historical day in BAIF.

The national flag was hoisted by Mr. Bharat Kakade, …

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India notified and released BAIF-evolved fodder crop varieties of Pearl millet namely BAIF Bajra-5 and BAIF Bajra-6, as suitable for cultivation in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh vide their Notification of July 13, 2022.

BAIF Senior Management headed by Mr. Bharat K. Kakade, President, and comprising of Dr. Ashok Pande, Group Vice President, Scientific Research and Livestock Development, Dr. Raviraj Jadhav, Programme Director and Regional Director – BAIF Livelihoods North , Mr. Pramodkumar Takawale, Programme Director…

The “Sansad Adarsh Village Development Project” at Mal Samot, Dediapada in Narmada district, was in the limelight when a high-level team of officials from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India and Government of Gujarat visited the village. The Mission comprised of the Secretary, Ministry…

A MoU was signed between Odisha Livestock Resources Development Society (OLRDS) and BAIF Livelihoods Odisha for providing bovine breeding and allied services by skilling and deployment of 1500 youth as Multipurpose Artificial Insemination Technicians in Rural India (MAITRI). Shri. Bharat Kakade, Managing Director, BAIF Livelihoods and President, BAIF Development Research…

‘Maharashtra Gene Bank Programme for Conservation, Management and Revival of Local Bio-Resources’ was initiated in the year 2014 covering over 142 villages spread over nine districts from different agro-climatic zones of Maharashtra. The BAIF Programme aims at preventing…

Dr. Manibhai Desai, the Founder of BAIF pioneered the Rural Development Movement in India. Today, it is because of his vision that 4 million families have come out of poverty through BAIF’s innovative programmes of dairy husbandry, water resources development and tribal rehabilitation…

The bust of Dr. Manibhai Desai, the Founder of BAIF and a close associate of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, was unveiled by the President of BAIF, Mr. Bharat Kakade at the Dr. Manibhai Desai Navchetan Secondary School operated by BAIF at Chondha, Navsari district of Gujarat…

A MoU was signed between BAIF Livelihoods Odisha and Government of Odisha for breeding bull production using ART and Genomic evaluation techniques in Cuttack, Odisha in the presence of Dr. Yeddula Vijay, Director, AH & VS, Government of Odisha, Mr. Rakesh…

Mr. Bhabani Prasad Pati, IFS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Government of India visited the Comprehensive Community Development Programme (CCDP) cluster in Angul, Odisha. This programme is being implemented by BISLD Odisha with the …

85 women beneficiaries of Mission Sunehra Kal, being implemented in Lunkaransar, Bikaner district, participated enthusiastically in the celebration organised at Garbedeshwar village on March 8, 2022. Sarpanch of the village, Kavita Swami, Scientists from Krishi Vigyan Kendra Lunakaransar…

Binod Bhengra, a wadi participant of the Wadi Programme funded under Tribal Development Fund being implemented at Torpa, Khunti district, Jharkhand, was felicitated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Shri. Hemant Soren on February 23, 2022 in Ranchi…

A team of senior scientists from Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI) Jodhpur headed by Dr. Akath Singh, Principal Scientist, visited the BAIF Desert Research Centre at Barmer on February 19, 2022. The team interacted with the farmers on the improvement in productivity …

Mr. Shrirang Dhavale, Ms. Gauri Rajadhakshya and Ms. Ipsita Das from Tata Sustainability Group and Ms. Nidhi Mendiratta, CSR Head, Ms. Mallika Sriraman, Mr. Anindya Chatterji and Ms. Swati Kolhatkar from Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd. (TCEL), visited the project villages of Dapti- Malghar in Jawha …

Dr. B.D. Sharma, Director, Central Institute of Arid Horticulture in Kalu, Bikaner, visited the BAIF MSK ITC Project area at Nakodeshar and Chandshar villages in Bikaner on February 17, 2022. He was accompanied by Mr. D.K Tiwari from the BAIF-ITC MSK Programme. Dr. Sharma …

The exposure visit of 31 participants under the Wadi Focused Rural Development Programme supported by HDFC Bank Parivartan Initiative and being implemented by BISLD Madhya Pradesh, in 50 villages of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh, was flagged off by Hon’ble Minister of Environment …

A calf rally was organized at Holladakoppalu village in Hunsur, Mysuru district of Karnataka, on February 2, 2022 to encourage the farmers to improve the health of their animals and to focus on management and care of calves, heifer and cows. 117 farmers with 278 cattle, participated in the rally….