ANNUAL REPORTANNUAL REPORTANNUAL REPORT2017-20182017-20182017-2018

BAIF TRUSTEES

Mr. Hrishikesh A. MafatlalChairman

Dr. M.S. SwaminathanVice Chairman

Mr. Hasmukh S. ShahChairman, Executive Committee of BAIF Trustees

Smt. Rajashree A. Birla

Mr. Kishor A. Chaukar

Mr. Sunil. S. Lalbhai

Dr. Devendra R. Mehta

Mr. Deepak C. Mehta

Mr. Pratap G. Pawar

Mr. Sharad Upasani

Dr. Narayan G. Hegde

Mr. Bharat K. Kakade (wef April 1, 2018)

Mr. Girish G. SohaniPresident and Managing Trustee

Founder: Late Dr. Manibhai Desai

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mr. G.G. SohaniPresident and Managing Trustee

Mr. S.B. KarvandeAdviser and Secretary

Dr. A.B. PandeGroup Vice President (Livestock Development)

Mr. B.K. KakadeExecutive Vice President

Dr. D.N. ShindeyVice President (Programmes)

Mr. A.K. SinhaVice President (Programmes)

Mr. S.C. GijareGroup Vice President(HR and Administration)

Mr. S.V. KulkarniGroup Vice President - Finance

Mr. B. ShivarudrappaProgramme Director

Dr. J.R. KhadseResearch Director

Dr. A. JunejaProgramme Director - Livestock

Mr. V.Y. DeshpandeProgramme Director

Dr. M.SwaminathanProgramme Director -Breeding and Genetics

Mr. R.S. SharmaChief Programme Executive

Mr. J.R. MoriChief Programme Executive

Mr. V.B. DyasaChief Programme Executive

Mr. L.R. SinghChief Programme Executive

Dr. R.S. JadhavChief Programme Executive

Dr. M.K. ShrivastavaChief Programme Executive

Mr. P.G. PatilChief Programme Executive

Ms. P.M. ChandakExecutive Finance Director

Dr. R.S. JoshiChief Thematic Programme Executive - Programmes

Mr. P.S. TakawaleChief Thematic Programme Executive - Research

Mr. B.D. PakhareChief Thematic Programme Executive - Construction Tech. & Infrastructure Management

Income Tax Exemption for Contribution to Scientific Research

BAIF has been recognised by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India u/s 35 (1) (ii) of the IT Act, 1961 for Scientific Research. Contributions made to BAIF for carrying out Research and Development

activities, will be eligible for exemption from Income Tax.

Cover Page: Cu�ng Edge Technologies and Climate Resilient Agriculture

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Contents

Preface

BAIF Mission

BAIF's Programme Coverage

RURAL LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMMES 1-19

Livestock Development 1-5

BAIF Central Research Station 3-5

Water-centric Livelihood 6-8

Resilient Agriculture 9-12

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation 13-17

Biodiversity Conservation 18-19

QUALITY OF LIFE PROGRAMMES 20-22

Community Health 20-21

Women Empowerment: 22

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS 23-25

Research at BAIF 23

Internal Research 24-25

SUPPORT SERVICES 26-29

Human Resources 26

BAIF Group Capacity Building 27-28

Development Communication 28

ICT Based Extension 29

Golden Jubilee Events 29

VISITORS 30

PARTNERSHIPS 31-35

Government of India 31

State Governments 31-32

Partnership with NABARD 32

International Cooperation 32

Collaboration with Academic Organisations 32

Philanthropic Organisations 32

Corporates 32-35

ASSOCIATES 36-57

BAIF Institute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development (BISLD) 36

Odisha 36-37

Punjab 38

Maharashtra 38-39

Gujarat 40-42

Karnataka 43-44

Telangana 45

Andhra Pradesh 46

Rajasthan 47-49

Madhya Pradesh 50-51

Uttar Pradesh 52

Uttarakhand 53-54

Bihar 55-56

Jharkhand 57

BAIF Organogram 58

Multidisciplinary Programme Coverage 59

We are once again pleased to present our good progress – this time for the year 2017-18 which was a

historical year for BAIF. BAIF achieved a landmark during this period with its successful completion of 50

years of steadfast service in Rural Development and its celebration across the organisation, with immense

pride and glory. The credibility of the organisation received a tremendous boost with the live tele-video thAddress of the Prime Minister of India, Shri. Narendra Modi on the 50 Foundation Day of BAIF. Fifty years

ago, late Dr. Zakir Husain, then President of India, had inaugurated BAIF, to transform a concept into a

reality. The continuing growth in various segments of rural renewal which have transformed over 5.15

million families spread over 80,000 villages in 15 states, reflect on the innovative dynamism of our pro-poor

programmes with its last mile connect strategy.

With the completion of an era in Rural Development, BAIF's premier Programme, the Cattle Development

Programme is on the threshold of a modernisation process with the adoption of cutting edge technologies

such as genome mapping, genomic selection, use of sorted semen, early detection of pregnancy, heat

synchronisation and technologies for assisted reproduction, in its field programme, to improve the

productivity of dairy animals. The programme has thus travelled a long way since the time it was first

promoted as a pioneering effort to introduce AI using frozen semen, at the doorsteps of the farmers. Today,

it is evolving into a modernised programme delivering the latest advances of Science and Technology to

benefit the dairy husbandry enterprises of small farmers, as well as contribute to the national agenda of

development of indigenous breeds. The introduction of sorted semen technology in the field programme,

is expected to change the fortunes of small farmers by building their herd, increasing their income and

minimising their risks. This modern technology is also expected to enhance the growth of the dairy sector

and ensure more productive use of scarce feed and fodder resources.

The community-led watershed management programme with the climate change adaptation and

mitigation approach and farm-based livelihood programme have ensured sustainable livelihood and

environmental sustainability. During the year, many new projects for Climate Change Adaptation and

Mitigation in diverse agro-climatic conditions of Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh,

Karnataka and Rajasthan were initiated with the involvement of vulnerable communities.

Women empowerment and community health received a boost when the Prime Minister, Shri. Narendra

Modi urged BAIF to continue to make its programme on Women Empowerment more focussed as women,

he stated, were contributing 70% of the work force in the Animal Husbandry sector. "It is necessary that

these women Self Help Groups are given training on veterinary education, research, service delivery system,

skill upliftment and improved feeding and management of animals. If more and more women are trained in

this field, then the Animal Husbandry sector will be strengthened. Even this will lead to women

empowerment. Organisations like BAIF can empower such women as much as possible and introduce

programmes for women's training". BAIF has already made this an important plank of its field extension

programmes which empower women with new knowledge and skills in the areas of agriculture and animal

husbandry.

In order to make this outreach of knowledge extend through larger coverage, BAIF is also initiating an

ambitious programme to make it available in the form of e-learning modules with the application of

advances in the ICT areas.

Thus, the programme launched 51 years ago, promises to take the organisation to another glorious period

with wider and greater contributions to improve the standards of living and the well-being of rural families.

Girish G. Sohani

President

PREFACE

Patrons and Associates of BAIFPatrons: Mafatlal Industries Ltd., Vaishno Mal Malhotra Public Charitable Trust,

K.K. Malhotra Trust, Associated Cement Companies

Associates: Industrial Development Bank of India

BAIF gratefully acknowledges the generous support of its Donors, Patrons and Associates

The BAIF MissionBAIF's Mission is to create opportunities of gainful self-employment for the rural families, especially disadvantaged sections, ensuring sustainable livelihood, enriched environment, improved quality of life and good human values.

This is being achieved through development research, effective use of local resources, extension of appropriate technologies and upgradation of skills and capabilities with community participation.

BAIF is a non-political, secular and professionally managed organisation.

Patrons and Associates of BAIF: A Call for PartnershipBAIF has established the Dr. Manibhai Desai Endowment Fund for promoting

sustainable livelihood in Rural India. We invite generous donors to support this

worthy cause by associating with us as our Patrons and Associates.

You can become our Patron by contributing over Rs. 25 lakhs and our Associate by

contributing over Rs. 10 lakhs.

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Dairy Husbandry

Semen Laboratory

Goat Development

Water-centric Livelihood

Resilient Agriculture

Women Empowerment / Community Health

BAIF'S PROGRAMME COVERAGE

Programmes

Associate Organisations / BISLD State Headquarters

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The pioneering Livestock Development

Programme launched by BAIF in 1969 as a tool

for gainful employment, received a big boost

when the Prime Minister of India, Shri. Narendra

Modi praised the role of BAIF in increasing the

income of farmers through promo�on of

science, technology and tradi�onal knowledge,

during his address on the occasion of BAIF's

Golden Jubilee func�on.

During the year, 51,58,910 families spread over

100,000 villages in 13 states were benefi�ed by

the doorstep delivery services. 44,99,233 AI

were carried out with 50% concep�on.

Out of 4467 livestock breeding centres, 68.7%

centres are being operated as self-sustainable

centres, without any financial support.

3.74 million cows and buffaloes born under our

programme yielded 5.09 million tons of milk

during the year, contribu�ng Rs. 14,116 crores

to the rural economy.

Cu�ng Edge Technologies: Cu�ng Edge

Technologies have been introduced to boost

livestock produc�vity in the field. Several

research projects including genomic technology

for iden�fica�on of economic traits, increasing

beta carotene in milk through genomic

selec�on, ova pick up and in vitro fer�lisa�on

for produc�on of elite progeny and use of

sorted semen for produc�on of female progeny

have been undertaken in the field to extend the

benefits of new cu�ng edge technologies to

small dairy farmers, as presented in CRS sec�on.

The other ini�a�ves included induc�on semen

of imported bulls of high gene�c merit and their

performance under local environment,

awareness on zoono�c diseases and training on

health and safety.

Indigenous Breed Improvement Programme:

Breeding of 16689 Gir cows were covered under

the Gir breed improvement programme in

Gujarat. Complete Milk recording of 839 cows

PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT

RURAL LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMMES

Livestock Development

for complete lacta�on has been undertaken to

assess the milk yield. The gene�c conserva�on

of Sahiwal was ini�ated through 10 ca�le

development centres each in Rajasthan, Punjab

and U�ar Pradesh.

Goat Development: The Programme aimed to

enhance the produc�vity and income through

breed conserva�on and introduc�on of good

husbandry prac�ces, is benefi�ng over 39,000

goat keeper families, covering 2.58 lakh goats.

3400 women groups were provided with elite

bucks, who were also facilitated through

ar�ficial insemina�on, health services such as

deworming, control of Ectoparasite, vaccina�on

against infec�ous diseases, fodder development

and establishment of marke�ng groups.

Ca�le Insurance Programme: To compensate

dairy farmers a�er demise of valuable animals,

ca�le insurance through AI Technicians from

Ca�le Development Centres in Maharashtra,

Gujarat, Punjab and Rajasthan states was taken

up on a pilot basis. 252 animals comprising of

160 cows, 23 buffaloes, 1 cow bull and 68 goats

were insured for million in Parbhani, Rs. 6.5

Maharashtra and in Tapi, Navsari, Valsad, Surat,

Gandhinagar, Amreli and Mehsana, Gujarat.

