Transforming Lives and Livelihoods
It is a pleasure to present the first four editions of the collection of case stories from the HDFC Bank Parivartan project initiated with the support of the HDFC Bank CSR and implemented by the BAIF Institute…
Women Centric Solar Dryer Food Enterprise Project
Women centric solar dryer enterprise is a livelihood model, focusing on the livelihoods of rural women of Haveli and Daund Taluka in Pune district of Maharashtra. Before understanding the model…
Plant breeder with a Story to tell
The first day of November 2022 brought good news for Mavanji Pawar from Chowk, Valvenda in Jawhar, Palghar district of Maharashtra. His true breeder “Kamal” non-scented variety of rice…
Green Fodder to the Rescue
Rasilaben Bheraji from Khedasan village in Sabarkantha district, enrolled for the Utthan project supported by McCain Foods India Pvt. Ltd. With technical information on genetically improved…
Wadi provides Hope
Yashwant, a resident of Shiroshi village in Jawhar, Palghar district and a father of two, inspite of owning 2 ha was forced to migrate to nearby cities of Palghar, Nashik and Mumbai. Realising that he could…
Best Wadi Participant
Vinod Bhengra, a resident of Raidung village and a participant of the Wadi Programme funded under the NABARD – Tr i b a l Development Fund implemented at…
Trellis farming catches the attention of traditional farmers
Parameshwar Gadua lives with his family in Dahimal village in Balangir district. Due to recurrent drought, he was not able to support his family. Learning about the benefit of trellis farming…
Wadi inspires Others
Philips Hembrom from Barmanni village, Munger, struggled to support his large family comprising of his wife and five children from mining activity. He joined the wadi programme. His wadi comprises of mango, jackfruit…
Organic farming for a better Future
Yennaram Prameela is a sprightly 50-year old woman farmer from Machireddypally village of Sangareddy district who has been engaged in farming along with her husband since the age of 25…
Adoption of Natural Farming
Farmers of Purimetlu village in Mundalamuru Mandal in Prakasam district including Umareddy Venkateswara Reddy, had never grown any crop other than tobacco and chilli due to low groundwater…
From Vulnerability to Sustainability
Six years ago, Lata Devi from Manar village in Lohaghat, Champawat, was clueless about climate-smart interventions. With the entry of BAIF into her village, she shifted to…
The Winners
Rajabai and Sonabai from Majhgawan block of Satna district received the First and Second Best Farmer prizes for establishment of wadi under the Tribal Development Fund of NABARD.
Desert-based Livelihood
Earlier, women in Lunkaransar block in the desert region of Bikaner had to travel 4-6 km every day in search of drinking water. To address this critical issue, two Tankas of 30,000 litres capacity each , were constructed under the ITC Mission Sunehra Kal Project. With this benefit…
Role model in Pratapgarh
Krishna Gautam, a 35 year-old scheduled caste woman from Ashipur village in Pratapgarh district, started out as an Employment Guarantee Scheme worker. After enrolling at the Adult Literacy Centre operated by BAIF, she started teaching at an English medium school in…
Empowering Self and Others
As a participant of the Prerna Project, Mangalagowri Akka learnt about improved agriculture practices, organic farming practices such as Integrated Nutrient Management, Integrated Pest Management and System of Rice Intensification Techniques. Prior to the...
From Zero Income To Cent Per Cent Income
Vandana Chaudhari, a housewife from Junglepada ,Jawhar in Palghar district of Maharashtra, started functioning as an eDost after being trained by BAIF in financial, e-governance and utility services. Prior to the intervention, she was a housewife and dependent on...
Success with Banana Crop
Dhirendrabhai Desai is a progressive farmer from Panetha village in Bharuch district of Gujarat and a beneficiary of the “Krishi Vigyan Kendra” (KVK) at Chaswad. Earlier, he used to cultivate banana crop using traditional methods of cultivation which used to yield one harvest…
A Dream come True
To improve the income and quality of life of families in the tribal belt of South Gujarat, 125 families in Kaprada block of Valsad district of Gujarat were identified for the dairy development programme with special focus on women, through the induction of crossbred...
Great Expectations
Subedar Yadav is a dairy farmer in Maudha village of Gazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, located on the border of Azamgarh district receiving cattle breeding services from BAIF’s Vizapur centre of Lalganj block in Azamgarh district. The livestock in this village is...
From the Dark Shadows of Poverty
I am Suresh Gopinath Khaire. During the worst drought in 1972, my parents migrated to Urulikanchan. After studying upto Standard V, I joined BAIF as a farm labourer and started learning about the benefits of crossbred cows…