Nov. 17, 2022: Wadi’ model, meant to help tribal and small landholders, allows the landholder to plant food crops for commercial sales and self-consumption. It was examined during the session held to discuss ways and means to…

Aug. 23, 2022: Indian agriculture can easily lap up new technology and it is technology that will allow the sector to go to the next level, Bharat Kakade, president and managing trustee of Pune-headquartered BAIF…

May 24, 2022 : Since 2019, the Utthan project has helped thousands of poor families in the coal mining districts of Angul, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Sundargarh improve their farm incomes and create diverse means of livelihood

​on 1st May Palghar ZP chairperson Vaidehi Wadhan, Member of Parliament Mr.Rajendra Gavit, MLA Mr. Bhusara, CEO Mr.Salimath, BDO Watharkar visited Community Farmpond work in Wanganpada Village sponsored by Tata Motor and NREGA and appreciated the work.​

NABARD General Manager, Mr. Bhaskar Pant, visited various projects under Climate Change Adaptation Programme implemented by BAIF Development Research Foundation in Narsinh Danda, Goshani, Manar and Khetikhan villages in Champawat district of Uttarakhand and interacted with the project…

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, Dr. Richa Pant and Dr. Bhagawat Singh and Smt. Poonam Mahala, Principal, Senior Secondary School…

Under Phase II of the Prerna project supported by Mahindra & Mahindra, more than 100 champion women farmers from 10 villages of Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh, were trained in tractor driving at Amajhir village on February 26, 2022, thereby demonstrating that women are nowhere behind men. Apart from taking up various modern…

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 of harvested rainwater in traditional water harvesting structures through integration …

The State Bank of India Gram Seva Programme, a CSR initiative with BAIF Institute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development (BISLD) Andhra Pradesh, for integrated rural development through adoption of five villages, was launched in Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on January 26, 2022. The event was graced by the Regional State Bank of India Foundation Officer…

BAIF launched the first ever Cow’s Milk ATM and Kisan Mart at the Community Health and Research Centre (CHRC), Urulikanchan on January 26, 2022, thereby setting a precedent in the region.
The Kisan Mart initiative aims at supplying superior quality mineral mixture, fodder seeds, organic liquid fertilizers, …

December 15, 2021 BAIF and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tondapur in Hingoli district of Maharashtra, successfully demonstrated new agricultural technologies in Soya bean cultivation for increasing the crop yield. The programme was implemented under the National Food Security...

December 12, 2021 Seed savers and women farmers such as Rahibai Popere and Mamta Bhangare from Akole, Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, among others, have pioneered a movement to preserve traditional seeds while giving a boost to agriculture within the tribal...

November 12, 2021 Rahibai Popere made the women of her village, cluster and region proud by being awarded the fourth highest civilian award – the “Padma Shri” and receiving the award from the Hon’ble President of India, Shri. Ram Nath Kovind at the Award Ceremony held...

September 29, 2021  Recognising the capability of the community to manage the development programme on their own, the holistic village development project being implemented in Dhar district, was handed over to the local community at a formal ceremony organised at...

September 25, 2021 Tukaram Gabhale and his wife, Kalawati from Akole Taluka in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra have gained fame in the region. Realising the gains from mixed farming for nutritional security and better quality of life through enhanced income, this...

September 25, 2021 National Genome Saviour Farmer Award recipient - Mamta Bhangare from Devgaon village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, an avid kitchen garden guide and conservationist of indigenous varieties of paddy, beans and local vegetables, expressed her...

September 24, 2021 An Animal Infertility-cum-Health Camp was organized at Bathiyakala village in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh with the support of Birla Corporation Ltd. (BCL) under the Integrated Sustainable Livelihood Project being implemented in the district...

September 23, 2021 Dr. Gyanendra Mani. Chief General Manager, NABARD Regional Office, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, visited the Climate-Smart Actions and Strategies in North Western Himalayan Region for Sustainable Livelihoods of Agriculture-Dependent Hill Communities...

September 21, 2021 A training on establishment and management of wadi plantation was organized by BAIF for the participants of the Integrated Sustainable Livelihood Project supported by Birla Corporation Ltd., at Satna in Madhya Pradesh.

August 15, 2021 On the occasion of the 75th Independence Day of the country, BAIF organized a plantation programme at Ahari Tola School of VP Bathiya village in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh under the Integrated Sustainable Livelihood Project supported by Birla...