Digital Learning: E-learning modules on dairy

ca�le management are being organised at

various loca�ons in Maharashtra, Gujarat,

Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,

Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, U�ar Pradesh,

U�arakhand, Bihar, Punjab and Odisha.

Table 1. Statewise Performance of Cattle Development ProgrammeStates Districts Centres Villages Families Total Insem. (Cum.) (Cum.) (2017-18)

Maharashtra 31 301 5615 12425 321220

Gujarat 23 296 2880 88028 275206

Karnataka 10 122 2190 403314 123903

Rajasthan 20 397 7455 305200 577055

Uttar Pradesh 75 1369 43390 1723081 1693533

Uttarakhand 10 118 3439 308145 103850

Bihar 14 251 5959 159000 294906

Jharkhand 24 1010 21387 1519948 525161

Madhya Pradesh 23 180 2597 24324 99996

Telangana 13 91 1278 186019 95678

Andhra Pradesh 6 57 648 62021 50472

Odisha 11 105 1980 61793 92991

Punjab 11 170 1470 305612 238262

Total 271 4467 100288 5158910 4492233

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The upgraded semen freezing

laboratory at Urul ikanchan,

produced 94.73 lakh doses of

semen of exo�c, indigenous and

crossbred ca�le and important

b u ffa l o b re e d s . T h e s e m e n

freezing and embryo transfer

laboratory at Dharauli, Jind,

Haryana, produced 23.11 lakh

doses. 96.7% of the semen doses

were used under the livestock

breeding programme and for

supplying to other development organisa�ons.

Central Ca�le Breeding Farm: The Central Ca�le

Breeding Farm is engaged in producing elite

progeny of Jersey and Holstein breeds for future

breeding stock. Presently, 950 elite bulls and bull

mothers are maintained in disease free status. A

well-equipped Ova Pick and Embryo Transfer

laboratory is engaged in embryo produc�on and

transfer work, by using high gene�c merit

female cows. Under imported embryo transfer,

so far, 43 calves of high gene�c merit have been

born.

Livestock Genomics:

Genomic technology

which is enabling the

dairy sector to select

s u p e r i o r d a i r y

animals in a shorter

period, can improve

the performance of

indigenous breeds, which can adapt to climate

changes. To share the exper iences of

interna�onal scien�sts, a workshop was

organised in November 2017 which developed a

suitable ac�on plan.

BAIF Central Research Sta�on

Fig 1. Breedwise Semen Produc�on and supply

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Sorted Semen technology: Under the project

“Delivering improved dairy gene�cs and access

to sorted semen technology to increase dairy

produc�vity for poor small holder dairy

farmers”, use of sexed semen for breeding cows

owned by farmers was introduced in 660 Ca�le

Development Centres in seven states and

22,646 insemina�ons using sorted semen, were

carried out, with 43% concep�on and birth of

89.6 % female calves. The field data recording

system has been established for the on-going

gene�c improvement programme of BAIF. Field

recording is in progress in 1129 villages of 8

states covering 9,290 farmers and 27,114 cows.

Genome Technology: Under the project

“Transcriptome analysis in Indian Buffalo and

the gene�cs of innate immunity”, Genomic DNA

of animals posi�ve for these Tuberculosis and

brucellosis and control animals, was isolated for

Affymetrix 90K genotyping pla�orm. Whole

genome sequencing and annota�on of genome

from Pandharpuri, Bhadhawari, Sur�, Banni,

Jaffarabadi and Murrah buffalo breeds were

c o m p l e t e d . C o n s t r u c � o n o f b u ff a l o

transcriptome atlas from different breeds will

help to iden�fy the differen�al gene expression

and to gain insight into evalua�on of the

mammalian transcriptome.

Hi-Tech Laboratories: The Molecular Gene�cs

Laboratory and Reproduc�on Biotechnology

Laboratory are maintaining about 10000 DNA

samples of different breeds. 700 animals were

tested for gene�c disorders and karyotyping.

400 samples were genotyped.

Golden Milk Project: This project which aimed

at natural enrichment of beta-carotene content

in milk through gene�c approach to reduce

vitamin A deficiency, was completed. Several

Single Nucleo�de Polymorphisms (SNPs) were

found for na�ve ca�le breeds, crossbreds as well

as in two breeds of buffaloes. These SNPs can be

used for selec�ng breeding stock for improving

beta-carotene in milk of Indian ca�le and

buffalo breeds. Bovine, seminal plasma proteins

associated with sperm fer�lity have been

isolated on the basis of their heparin binding

property. This project ini�ated 28 kDa Heparin

binding protein extrac�on and purifica�on from

BAIF bull semen samples, which will be

validated further on the semen fer�lity

parameter.

Field Progeny Tes�ng : Under ICAR sponsored

coordinated network project on field progeny

tes�ng programme, 1480 farmers have been

registered from Ahmednagar, Pune and Satara

districts in Maharashtra to evaluate the progeny th of new bulls. For current 15 bull batch for

tes�ng, 26 bulls were introduced. Milk recording th th

of progenies born out of sires from 12 and 13

batches of bulls is under progress. Another

project, “Produc�on of High Gene�c Merit

Crossbred Holstein Friesian bulls through

Progeny Tes�ng” placed 80 bulls under test

t h ro u gh 4 b u l l b atch es a n d 1 ,07 ,644

insemina�ons. 11,536 females have been born

and 391 are in milk produc�on.

Ethno Veterinary Prac�ces: For integra�on of

Ethno Veterinary Medicine (E V M) into

community based animal health care system,

179 plants species belong to 73 families were

used to treat various ailments in goats, cows and

buffaloes. A demonstra�on garden of valuable

medicinal plants was raised in 5 gunthas of land

for conserva�on and promo�on of EVM

prac�ces at two Resource Centres. 51 rare

medicinal species were grown in the Resource

Centre. 29,326 seedlings of medicinal plants

grown in nursery, were provided to herbal

healers and farmers for establishment of herbal

gardens. 1518 animals were treated for endo

parasites, ecto parasites, diarrhea, wound and

bloa�ng. 40 empowered healers par�cipated in

local and na�onal level workshops for

dissemina�on of EVM prac�ces.

Animal Nutri�on: Under the ICAR Coordinated

project “Nutr i�onal and Phys io logica l

Interven�ons for Enhancing Reproduc�ve

Performance in Animals”, balancing of ca�le

feed was undertaken, which helped to improve

milk produc�on by 2.03 litres per day, while

reducing the cost of feeding by Rs. 5 per

animal/day. Regular supplementa�on of

mineral mixture helped to reduce the

reproduc�ve problems from 28.50 % to 8.50 %.

Apart from producing special quality feed for

CCBF, 350 tons of mineral mixture was

produced to meet the farm needs and to supply

to dairy farmers in various states. The lab carried

out analysis of feed, fodder, water and 11625

soil samples. Regional Micro Nutrients Tes�ng

Labs analysed 20254 samples of soil, feed,

fodder and water.

Sustainable Agriculture: Under the AICRP on

Forage Crops and U�lisa�on, development of

improved varie�es and hybrids of mandatory

crops like Maize, Pearl millet, Lucerne, B x N

Hybrid, Chenchrus and Stylosanthes, genera�on

of intensive forage produc�on technologies,

breeder seed produc�on and technologies were

transferred to dairy farmers. Five addi�onal

accessions of maize were collected from

farmers' field. Nine inbred lines of mul�-cut

forage pearl millet were obtained for the

breeding programme.

Under crop improvement programme, 14 fresh

crosses of maize were produced using 16

parental lines. Progenies of Teosinte x Maize

cross were evaluated in F and F genera�ons for 2 3

developing �llering type maize with super

quality biomass. The performance of 4 new B x N

Hybrids and 9 genotype of mul�-cut forage pearl

millet were studied for growth, forage yield and

quality traits. Molecular studies on B x N hybrids

using ISSRs revealed high gene�c diversity along

with more than 25% unique hybrid specific

bands. One variety of mul�-cut forage pearl

millet was contributed in AICRP trial at the

na�onal level. Evalua�on of 48 germplasm lines

and polycross progenies of Lucerne for green,

dry and crude protein yield was ini�ated.

Accession RLG 08-1 was found to be superior. 13

Inter Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSRs) markers

showed 82.8% polymorphism. The dendrogram

revealed slight geographical structuring and

RLG 08-1 was gene�cally dis�nct. 5.5 ton

breeder seed of Maize, African Tall, BAIF

Bajra-1, Cowpea EC-4216 and Oat-Kent was

produced. New produc�on technologies of B x N

hybrid, pearl millet, cowpea, oat and berseem

were demonstrated on farmers' field through 45

Forage Technology Demonstra�ons (FTDs).

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The systematic convergence of the community-

led watershed management programme with

climate change adaptation and mitigation

approach for sustainable livelihood and

environmental sustainability was promoted

through region-specific water conservation

approaches, with a focus on knowledge

generation and dissemination.

During the year, 9608 ha were brought under

watershed development, in 136 villages,

benefitting 9269 families, thereby increasing

the total coverage to 288 villages, at 9 locations,

developing 49942 ha and benefitting 38404

families. The farmers have enhanced their crop

production by 25 to 30% valued at Rs. 1200

crores per annum.

With active involvement of local communities,

area treatment through soil and water

conservation and construction of water

conservation structures were developed to

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increase water storage capacity, while ensuring

water for protective irrigation. Under an

integrated watershed management project in

rain shadow area of Parner in Ahmednagar

district, the local community contributed Rs. 20

lakhs in confirming their ownership. With soil

protection and construction of 235 water

storage structures like farm ponds, ENB and

CNB, 1181 TCM water was conserved and

used for protective irrigation in kharif and

rabi seasons in Yevatmal and Amravati

districts. 1546 soil health cards were

distributed to farmers along with technical

guidance on nutrient management. Water use

efficiency was demonstrated through micro-

irrigation and mulching, thereby fulfilling

the United Nations Sustainable Development

Goal P-6 goal of more crop per drop.

In Gujarat, along with watershed area

treatment, tree platforms, masonry and stone

field outlet, farm ponds, installation of solar

pumps, drainage and grass seeding were

undertaken on 1058 ha, benefitting 1616

families in 16 villages. Under natural resource

management, 845 ha area was treated,

benefitting 1249 families. In Karnataka,

watershed activities covered water storage

structures, de-siltation of community ponds,

rejuvenation of field channel, installation of drip

irrigation systems. In Rajasthan, the watershed

development programme, implemented in 2

watersheds of Barmer district, covered

establishment of arid plantation, field bunding,

grass seeding and distribution of breeding bucks

and solar stoves.

In Uttar Pradesh, the watershed development

through water conservation measures could

impact 91 families through area treatment on

162 ha. In Madhya Pradesh, 408 families were

impacted through area treatment on 353 ha.

Integrated watershed management programme

under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojana is

being implemented in 31 villages spread over

15957 ha and covering 8070 families in

Chhatarpur and Tikamgarh distr icts of

Bundelkhand region through suitable water

harvesting structures. In Andhra Pradesh, the

watershed development programme could

impact 1168 families and 1932 ha area

treatment was achieved. Increase in area under

irrigation and benefit to a large number of

families were the outcome of the tank 3 rehabil itation programme. 40000 m of

desiltation was achieved in 2 tanks and applied

on 82 ha benefitting 88 families. Native fodder

and tree species were promoted through

establishment of nurseries. Eco friendly farming

technologies such as NADEP composting and

1. ON-GOING PROJECTS

Coverage in 2017-18 Total Coverage

StateVillages

(No.)Watersheds

(No.)Area (ha)

Families benefi�ed

Villages (No.)

Watersheds (No.)

Area (ha)

Families benefi�ed

Table 2. Coverage under Watershed Development Programme

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green manuring were promoted. Best Practices

for tank rehabilitation programme were

documented and Water Users' Associations

were strengthened by creation of a common

bank account for minor repair and maintenance.

In Telangana, 1619 families were impacted and

3111 ha area was treated. Watershed

development was initiated in 21 watersheds

covering 2761 ha in 36 villages, benefitting 1949

families. A study was undertaken under the

Mission Kakatiya Project to assess the impact of

rehabilitation of 35 community tanks.

To reduce the vulnerability of small scale

farmers in completed watersheds located in

Yavatmal, Beed, Ahmednagar and Satara

districts of Maharashtra and in Belgaum district

of Karnataka, climate proofing through

stabilisation, enhancement and sustainable use

of soil and water resources has been taken up.

BA I F Water Academy: The BA I F Water

Academy with a central campus and satellite

centres in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and

Rajasthan, serves as a Centre of Learning for

dissemination of best practices among

practitioners and developing and standardising

new technologies and approaches to manage

water as a critical resource. Four students

from Agricultural Engineering Col lege,

Nashik, underwent in-plant training at the

Academy.

BAIF has been designated as a Programme

Study Centre for Diploma in Watershed

Management and Cert i f icate in Water

Harvesting and Management by the School of

Agriculture, Indira Gandhi National Open

University, New Delhi. With its focus on capacity

e n h a n c e m e n t a n d h u m a n r e s o u r c e

development, courses have been conducted for

266 students through academic counselling,

induction and study tours.

Studies on the use of advanced technological

tools such as remote sensing and geographical

information system in mapping natural

resources, revealed that the income of farmers

will be doubled on revival of such traditional

irrigation systems. Studies undertaken on

rehabilitation of tanks have also shown increase

in income of farmers. Studies on diversion based

irrigation, water foot print in cotton farming and

livestock development centre were completed.

Water use efficiency devices such as drip,

sprinklers, Water boxx and Tal-ya tray are also

being tested and promoted to reduce water loss

and improve water productivity.

Desil�ng of community tank beds

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Resilient Agriculture

The farm-based livelihood programme, an

innovative programme of BAIF to rehabilitate

the poorest of the poor Scheduled Tribe families

in the country since 1982 has been providing

sustainable income, preventing migration,

improving the quality of life while providing

resilience against climate change. The wadi

programme in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka,

R a j a s t h a n , M a d h y a P r a d e s h , B i h a r,

Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,

Jharkhand and Telangana has made further

progress with modern farming approaches and

technologies. The state-wise coverage of

participants is presented in Table 3.

Table 3. S tatewise Coverage of Wadi Programme

Maharashtra 27 1204 27 1911 3316 97190 3343 99101

Gujarat – 745 279 11605 531 28580 810 40185

Karnataka 20 470 55 849 515 20164 570 21013

Rajasthan 21 571 45 2371 604 25561 649 27932

MP 9 130 238 5996 18 202 256 6198

Bihar – 91 10 245 13 420 23 665

Chha�sgarh – – – – 10 526 10 526

U�arakhand 13 227 13 472 5 167 18 639

U�ar Pradesh – – – – 104 4215 104 4215

Jharkhand 22 900 73 1700 – – 73 1700

Telangana 2 64 2 64 – – 2 64

Total 114 4402 742 25213 5116 177025 5858 202238

Cumula�ve Coverage

State No. of

Villages No. of

Villages Families

benefi�ed Families

benefi�ed

No. of Villages

No. of Villages

Families benefi�ed

Families benefi�ed

ON-GOING PROJECTSCumula�ve coverage of COMPLETED

PROJECTSCoverage in 2017-18 On-going Wadis

(On-going and Completed Projects)

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Ex-post Project Evaluation: The Adivasi

Development Programme in Gujarat received

an impetus with the KfW Evaluation Mission

rating the programme 'Level 1' after 5 years of

formal completion of the project. The Report

which identified the programme as highly

re l eva nt w i t h s i g n i f i ca nt i m p a c t a n d

sustainability, also found it to have paved the

way for tribal families to escape poverty,

improving the economic and social status of the

target groups tremendously and enabling them

to benefit from educational opportunities for

their children.

BAIF conceptualised and evolved the Wadi

a p p r o a c h a i m i n g a t c o m p r e h e n s i v e

development of tribal families in South Gujarat.

After initial piloting of the programme, the

“Adivasi Development Programme Gujarat”,

was launched in 1995 with the support of the

Federal Republic of Germany through KfW

(German Development Bank) and NABARD. The

programme was spread over 162

villages, directly benefitting more

than 13,500 families. The core

c o m p o n e n t w a s l i v e l i h o o d

improvement through agri-horti-

forestry based integrated farming

system introduced on s loping

uplands/underutilised lands owned

b y t h e t r i b a l f a m i l i e s . E a c h

participating family received support

for establishment and maintenance

of tree-based farming system

comprising of mango, cashew and forestry

species. They also received support for

cultivating cash earning crops, water resources

development and soil and water conservation

measures.

The project adopted a holistic approach,

focusing on development of farming systems as

well as improving the quality of life through

reduced drudger y, better hea l th and

empowerment of women. The participants

received capacity-building support in various

aspects. They were organised into village level

organisations and farmers' cooperatives which

were involved in aggregation and processing of

the farm produce including mango and cashew.

This generated employment for landless

families and ensured value addition for the farm

produce. Although the project was formally

completed in 2011, BAIF is actively involved in

facilitation of the cooperatives in further

development initiatives.

The programme with its focus on resilient

agriculture, is benefitting 202238 families in

5858 villages in 11 states. Among them, 4402

participants joined the programme during

the year. So far, the participant families have

established agri-horti-forestry on 80895 ha

of degraded lands, establishing 9.5 million

fruit trees of mango, cashew, amla, guava,

custard apple, guava, acid lime, ber, walnut,

peach and citrus species and 70 million forestry

saplings.

Replication of the wadi model in cold regions

was demonstrated with the establishment of

600 wadis of high value temperate fruit crops

such as 1000 grafted walnut, 4800 peach and

5340 c i t rus f ru i t s w i th guava , sp ices

(Cinnamomum tamala) and seasonal crops like

tomato, potato and ginger. Other income

generation activities included cultivation of

button mushroom and mulberry sericulture and

plantation of fodder species like Banjh (Quercus

leucotrichophora), Phalyat (Quercus glauca),

Angu (Fraxinus micrantha) Pangar (Aesculus

indica) and Utees (Alnus nepalensis) on Van

Panchayat lands. Vegetable cultivation under

poly house conditions, multi-tier cropping

through trellis farming and cultivation of flowers

and aromatic crops were the other activities.

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Various alternate models of Wadi were evolved

under the Tarina project to improve nutritional

security of tribal families through plantation of

nutrition rich fruits and vegetables. Under this

project, 250 families have established Wadis

with nutritious species like papaya, drumstick,

ber, banana, bel, amla, jackfruit, guava and

mango.

Under “Scaling-up Resilient Agricultural

Practices in Vulnerable Areas” covering three

clusters with 75 villages in Uttar Pradesh

(Mathura), Madhya Pradesh (Betul) and Bihar

(Nalanda), climate resilient crop varieties of

paddy, pearl millets, wheat, mustard, chick-pea,

lentil and vegetables were promoted. Non-

Pesticidal Management of crop production with

combination of botanical and natural products

was introduced for maize, paddy, soybean,

beans and vegetables, in several villages of

central Madhya Pradesh and South Gujarat,

benefitting . 300 farmers

Various forest resource centric interventions

such as lac cultivation on host plants like palas

and kusum, non-destructive honey and gum

harvesting and tassar silk culture were

introduced in parts of Central India covering

more than 2000 participants in Gujarat,

Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

for improving the livelihood of participating

families. Inland fishery was promoted in

seasonal and perennial ponds. In Andhra

Pradesh in coordination with SERP, training and

capacity building of farmers for improving the

productivity of mango and cashew orchards was

undertaken.

Standardisation of nursery techniques and

propagation of Cactus (Opontia ficus Indica) for

fodder was taken up in arid and semi-arid

regions. Pilot testing of new fruit crops like

dragon fruit and Thai-guava were underway.

Under Phase 2 of the hol i st ic v i l lage

development programme, adopting a cluster

development approach, 114 wadis were

established at Kaprada, Valsad district. Soil

conservation treatments, digging of open wells

and establishment of diversion based and lift

irrigation, group water lifting systems, solar

based irrigation system were promoted to

improve the growth of wadi crops, while

ensuing c lean dr ink ing water for 856

households. During the year, 523 participants

cultivated second crop, including new crops like

sun hemp, gram, beans, pigeon pea, tubers,

drumstick, tomato, brinjal, chilli and bottle

gourd and bitter gourd, etc. This enabled them

to enhance their income by 50 to 100%. Under

demonstration and use of new technologies

such as efficient spray pump, solar based spray

pumps, winnowing fan, mini-rice mill, vegetable

crates, paddy thresher, paddy reaper, solar light,

drip and sprinkler irrigation systems were

undertaken by 262 farmers.

49 members of participant families have

completed training and taken up various skill

based enterprises. At school level, trainings on

kitchen garden and nurturing of plants were

organised. 406 women were organised into 33

self help groups who saved Rs. 9.64 lakhs and

disbursed loan of Rs. 11.24 lakhs. They have set

up a rice mill, mushroom production, backyard

poultry, tailoring, nagali papad production,

vermicomposting and managing small shops.

Emphasis was also laid on functional literacy, by

conducting classes at night for 93 women. One

general health camp, one eye camp and two

health camps were conducted for pregnant

women and malnourished children and needy

patients were referred to nearby Government

hospitals. The Charak Centre established at

Chavshala village is catering to problems related

to bones, joints, fractures, digestion problems

and paralysis. In order to promote preventive

health, measures like clean drinking water,

improved nutrition and sanitation through

installation of clean kitchen, soak pits, toilets,

community washing platforms were promoted.

Kitchen gardens were established by over 900

families.

The wadi programme has generated income of

Rs. 1000 crores during the year, while improving

the quality of life of 2.02 lakh families. u

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During the year, BAIF team could roll out many

new projects aimed at Climate Change

Adaptation and Mitigation with active

engagement of vulnerable communities such as

small and marginal farmers, women, Scheduled

Castes and Scheduled Tribes and communities

living in harsh climatic regions covering

Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Mathura,

Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan by

introducing diverse interventions and resilient

technologies and practices in the field.

Climate Smart Village Programme: The Scaling

out Climate Smart Village (CSV) Programme was

introduced in 75 villages in three diverse states

by introducing different resilient agriculture

pract ices cover ing 30000 vu lnerable

households in clusters of Nalanda, Bihar,

Mathura, UP and Betul, Madhya Pradesh. CSV

covers technologies and processes such as

tillage and crop related interventions, precision

water and nutrient management, use of

re n e wa b l e e n e rg y a l te r n a t i ve s , c ro p

diversification and intensification, livestock

improvement practices, climate resilient breeds

and seeds suitable for the region, mobilisation

of farming communities and building their

institutions, extending knowledge and

developing skil ls around climate smart

technologies and practices. This enables

alignment of CSV programme activities with

national and state action plans for climate

change. ICT based weather and market

information for useful advisory for vulnerable

farmers, sensitisation of communities on

insurance schemes and required safety nets in

case of sudden extreme events. The strategy

linkages are established with line departments

and likeminded private players to enable

scouting of technologies and resources.

Under Scaling out Climate Smart Village

Programme, seeds of improved seeds of Bajra

(86M84 which is lodging tolerant, with high

yield), paddy (Rajendra Shweta and Rajendra

Bhagwati), wheat (PBW343 - rust resistant, K-

307,HD-2967,HD-2733),lentil (KL5218/F),

mustard and chick pea (GJ-11- Kabuli Chana)

have been provided to 1500 farmers thereby

helping them to reduce seed rate, cost of

cultivation and improve the yield. Intercropping

of wheat PBW 343 and medium duration

mustard (Pioneer Hybrid 45S42), High yielding,

medium maturity and hybrid was introduced in

Mathura, UP and mixed cropping vegetables

like garlic, onion, peas and tomatoes was

introduced in Nalanda, Bihar. Under improved

agro techniques, 150 farmers had adopted

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System of Rice Intensification while 10 farmers

had taken up direct seeding of rice. 13 Custom

hiring centres have been set up to promote farm

mechanisation. Soil testing was carried out for

1150 farmers across three states, which helped

them to get suitable recommendation on

application of fertilisers and micronutrients.

Over 250 video trainings and meetings were

conducted, covering 3000 farmers, on improved

agriculture and animal husbandry practices.

Other Climate Smart Knowledge Practices:

Cattle Development was established to upgrade

t h e n o n d e s c r i p t p o p u l a t i o n t h ro u g h

introduction of breeding services. Sorted Semen

for AI was introduced in Mathura and Nalanda

districts. Support services like vaccination,

deworming, feeding of mineral mixture and

guidance on feed and cultivation of fodder crops

like Berseem, oats, maize and BAIF – Bajra 1,

cowpea, Makkhan grass were promoted in all

the villages. Azolla production units were set up

at the level of more than 100 farmers. Goat

development through introduction of Barberi

bucks was initiated in Mathura. Climate resilient

housing for goat and cattle were also set up.

Village Climate Management Committees have

been constituted in every village. 2980 farmers

in Kharif and 11175 farmers in Rabi season

could be connected with ICT–based weather

services and agro advisory. Crop insurance

camps were organised and 739 farmers in UP

have taken up weather linked crop insurance.

Climate Proofing of Watersheds: With financial

help from NABARD, BAIF is implementing

projects on climate proofing of treated

watersheds in the states of Karnataka,

Maharashtra and Rajasthan comprising of more

than 15 watersheds spread across 5000 ha. The

goal is to reduce vulnerability to climate change

of small scale farmers in selected watersheds

through stabilisation, enhancement and

sustainable use of soil and water resources.

Climate Smart Actions in Hill Region: As climatic

variations are more pronounced in the

Himalayan region, a project on climate smart

act ions and strategies for sustainable

livelihoods in North Western Himalayan region

was undertaken, covering 600 families from 10

villages in Champavat district. The activities

included introduction of improved livelihood,

while initiating the process of natural resource

management. Baseline study helped to

understand the weather vulnerability and

prepare v i l lagewise adaptat ion plans.

Awareness meetings were conducted for

different groups to introduce various Climate

Smart Technologies. Village level Dairy Interest

Groups, Wadi Interest Groups, Self Help Groups

of women, Poly house Interest Groups, Jal

Samitis and Silvipasture Groups were formed

and regular meetings, training and exposure

visits of these groups were organised. Eight

sites have been selected for spring rejuvenation

and recharging has been completed at 3 sites.

Roof top rain water harvesting, introduction of

drip irrigation and supply of saplings of climate

resilient varieties of walnut, peach and apricot

were undertaken to benefit 350 families. Poly

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houses were also constructed by 15 farmers for

cultivation of high value vegetables while 3

nurseries were raised to raise tomato saplings to

these vegetable growers. Conservation, revival

and adopt ion of c l imate res i l ient

indigenous food crops was also initiated.

Improved livestock breeding services were

introduced through a Cattle Development

Centre. Fodder tree and grass cultivation

were promoted by distributing 784 kg Oat

and 197 kg Berseem seeds to participants.

PROM Enterprise Development: The

Integrated Renewable Energy and

Sustainable Agriculture (IRESA) Project

spread across three clusters, Nandurbar

and Trimbak in Nashik, Maharashtra and

Vansda in Gujarat, has promoted PROM

E nte r p r i s e D eve l o p m e nt to ra i s e

agricultural produc�vity and generate

employment and energy. Under this

project, Phosphate Rich Organic Manure

(PROM) was produced by co-compos�ng

of high grade rock phosphate with the

digested slurry cake from biogas plant.

With the support from State Bank of India,

biogas units have been installed for 50

beneficiaries, 3 enterprise units have been

established and 250 bags of PROM worth Rs. 2.5

lakhs, was sold during the year.

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Desert Development Programme: The

Sustainable Livelihood Development in Arid

Region of Rajasthan and Gujarat was launched

in 2014, with emphasis on conservation of

natural resources, with water resources

development, tree based farming system and

livestock development as major components.

Establishment of agri-horti-forestry was taken

up in Barmer covering 101 families, with ber,

pomegranate and Lasorda fruit species with

suitable intercrops. In Kutchh district of Gujarat,

23 families were engaged in wadi development

with ber, date palm and pomegranate with

vegetables and fodder as intercrops. Under

technology demonstration, good quality

vegetable seeds, organic manure and bio-

pesticide, adopted by 80 farmers in Kutchh,

helped to reduce the cost

of production and earn a

net income of Rs. 24100

p er 0 .4 h a , wh i le 12

farmers in Barmer earned

Rs. 33653 per 0.4 ha. To

d e m o n s t r a t e w a t e r

conser vat ion, grav i ty

based dr ip i r r igat ion

system was provided to

101 beneficiaries for fruit

trees. Construction of

water harvesting structure

( T a n k a ) w i t h A g o r

increased availability of

water for drinking, goat-

rearing and as protective

irrigation for horticulture and

vegetable cultivation in Barmer.

T h i s i nte r ve nt i o n e n a b l e d

harvesting 7.8 lakh litres of rain

water by 26 families, while

increasing ground water level and

reducing water salinity. In Kutchh,

68 families constructed open well

and recharged the old bore wells

to ease the water crisis.

For improving the productivity of

nondescript cattle and buffaloes,

breeding service was provided

t h r o u g h 9 8 4 A I s a n d 4 8 6

improved progeny were born in

Kutchh. Elite rams and bucks were provided for

improvement of nondescript sheep and goats in

Barmer, which helped to produce 2027 lambs

a n d 1 4 7 0 k i d s . F o d d e r p r o d u c t i o n

demonstrations with improved fodder varieties

were laid out involving 179 families in Kutchh

and Barmer, which generated an average

income of Rs. 24830 per 0.4 ha annually.

Capaci ty bui ld ing being an important

component of sustainable development,

drudgery reduction was the primary step, which

was initiated through demonstration on use of

solar lights, improved cooking stoves and

installation of hand pump on tanks. LPG gas

connections under Pradhan Mantri Ujwala

Yojana, etc. benefitted 536 families.

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With an aim of “One World No

Hunger”, the soil protec�on

a n d r e h a b i l i t a � o n o f

degraded lands programme

was implemented in 14

drought prone villages of

Ya v a t m a l a n d A m r a v a �

districts of Maharashtra,

benefi�ng 3567 families.

1506 soil samples covering

7500 ha were analysed and

the farmers given suitable

recommenda�ons to improve

the organic carbon content

and other nutrients. These

farmers were supported to

construct 810 vermicompost structures and

350 compost pits. New agronomical prac�ces

like reduc�on in crop spacing in co�on and

pigeon pea, use of broad bed furrows for

co�on and soybean, contour cropping, use of

biofer�lisers and bio pes�cides and improved

seeds have resulted in increase in the yield of

co�on, soybean, pigeon pea, wheat and gram

by 20%, 18%, 20%, 14% and 15%, respec�vely.

Suitable crop rota�on with diversified drops of

food grains, vegetable and flowers were

demonstrated to ensure food security and

addi�onal income. Introduc�on of short

dura�on pulses a�er co�on crop was

a�empted to improve soil fer�lity. Over 200

water storage and soil conserva�on structures

and farm ponds have been constructed on

community and private lands to store over 80

million litres of water. Emphasis on efficient

use of water could bring 200 ha under

irriga�on with 500 units of micro irriga�on. 55

solar pumps of 5 hp capacity were installed by

small farmers with par�al support from the

Government.

The training and field v is i ts on crop

produc�vity improvement benefi�ed 3500

male and 1300 female farmers. Special

training was organised for the SHG members

to increase their capacity and strengthen their

groups for value chain development.

Documenta�on of good prac�ces was

undertaken for field dissemination.

Pro-Soil Project

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U n d e r i n - s i t u b r e e d

conservation programme of

Dangi, Lalkandhari and Gaolao

breeds of cattle, 2586 cows

were bred through 12 cattle

development centres and 721

calves were born. Genomic

studies were undertaken to

assess the breed diversity of

indigenous breeds of Dangi

a n d L a l k a n d h a r i . F o r

conservation of native goat

breeds namely Sangamneri

and Berari, 1343 breeding

services provided through 23

elite bucks and 722 kids, were

born. Field level studies like

milk recording and phenotypic

characterisation of Dangi, Lalkandhari and

Gaolao cattle and growth measurements of

Sangamneri and Berari goats are in progress.

Hatchery and mother units of Satpudi breed of

poultry were established for pure chick

production and to study the reproductive

performance.

A survey for evaluation and characterisation of

Kathani cattle in Maharashtra and Balangir goat

in Odisha is being implemented to study their

demographic and geographic distribution,

management and socio-economic utility.

Agro Biodiversity ConservationA community led seed conservation model is in

place with focus on food security, nutritional

security, adaptability to climate change and

livelihood generation. The approaches include

in-situ conservation and ex-situ gene bank,

co m m u n i t y p a r t i c i p at i o n , i n d i ge n o u s

knowledge, science and technology inputs and

community ownership. The focus crops are

paddy, cow pea, hyacinth bean, maize, finger

millet, proso millet, foxtail millet and barnyard

millet. Various activities include participatory

Livestock Biodiversity

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survey and germplasm collection, field

experimentation and community level seed

production, mapping of 72 accessions of pulses,

diversity of hyacinth bean, participatory

exhibitions, trainings and exposure visits and

school based programmes. Under the wild

e d i b l e p l a n t d i v e r s i t y c o n s e r v a t i o n ,

domestication and popularisation of recipes

programme, 156 wild edible plants have been

i d e nt i f i e d a n d 7 5 re c i p e s h ave b e e n

documented. 10 wild edible plants are being

promoted. 5 Community seed banks with 547

accessions of different crops, 29 in-situ

conservation centres with 225 accessions of 9

crops, campus level seed banks and ex-situ gene

banks have been established at 6 locations in

Maharashtra for seed conservation and storage

facilities. 496 seed savers have been identified

and formed into 39 seed saver groups and seed

saver committees in 3 clusters. 10 tons of

community level seed production of paddy,

maize, hyacinth bean and proso millet was

recorded. 4500 kitchen garden kits were

distributed. 800 families were involved in

promotion of worthy landraces and 4000

families in nutrition garden programme. 674

accessions of 9 crops have been taken up at CRS

for long term preservat ion of d iverse

germplasm. Evaluation of traditional and

improved seed storage systems was also taken

up with the promotion of earthen pots, bamboo

baskets and petya containers. Farmer breeders

are taking keen interest in breeding indigenous

crops for their conservation and revival.

Collaborations have been entered into with

academic institutions, research stations and

national seed saver institutes.

Mapping of agro biodiversity and wild edible

food resources, germplasm collection and

establishment of live gene bank at

farmers' f ield, upscaling of

potential landraces of selected

crops and mapping of 58 paddy

l a n d r a c e s , p a r t i c i p a t o r y

germplasm experimentation and

c o n s e r va t i o n o f 3 0 p a d d y

landraces, depositing of 50 paddy

landraces germplasm at ex-situ

gene bank and germplasm

collection and establishment of

live gene bank at farmers' field

were the other initiatives taken

up at Khetikhan, Champavat in

Uttarakhand and Ahwa, Dangs in

South Gujarat.

Mapping of Pulses diversity (72 accessions)

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Better nutrition is a prime entry point to end

poverty and ensure better quality of life.

Community health, an integral part of BAIF's

holistic development programme, is promoted

through Community Resource Persons (CRPs),

community-based organisations and trained

herbal healers in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh,

Maharashtra, Bihar and Rajasthan. Major focus

has been on health awareness and promotion of

best practices through camps, campaigns and

trainings for participant families and community

volunteers. Kitchen garden, flour fortification,

water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), waste

water management, availability of safe drinking

water, reproductive and child health, clean

home, village and school concepts were some of

the activities. Training was imparted to 156

village level facilitators. Nutrition literacy was

imparted through village level awareness,

demonstrations and development of kitchen

gardens.

Sustainable Flour Fortification Initiative (SFurtI),

undertaken to improve the nutritional status of

t r i b a l c o m m u n i t i e s b y d i s t r i b u t i n g

micronutrient sachets (SFurtI sachets), through

women's collectives, entered its second phase

with the appointment of village flour millers and

SFurtI Bens as distributors. The other activities

covered awareness through auto campaigns,

household campaigns, hamlet level meetings

and celebration of local festivals.

Under awareness on solid and liquid waste

management in Betul, Madhya Pradesh,

emphasis was laid on clean home, clean village

and clean school activities and developing

linkages with Government departments. With

active participation of C R Ps, the team

conducted WASH awareness sessions and

trainings for villagers and children in schools.

The major activities were installation of glass

tiles, water purification kit, bathroom, kitchen

garden, solar street light and toilet for physically

challenged people, covering 147 households.

Under Technical Assistance and Research for

Indian Nutrition and Agriculture (TARINA)

project, Munger, Bihar, focus was on nutrition

sensitive agriculture and promotion of

diversified food system to enhance availability

and affordability of nutritious foods through

training and demonstrations. Nutrition-Gender

Toolkit (NGTK) developed by CARE was used to

build awareness. Hand outs and posters were

also used for providing general educational

messages on nutrition.

Community Health

Quality of Life Programmes

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Purchasing frequency of households:

% of HHsconsuming for

one month 22%

% of HHsconsuming for

2 months 13%

% of HHsconsuming for

3 months 11%

% of HHsconsuming for

4 months 11%

% of regularly consuming HHs

43%

CONSUMER PROFILE

Clean Drinking Water and Sanitation –

Swach Pani Project: The project envisages

improving overall living standard of villagers via

improved access to safe drinking water and

sanitation facilities. Though Urulikanchan

cluster of villages being on the periphery of Pune

has developed quite well in

terms of roads and transport

facility, civil infrastructure and

educational institutions etc.

but still there are villages close

to Urulikanchan which had

more than 30% - 40% houses

without toilets and families

consuming water that was

unfit for drinking.

The Swach Pani Project was

designed to improve theliving

standard of rural families

around Uru l ikanchan by

installing village level drinking

water treatment units and construction

of family toilets with the support from

HSBC Software Development India.

Drainage improvement was another

component to benefit over 28800

people. The drinking water supply project

covered 18,000 people directly, through

3,200 household level purification units,

24,000 people covered under the

community level purification plants, and

assistance for 1,600 families to build household

level toilets. The beneficiaries reported that

there was a significant reduction in medical

expenditure of their families since these

interventions were introduced.

Impact of Clean Drinking Water

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Women empowerment is cutting across all the

theme programmes to ensure gender equality

and community welfare. In addition, following

activities were undertaken to empower women

of weaker sections of the society.

Introduction of Technologies and tools to

reduce hardships: 150 women were trained in

assembling of solar lamps and market in remote

villages of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and

Madhya Pradesh states, installation of 70 biogas

units in Maharashtra and Gujarat, installation of

200 smokeless cooking stoves in Rajasthan and

Karnataka and construction of 12 water tanks

with hand pumps for safe drinking water in

Barmer, Rajasthan and Kutch in Gujarat.

3185 Self Help Groups covering 40,000 women

and 75 village level committees were actively

involved in micro-finance and family business

enterprises in nine states. They have collectively

saved Rs. 90 million and accessed credit worth

Rs. 170 million.

Promotion of livelihood activities: 7573

members were involved in income generation

activities like tailoring shop, vermicomposting,

nursery, beauty parlour, garment business, spice

making, hotel and seasonal activities.

Awareness programmes on c lean milk

production, cattle management and fodder

cultivation were imparted to 3000 women. 760

women were supported with fodder seeds and

cuttings of Napier grass. 1450 women were

supported with seeds for nutrition garden.

Sankalpa, Streewadi Udyogik Sanstha at

Urulikanchan has been marketing the products

prepared by SHGs members. SHGs in Gujarat

have established their indigenous food cuisine

outlets in 10 locations.

Convergence of SHGs to banks, insurance

and Government schemes: 1084 SHGs have

been credit linked to banks. 1687 members

were covered under Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana

and 1000 members were covered by Pradhan

Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana. 2000

members were covered under the medical

Insurance programme. 2500 members have

taken cooking gas under the Pradhan Mantri

Ujwala Yojana. Over 10,000 toilets were

constructed in project villages under Swachh

Bharat Abhiyan.

Leadership development and Recognitions:

Thousands of women were trained as Field

Guides. International Women's Day was

celebrated on March 8 by the SHG members in

different states. Annapurneshwari Women's

Group Surshettikoppa, Dharwad in Karnataka

was recognised as the Best SHG. Paar SHG,

Makadban, Dharampur, Gujarat received

Second Best SHG award. Kusumagraj SHG,

Torangan, Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, was awarded

the best SHG in Maharashtra.

Women Empowerment

SHG Coverage

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Germplasm Conser vat ion: Under the

Maharashtra Gene Bank Programme for

Conservation, Management and Revival of Local

Resources, conservation, purification and

morphological characterisation of 244

landraces of 9 crops namely, rice, maize,

sorghum, hyacinth bean, cowpea, finger millet,

proso millet, foxtail millet, barnyard millet were

carried out through 28 in-situ conservation

centres, involving 800 families. So far, 46

landraces of 6 crops have been conserved.

Database of 215 wild food resources have been

prepared in five clusters. Over 1500 families

were benefitted from vegetable cultivation in

kitchen/nutrition garden. 20 elite candidate

trees, each of Mahua, Hirda, Behada, Charoli

and Karaya were se lected for further

multiplication. 1.17 lakh nursery seedlings /

grafts of NTFP species and 12000 indigenous

species were raised by village entrepreneurs

and plantations were undertaken by individual

farmers. At habitat restoration sites at Jawhar

and Dhadgaon, soil and moisture conservation

measures and plantation of 13217 indigenous

spec ies were undertaken wi th act ive

participation of the community. Plant, insect

and bird diversity were documented by

biological surveys.

Evaluation of Jatropha curcas germplasm:

Evaluation of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas)

genotypes is being continued in BAIF campuses

at Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat. The

trials - aged one, three and seven in the year of

reporting – include toxic and non-toxic

genotypes and in both these categories there

are cultivars and hybrids. Promising genotypes

in terms of seed yield, oil content and other

growth attributes have been identified.

Simultaneously, effects of branch density

thinning by pruning and plant density reduction

by uprooting plants are being investigated by

superimposing these treatments on crop stands

in the ongoing trials. Results of these

treatments reconfirm the necessity to reduce

mutual shading within the plant canopy by

appropriate management practices annually. It

was also observed that the time of harvest in

pruned plants happened later than those in the

density reduction treatment. Required protocol

is being developed to ensure the production of

high quality hybrid seed.

Research at BAIF

Research Highlights Research Highlights Research Highlights

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Study on restoration of soil fertility with

minimum external inputs: The study was

initiated at CRS, Urulikanchan for effective

restoration of soil fertility within a short period

with minimum external inputs. The biomass

grown throughout the past 4 years was

incorporated into the soil (98.4 tons/ha), which

resulted in increase in soil organic carbon by

0.35% and increase in water holding capacity by

3%. There was also increase in nitrogen,

phosphorus and potassium content in soil by -1 -1 -1

254 kgha , 120 kgha and 278 kgha along with

increase in population of fungi, bacteria and

actinomycetes. Outputs from this 0.052 ha plot

were 9.6 kg Moringa seeds worth Rs.14400 and

20 tons of Hybrid Napier (BNH-10) fodder worth

Rs. 52,000/- through 6 cuttings during the year.

Mini-apple adaptation trial: In Mini-apple

adaptation trial established at Champawat, in

Uttarakhand, four varieties were tested. Growth

and general stand in all the varieties were good.

Average number of fruits/plant: Sunlight-3.6,

Moonlight-3.25, Redlane-7.6 and Gold lane 2.6.

Study on genetic diversity of rice and maize

landraces using molecular markers: Landraces

of Rice (111) and Maize (17) collected from

Jawhar, Dhadgaon, Akole and Junnar areas are

under study. DNA Extraction and Inter-Simple

Sequence Repeat (ISSR) standardisation were

completed. Evaluation of character specific

markers for stress tolerance and submergence

in water was carried out.

Adaptabil ity study on selected cactus

accessions: The study was undertaken at KVK,

Chaswad on 4 accessions namely, 1270, 1271,

1280 and 1308. Accession 1270 recorded

94% survival. Accession 1308 was better for

cladode number (10.3) and 1270 was better for

cladode breadth (14.6). Further study was

initiated to identify superior accessions for

forage yield.

Study on evaluation of cowpea and oat

varieties: In a study conducted at Chiplima farm

in Odisha, highest seed yield (1.942 t/ha) of

cowpea was recorded in BL-1 variety from

IGFRI, followed by EC 4116 from G. B. Pant

University (1.7 t/ha). Highest fodder yield of

oats was observed in RO-19 variety (26.57 t/ha)

followed by JHO-822 (18.11 t/ha). With respect

to oat grain yield, JHO-822 variety led with

2.2 t/ha.

Internal Research

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Study on estrus synchronisation: In

a field study undertaken in Udaipur,

Bhilwara and Chittorgarh, 169

animals were treated with hormonal

and vitamin injections, internal and

external parasite control, with 36.1%

success. 61 cows were found to be

pregnant.

Study on assessing service period of

BAIF born crossbred progeny under

field conditions: The data from 4

cattle development centres covering

Nalgonda and Karimnagar districts,

was analysed. The number of

animals bred within the ideal range

of 90 days was 47 (29%). Variation in

service period between Jersey (144

days) and HF (164 days) was not

significant. For the other animals, the period

ranged from 102 to 182 days.

Adaptative Research at Nanodra Farm: The

adaptation trials of arid zone fruit crops, fodder

crops and trees species, covering different

varieties of Date palm, ber, pomegranate,

karonda, fig and mango, which can sustain

drought and salinity, are in progress. Under tree

based farming system testing of new fruit crops

like Dragon fruit and new variety of guava (Thai

guava) are being conducted. Based on initial

performance Gola variety of ber and Bahree

variety of Date palm have been promoted in the

field. Under cactus promotion as a fodder,

adaptability trial of four accessions has been

undertaken at Nanodra and Barmer with

survival of 100%. Cactus cultivation as fodder

was taken up by 42 farmers, as feed during

scarcity.

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The strong cadre of scientists, technocrats,

development practitioners and our associates

are the contributors to the steady growth of the

organisation and strong programme in the field.

Today, BAIF has been able to successfully

complete more than 50 glorious years in rural

development across the country only because of

the dedicated efforts of its current 5763

committed staff as well as its earlier teams.

These staff working in various tiers across the

organisation under diverse situations, have

united to transform the lives of more than 5

million rural poor families in 15 states with only

the mission of BAIF as their goal. They have

nurtured the organisation all these years with

their sincere efforts and unfailing loyalty.

Human Resources

SUPPORT SERVICES

Disciplines Senior Management Associates Other Total

Management and Func�onaries

Supervisors

Veterinary Science 17 282 829 3423 4551

Agriculture Science 21 201 231 453

Social Science 52 81 133

Community Health 2 5 7 14

HRD 1 28 3 32

Finance & Accounts 9 91 61 161

Others 21 65 160 173 419

Total 71 724 1372 3596 5763

BAIF Human Resources Discipline-wise

Sr. Management (SME)and Management Execu�ve (ME)

Management (M) andSupervisor (S)

Associate (A)

Associates (Other Func�onaries)

Human Resources

3596,62%

71,1%724,13%

1372,24%

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BAIF Group Capacity Building

With a focus on capacity building of field

functionaries, farmers and development

professionals, efforts were made across all the

operational states, CRS and Pune, through 197

t ra in ing programmes, cover ing 1990

participants as shown in the Figure below.

These included 94 technical trainings in

Livestock Development (LSD), Climate

Change Adaptation & Mit igation

(CCA&M), Wadi, Agriculture, Natural

Resource Management (NRM) and

others. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

states conducted highest number of

t r a i n i n g c o u r s e s o n L i v e s t o c k

Development (LSD) while Maharashtra

conducted highest number of trainings

on Agricultural improvement.

In the area of Soft Skill training,

workshops on Communication Skills

development were organised for the

staff. BAIF Central Research Station also

focussed on Documentation Skills,

Personality Development and Stress

Management. Madhya Pradesh state

o r g a n i s e d a w o r k s h o p o n

Documentation Skills while Karnataka

s t a t e o r g a n i s e d a P e r s o n a l i t y

Development workshop.

In the area of Non-technical training,

Uttar Pradesh organised highest number

of Induction programmes, while Andhra

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Pradesh and Telangana states

organised highest number of

Exposure Visits of staff to other

NGOs and Exhibitions. Gujarat state

focussed on training on Women

E m p o w e r m e n t a n d Pe o p l e ' s

Organisation (WE/PO).

Under the SBI Youth For India

Fellowship Programme, 11 Fellows

joined BAIF during the year and are

associated with activities such as

agro biodiversity conservation, rural

incubation and innovation hubs,

bamboo jewellery, geo-mapping,

solar farm fencing and personal hygiene in

remote villages of 5 states. The innovative

initiatives taken up by two fellows in Dangs on

handcrafted bamboo jewellery by local artisans

which fetched Rs. one lakh and a DHive Rural

Innovation Studio in Bhandara, were recognised

by the conferrment of 3M CII Young Innovator

Challenge Awards.

Development communication focussed on

documentation and dissemination of the

outcome of research and development

programmes as well as the field experiences of

our field professionals and farmers. These are

disseminated regularly through the quarterly

BAIF Journal, the Annual Report and Research

Highlights. Extensive documentation of the

challenging and innovative journey was

achieved on the eve of the Golden Jubilee of

BAIF through the production of publications

and documentary films. The details are

presented below.

Books:

ü Empowering People, Transforming Lives –

The Golden Journey of BAIF – A photo

documentation of the journey of BAIF

brought out in two successive editions, was

released at the hands of the Vice Chairman of

BAIF, Prof. M.S. Swaminathan on September

9, 2017.

ü Special Issue of the BAIF Journal – The oldest

publication from BAIF, while covering the

Golden Jubilee celebration on the BAIF

Foundation Day, August 24, 2017, also traced

the golden years in improving quality of rural

life through an innovative journey in

sustainable development, milestones

achieved, important visitors and interaction

with dignitaries, supporters of BA I F,

Tr u ste e s s i n c e i n c e p t i o n t i l l d a te ,

contribution of professionals to the growth

and the impact of BAIF programmes on the

national economy.

Documentary Film:

Wings of Change – A film on the journey of BAIF

over the last 50 years, highlighted the

development philosophy and approach of BAIF

towards sustainable rural development. The

film was released by Shri. Prakash Javadekar,

Un ion Min ister for Human Resources

Development, Government of India on August

24, 2017.

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Information and Communication

Support: BAIF has been using

Information and Communication

Technologies (ICT) for increasing

the efficiency. The Godhan Seva

powered by mKRISHI®, Open Data

Kit (ODK) and Google Sheets are

being used for programme data

management in various states.

As an innovative step, a cattle

management focussed rural call

centre – Sanvadini was set up in

2017 to provide information and

guidance, which has been showing a steady

adoption by dairy farmers. Under this initiative,

32,220 farmers were in contact in Maharashtra,

Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and

Uttarakhand for receiving technical guidance on

livestock and other inputs and to create

awareness on sexed semen technology and its

benefits.

Various capacity building measures were

undertaken to convert the available data into

meaningful information. Further, BAIF has

conceptualised programmes in digital financial

literacy and digital life skills as an integrated part

of its programme delivery.

BAIF has collaborated with Maharashtra

Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL) to

establish a dedicated e-learning centre for its

employees to upgrade their IT enabled skills and

enhance its digital footprint and is open for

collaborations directed towards social impact.

ICT Based Extension

The following events were organised:

1. National Workshop on “Improving Feed

Resources and Feeding of Dairy Animals

t h ro u g h I nte g rate d a n d I n n ovat i ve

Approaches” on May 2-3, 2017 at BAIF CRS,

Urulikanchan.

2. Golden Jubi lee celebrat ion of B A I F

Foundation Day on August 24, 2017 at

CRS, Urulikanchan, included the Live

Address by the Prime Minister

of India, Shri. Narendra Modi,

Fe l i c i tat i o n o f S H G s , A I

Technicians and Agricultural

farmers.

3. Symposium on “Science and

T e c h n o l o g y R e s e a r c h

D i r e c t i o n s f o r R u r a l

Development” on September

9, 2017 in Pune. Brainstorming on thematic

issues during the plenary sessions were

compiled in the form of a Proceedings.

4. International Workshop on “Genomic

Selection for Genetic Improvement in Indian

Dairy Animals” on November 28-29, 2017 in

Pune. A Compendium of the summaries of

Presentations at this workshop was released

on the occasion.

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4 Shri. Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister,

H u m a n R e s o u r c e s D e v e l o p m e n t ,

Government of India was the Chief Guest;

Shri. Mahadev Jankar, Cabinet Minister,

Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries

and Shri. Vijay Shivtare, Minister of State,

Wa t e r R e s o u r c e s , G o v e r n m e n t o f

Maharashtra were Special Guests at the

Golden Jubilee celebration on August 24,

2017 at CRS, Urulikanchan.

4 Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Vice Chairman, BAIF

delivered the Keynote Address at the

Symposium on ''Science and Technology

Research Directions for Rural Development"

on September 9, 2017 in Pune.

4 Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Rajiv Gandhi

Science and Technology Commission,

Mumbai, visited the activities under

Maharashtra Gene Bank at Jawhar on

January 31, 2018.

4 Shri. A. Manju, Animal Husbandry and

Sericulture Minister, Government of

Karnataka, was Special Guest at the launch of

sorted semen in Lakkur village, Arkulgud,

Hassan District on May 22, 2017.

4 Dr. S.C. Khuntia, IAS, Chief Secretary,

Government of Karnataka was Chief Guest at

the Golden Jubilee celebration at Lakkihalli,

Tumkur district, on September 14, 2017.

4 Dr. N. Vijaya Lakshmi, Secretary, Animal and

F i s h e r i e s R e s o u r c e D e p a r t m e n t ,

Government of Bihar was Chief Guest at the

Golden Jubilee celebration on August 29,

2017 in Patna.

4 Sri. B.B. Patil, Member of Parliament,

Zaheerabad and Sri. C. Rajeshwara Rao,

Chairman, Telangana State Livestock

Development Agency were Chief Guests at

the Golden Jubilee celebration on November

6, 2017 in Hyderabad.

4 Mr. Ajitabh Sharma, Secretary, Animal

Husbandry, Government of Rajasthan visited

CRS on June 14, 2017.

4 Mr. Jürgen Nadoll, Senior Policy Officer, BMZ,

India, Mr. Wolfgang Köster, Acting Head of

Economic Cooperation & Development,

Federal Embassy of Germany in New Delhi

and a team of senior officials GIZ, ProSoil

and KfW visited BAIF Central Research

Station, Urulikanchan on December 2, 2017.

VISITORS

BAIF has established collaboration with reputed

International and National Scientific and

Academic Institutions to participate in multi

locational coordinated research, introduce

cutting edge technologies and build scientific

capabilities of BAIF professionals in various

sectors such as livestock improvement, dairy

husbandry, conservation of natural resources

and climate resilience agriculture. Association

has also been established with various

ministries of the Government of India, State

Governments and various development

organisations and corporate houses for

technical and financial support to strengthen

the on-going development programmes as

presented below.

Government of India

BAIF is participating in national scientific

research programmes sponsored by the Indian

Council of Agricultural Research, National Dairy

Development Board, Ministry of Agriculture and

F a r m e r s ' W e l f a r e , D e p a r t m e n t o f

Biotechnology, Department of Science and

Technology and Ministry of Science and

Technology. The Ministry of Rural Development,

Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Water

Resources, Ministry of Environment, Forest and

Cl imate Change, Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy, Ministry of Health and

Family Welfare, Bharat Rural Livelihoods

Foundation and Central Si lk Board are

supporting development projects.

The ICAR-BAIF Partnership for Transfer of

Technologies was further strengthened with

support received for various research projects

during the year.

State Governments

The State Governments of Maharashtra,

Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana,

Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh,

Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha,

Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have been

Partnerships

extending wholehearted support to BAIF

through departments of Animal Husbandry,

Dairying & Fisheries, Agriculture, Agriculture

Research & Education, Cooperation, Farmers'

Welfare, Social Justice, Rural Development and

Panchayati Raj Institutes, Tribal Development,

Minor Irrigation, Water Resources, Watershed

Development, Science and Technology Councils,

State Institutes of Rural Development and

Livestock Development Boards. Sustained

support from these Government organisations

has empowered BAIF to adopt professional

approach to address the challenges of the

farmers through scientific interventions with

the Gandhian value system.

Partnership with NABARD

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development ( N A B A R D ) has p layed a

significant role in natural resource managment,

agriculture and climate change adaptation

projects.

International Cooperation

BAIF has received support from the following

international donor agencies:

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USA,

I n t e r n a t i o n a l F u n d f o r A g r i c u l t u r a l

Development, Rome, FAO, Rome, Deutsche

G e s e l l s c h a f t f ü r I n t e r n a t i o n a l e

Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany, JatroSelect

GmbH, Germany, Cornell University and Iowa

State University of Science and Technology,

USA. Centre de cooperation Internationale en

Recherche Agronomique pourle Development,

(CIRAD), France, Nunhems, Netherlands B V,

N e t h e r l a n d s a n d K r e d i t a n s t a l t F u r

Wiederaufbau (KFW), Germany.

Collaboration with Academic Organisations

Some of the academic organisations

with whom collaboration has been

established are Yashwantrao

Chavan Maharashtra Open

University (YCMOU), Nashik,

S a v i t r i b a i P h u l e P u n e

U n i ve rs i t y, Ya s h wa n t ra o

C h a v a n A c a d e m y o f

Development Administration,

Pune, Indian Inst itute of

Technology, Bombay and Indira Gandhi National

Open University (IGNOU),

Philanthropic Organisations

Philanthropic Organisations such as Hindustan

Unilever Foundation, Supraja Foundation,

Deepak Mehta Foundation, MGCC Area

Development Research Foundation, Hinduja

F o u n d a t i o n , D e s h p a n d e F o u n d a t i o n ,

Programme for Appropriate Technologies in

Health (Path) India, Syngenta Foundation,

Nayara Energy (former Essar) Foundation,

General Insurance Corporation of India, General

Mi l ls Foundat ion, State Bank of India

Foundation and Gujarat Foundation for Mental

Health supported BAIF programmes. The Hans

Foundation, Cairn Foundation, Charities Aid

Foundation India, Borlaugh Institute of South

A s i a a n d M a h a ra s h t ra V i l l a g e S o c i a l

Transformation Foundation.

Corporates

BAIF has established partnerships with 48

Corporate Houses and Corporate Foundations

for implementing Social Development Projects

across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka,

Rajasthan, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya

Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh,

Dadra and Nagar Haveli. These partnerships

have been instrumental in catalysing long-term

holistic development of target geographies and

disseminating new technologies, knowledge,

approaches and development models among

rural communities. This has helped to sensitise

1 Adani Group Surat - Gondia Livestock Development and

Bharuch - Vagra Improved Agriculture

2 Anchor Electronics & Palghar - Jawhar, Holistic Village Development

Electricals Limited Valsad - Kaparada

3 Antrix Co. Ltd. Karnataka - Tumkur Holistic Village Development

4 Bajaj Auto Ltd. Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital Livestock Development

Champawat, Almora,

Pithoragarh, Paudhi Gadwal

Aurangabad Natural Resource Management

and Livestock Development

5 Bayer School Based Programme Telangana - Medchal

6 Bharat Oman Refineries ltd. Sagar - Bina Livelihood Enhancement

7 Bharat Petroleum Telangana - Mahabubnagar Livestock Development

8 Birla Corporation Ltd. Satna Livestock Development

9 Bunge India Pvt Ltd. Yavatmal- Ralegaon Natural Resource Management

10 Cairn India Ltd. Barmer Natural Resource Management

11 Cybage Asha Trust Pune - Bhor Livelihood Enhancement

12 Essar Oil Limited Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka Holistic Village Development

(Lalpur and Jamkhambaliya)

13 FDC Limited Ajmer, Bhavnagar, Amreli , Livestock Development

Junagadh and Rajkot districts

14 Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd. Pune-Khed Livestock (Goat) Development

15 Global Green Company Zahirabad Improved Agriculture

Limited (GGCL)

16 Grasim Industries Ltd. Bharuch - Vagra Livelihood Enhancement

Ujjain - Kharod Livestock Development

17 Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Limited Girshonath - Suthrapada Livestock Development

18 Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd. Amreli - Rajula Livestock Development

19 Hans Foundation Nainital Livestock Development

20 Hazira LNG Pvt. Ltd. Surat - Chorasia Livestock Development

The Dang - Waghai Holistic Village Development

Dadra and Nagar Haveli - Holistic Village Development

Silvassa

No. Corporate Coverage Programme*

professionals in corporates on development

needs and issues through exposure visits and

volunteering. It has also facilitated in knowledge

exchange, back stopping development

programmes and joint learning exercises.

The key programmes in this partnership with

corporate and corporate foundations are listed

below.

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No. Corporate Coverage Programme*

21 HDFC Bank Ltd. Chittorgarh, Ajmer, Baran, Jaipur, Holistic Village Development

Nagpur, Bhandara, Betul, Dhar

and Ratlam

22 Hinduja Foundation Palghar Holistic Village Development

23 Hindustan Zinc Ltd. Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Natural Resource Management

Rajsamand, Ajmer, Bhilwara and Holistic Village

Development

24 HSBC Software Development Karnataka - Tumkur Natural Resource Management

Pune - 10 villages Drinking Water and

Sanitation Programme

25 Hindustan Unilever Ltd. UP - Rajpura, Patiyala, and Etah Natural Resource Management

MP - Tikamgarh

Silvassa, Nashik - Igatpuri

26 ITC Ltd. 840 villages in Prakasam, Guntur, Livestock Development,

West Godavari, Nellore, Improved Agriculture and

Khammam (AP); Bhopal, Sehore, Natural Resource Management

Vidisha, Indore, Ujjain (MP),

Mandasour, Ganjam (Odisha),

Mysore, Hassan, Chickballapur,

Tumkur (Karnataka), Ahmednagar

(MH), Navsari (Gujarat)

27 Jhabua Power Ltd. MP - Seoni Improved Agriculture

28 JK Tyre and IndustriesLtd. Karnataka - Mysuru Holistic Village Development

29 Lupin Human Welfare & Research Bharuch - Netrang

Foundation Vadodara - Padra Livelihood Enhancement

30 Mahindra & MahindraLtd. Rajasthan - Ajmer, Alwar Improved Agriculture and

Gujarat - Chaswad, Micro Nutrient Labs

MP - Sehore

Telangana - Mahabubnagar

CRS, Urulikanchan

31 Manganese Ore (India) Ltd. MH - Nagpur, Bhandara Holistic Village Development

MP - Balaghat

32 Mytrah Energy Ltd. AP - Vijayapur, Vikarabad Holistic Village Development

33 Narmada Cement Jafrabad Works Amreli - Jafarabad Livestock Development

34 Navin Flourine International Ltd. Surat - Bhestan NRM - Agro Environmental

35 ONGC Valsad - Kaprada Women Empowerment

Dang - Ahwa

36 OracleGrantsGivingIndia UP - Hamirpur Holistic Village Development

37 Persistent Foundation MH - Dhule Sustainable Livelihood

38 Rajendra and Ursula Joshi Food Jaipur - Amer, Sanganer Livestock Development

Industries Pvt. Ltd. and Fulera

39 Reliance Cement Co. Pvt. Ltd. Livelihood Enhancement MP - Satna

40 Rosa Power Supply Co. Ltd. Shahjahanpur Holistic Village Development

41 Sasan Power Ltd. Singrauli Livelihood Enhancement

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No. Corporate Coverage Programme*

42 Solaris Chem Tech Industries ltd Bhuj - Khavda Livestock Development

43 Tata Capital Housing Finance Ltd. Pune - Parner Natural Resource Management

44 Tata Motors Ltd. Palghar - Jawhar Holistic Village Development

45 Tata Power Community Jharkhand - Dhanbad Livelihood Enhancement

Development Trust (Wadi and Goat Development)

46 Ultra Tech Cement Ltd. Amreli - Rajula Livestock Development

(Community Welfare Foundation)

47 Vikram Cement Works Chittorgarh Livestock Development

48 Wanakbori Cement Works, Sangol Kheda - Galteshwar Livestock Development

*Programme

Livestock Development: Cattle breed enhancement, scientific cattle management, fodder development and goat development

Holistic Village Development: Comprehensive model for village development with focus on productivity enhancement,

sustainable livelihoods development, improved village and domestic level access to water, health and sanitation conditions,

women empowerment and socio-economic development of communities.

Improved Agriculture: Transfer of improved agricultural technologies, practices and climate resilient farming systems.

Natural Resource Management: Soil and water conservation and management, biodiversity conservation, pasture land

development and increase in green cover.

T h e S t a t e P r o g r a m m e s a r e b e i n g

implemented by B A I F Inst i tute for

Sustainable Livelihoods and Development

(BISLD), an Associate of BAIF, for efficient

coordination of the operations spread over

Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern

r e g i o n s , c o v e r i n g U t t a r P r a d e s h ,

Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Bihar,

Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat,

Madhya Pradesh , Andhra Pradesh ,

Telangana and Karnataka states.

ASSOCIATES ASSOCIATES ASSOCIATES

BAIF Institute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development (BISLD)

T h e i nte g rate d l i ve sto c k

development programme

i m p l e m e n t e d t h r o u g h

“Kalyani” Project, with its thrust

on dairy animal production in

10 districts, was launched

through 100 cattle breeding

centres on October 2, 2010 by

Shri. Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble

Chief Minister, Government of

Odisha. The first phase of the project was

successfully completed on March 31, 2018.

During the year, 92,991 AIs were carried out

through 105 livestock development centres

spread over 1980 villages in 11 districts,

benefitting 63,000 families. So far, 449,926 AIs

were carried out with 49.7% conception,

benefitting 1.73 lakh families in 1920 villages in

10 districts. 66,240 female calves were born.

Presently, 11,780 cows and buffaloes of higher

genetic merit, are already in milk production,

with an average milk yield of 6-7 litres/day,

contributing milk worth Rs. 33.69 crores per

year. 5 additional cattle development centres

were established in Ganjam district under

Sunehra Kal Project, serving 1,300 families.

Goat development initiated in 2010, through 25

centres in 5 districts has benefitted 34,390

farmers, particularly women,

with an average annual income

of Rs. 20,000. Through the

fodder demonstration farm at

Chiplima, supported 46,123

farmers to take up azolla as well

as paddy cultivation on small

plots. Technologies such as

chaff cutters, feeding troughs

and urea treatment for paddy

straw were promoted and 93.9 tons of high

quality fodder seeds and 31,77,800 cuttings of

Hybrid Napier were provided to farmers.

Training was organised for 59 State Officials on

cattle, goat and fodder development. This farm

with its well-developed fodder plots, mother

plantations, irrigation systems, seed processing

and storage facilities has been returned to the

Department of Animal Husbandry at the end of

the project.

Looking at the success, the Integrated Livestock

Development Programme has entered its

second phase, with additional 70 centres in the

existing districts and 115 new centres to be

established in the coastal districts of Cuttack,

Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Ganjam and

Puri.

Odisha

BAIF I ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 I 36

Change of Fortune

B. Mina Rao from Nandpur

village, Nandapur, Koraput

district owned two nondescript

cows which were able to yield

only 3 to 4 litres of milk per day.

A f t e r a v a i l i n g o f t h e

crossbreeding service of the

cattle development centre at

Hikimput, his fortunes changed.

His milk yield improved to 8-9

litres from the new progeny. So

happy was Rao with the results,

t h a t h e g o t h i s a n i m a l s

inseminated 10 times from the

centre under the Ka lyan i

i n t e g r a t e d l i v e s t o c k d e v e l o p m e n t

programme and today, he is the proud owner

of three female calves and two male calves.

He now obtains a milk yield of 16-17 litres

which is sold to the sweet shop at Similiguda

fetching him Rs. 12,000 per month. Earlier, he

had sold a female cow for Rs. 22,000 to his

friend to meet urgent medical expenses. Rao

is a contended man today.

Chait Ram Patel, a resident of Singpur village,

Nuapada district owned three nondescript

cows which did not yield any milk. Frustrated

with his herd, he availed the service of the

cattle development centre at Bhaleswar.

Today, he is the proud owner of 7 female

calves and 4 male calves. Presently, 3 cows

are in milking and the daily milk yield is 20-25

litres which is sold in the local market. He has

availed of the AI service of the centre 11

times. He was also provided with quality

green fodder seeds of maize, sorghum, rice

bean, stylo and planting material of BNH 10

Hybrid Napier. He was also encouraged to

cultivate azolla and supported with azolla

sheet and algae. A feeding trough was also

provided to him to reduce fodder wastage.

Now, green fodder is available round the year

and he is now realising the benefit of stall

feeding. Chait Ram is now in the category of

successful farmers with the increase in milk

production and income.

Narayan Majhi from Bamonali village,

Chhendipada of Anugul district was an

unhappy man. He was able to collect only 6-7

l itres of milk daily from his herd of

nondescript cows. Hearing of the reliable

service of the cattle development centre at

Bagedia, he approached the Centre In-charge

and availed of the AI service 11 times. He

now has an improved herd of 7 female cows

and 4 male calves. He is able to obtain 40-45

litres of milk every day and sell it to the local

sweet shops and neighbouring households

making him a satisfied man with no fear of

the future.

CASE STUDY

BAIF launched the livestock development programme in Punjab

in 2010, in backward areas of Kandi and Transgagar areas as

well as the border districts of Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, S.B.S.

Nagar, Ropar, Mohali, Patiala, Sangrur, Fazilka and Sri Muktsar

Sahib. During the year, 238262 AIs were carried out through

170 centres, benefitting 305612 families. Sahiwal cattle breed

conservation programme was initiated in Fazilka district under

10 centres. Progeny performance recording was undertaken at

7 centres.

Punjab

The cattle development programme is spread

over 25 districts covering 5947 villages and

benefitting 1,26,722 families, as a means of

livelihood. With focus on transforming dairy

husbandry as a profitable enterprise for

marginal farmers, sexed semen technology was

launched and 2630 farmers availed this service.

Presently, over 74,531 cows and buffaloes born

under BAIF's programme, are in milk production

contributing milk worth Rs. 910 crores to the

rural economy annually.

Water resource management is another

important activity to ensure food and safe

drinking water. With active involvement of local

communities, soil and water conservation

measures were undertaken on 2181 ha as a part

of watershed area treatment, benefitting 3450

families in 14 villages. Construction of 235

water conservation structures increased the

water storage potential, while ensuring water

for protective irrigation.

Farm-based livelihood through agri-horti-

forestry on degraded lands has been providing

food security and additional income for 33,333

tribal families. The wadi model with cashew as

fruit crop is being replicated in 6 districts of

Vidarbha region benefitting 34,031. “Bodi”

based farming is also being replicated in Etapalli

in Gadchiroli district. Tassar sericulture

continues to provide livelihood security to 2299

families from 4 districts. Floriculture as an

improved agriculture intervention, is ensuring

an annual income of Rs. 40,000 to 1031 tribal

families in Palghar district. Promotion of solar

based technologies for lift irrigation and

drinking water, is benefitting 1971 families in

Yavatmal, Nashik and Palghar districts. E-

learning has been established in 19 ashram

schools thereby providing access to modern

technologies to tribal children.

Maharashtra

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Garkhindi is an interior village in Parner block

of Ahmednagar District with 1280 population

representing 256 households and 1375 ha

land with agriculture as the main occupation.

The average annual rainfall was 534 mm but

due to scanty rainfall during the last 10 years,

the villagers had to depend on water tankers

for drinking water for about 3-4 months every

year. Hence, a community based water

management and ground water recharge in

this river basin was initiated.

Ghod River Revival project was initiated

under Mission Sunhara Kal in 2015 which

included soil and water conservation and its

efficient use and sustainable agricultural

production. The first step was community

mobilisation, DPR preparation, micro

planning, followed by river revival activities

like cement check dams, repair of existing

structure and sub surface barriers and

recharge measures through farm ponds.

Another important initiative was to

promote sustainable agriculture

through agri-horti- forestry and

organic farming. The community was

motivated right from the beginning

for participatory implementation of

t h e p ro j e c t t h e re b y e n s u r i n g

meticulous planning and designing,

c r o p s e l e c t i o n f o r i m p r o v e d

agriculture and land development.

Soil and water conservation was

ensured through construction of stone

bunds, gull plugs, contour trenches and water

a b s o r p t i o n t r e n c h e s . C a p a c i t y

building/awareness generation was ensured

through community mobilisation camps,

exposure and awareness meetings for the

villagers and training of village watershed

committees. Composting of farm residue was

promoted by supporting 26 compost units.

For encouraging conjunctive use of water, 12

micro irrigation units were supported with

50% contribution from the beneficiary.

With successful implementation, water 3storage capacity increased by 54540 m . The

village does not need water supply through

tankers anymore. Improved cultivation of

onion by using seedlings produced on raised

beds, timely planting, drip irrigation and

micro nutrient application, increased the

yield by 22%. Revival of agriculture brought

peace and prosperity to the village.

The training and demonstration campuses at

Peint and Jawhar have trained 10,550

progressive farmers and members of People's

Organisations. Skill development training was

initiated under Uddyam Talasari Farm and off

farm project. Under the Vi l lage Social

Transformation Foundation (VSTF) Knowledge

Partnership Project , promoted by the

Government of Maharashtra to develop 1000

model villages, 51 Gram Panchayats were

selected and development plans were

prepared, based on the baseline data. With

support from Maharashtra State Rural

Livelihood Mission (MSRLM), 400 Community

Resource Persons spread over 860 villages in 5

districts, were trained in farm and non-farm

based livelihoods and collective marketing to

mentor 20,000 local families. Various projects

of sustainable livelihood and environmental

conservation are in progress with the support of

HDFC Bank, Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd., Adani,

Anchor, L&T, UNDP, Persistent Foundation, Bajaj

Auto Ltd and others under CSR+. Vasantrao Naik

Krishi Award – 2017 for Excellence in Agriculture

among NGOs was received.

Ghod River Revival at Garkhindi CASE STUDY

39 I BAIF I ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018

Livestock development

p r o g r a m m e p r o v i d e d

275,206 AI services to cattle

and buffaloes owned by

88028 families in 2880

vi l lages of 23 distr icts

t h r o u g h 2 9 6 c a t t l e

development centres, at the

d o o rste p s o f fa r m e rs .

Awareness on conservation

of native breeds of cattle has been growing

among farmers. The Gir breed conservation

programme is being promoted from the year

2013 through 20 cattle development centres in

Saurashtra region. Under this programme, 8368

AI were performed and 6702 families were

covered. Dairy husbandry is becoming popular

in the tribal districts of Valsad, Surat, Tapi and

Dangs and this development was appreciated by

the State Tribal Development Department. An

initiative for performance recording of

indigenous breeds was taken up under

enhanced genetic programme covering Gir,

Jafrabadi, Mehsani and Kankrej breeds. Blood

and milk samples were collected from more

than 1000 animals to study pro vitamin-A in milk

and blood under Golden Milk Project. 139 newly

recruited AI technicians were trained in AI

services and refresher training on livestock

development was given to 41 AI technicians.

Large scale promotion of BAIF

Napier Hybrid 10 (BNH -10)

was taken up by supplying

over 5 lakh cuttings to 5000

families. Animal insurance

was promoted, covering 203

animals.

The watershed development

p r o g r a m m e w a s

implemented by 1616 families

in 16 villages covering 1058 ha

and through promotion of

watershed structures such as

group wells, springs, check

dams, gully plugging and

desilting and community lift

irrigation. Farm-based soil

and water conservation

m e a s u r e s c o v e r e d

treatment of plots with

bunds, tree platforms and

recharged farm ponds. The

t r i b a l d e v e l o p m e n t

programme, which has

transformed the lives of

thousands of families in

South Gujarat has demonstrated the twin

benefits of sustainable l ivel ihood and

environmental security. With livelihood as its

focus, 8372 families were benefitted through

cultivation of vegetables, creepers, groundnut,

soybean, sun hemp, cow pea, gram, tubers and

cluster bean, under the wadi programme.

Preventive plant protection measures were

taken up by 8245 families. To strengthen the

education of tribal children, Chonda school was

supported to establish a science building

complex. CSR initiatives with 19 partners

through 23 projects , ensured hol ist ic

development of families covered under the

programmes. Rural digital empowerment was

assured through the launch of internet Saathi

and geo tagging of villages for programme

mapping facility.

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra at Chaswad for transfer

of technologies through suitable pi lot

Gujarat

demonstration trials, was awarded “B” Grade by

the National Institute of Labour Economics

Research and Development, Niti Aayog,

Government of India. A farmers' fair at the

campus enlisted the participation of 3500

farmers from neighbouring districts. Training in

skills and capacity building of youth could

empower them to function as barefoot

technicians and to take up various off-farm

vocations such as carpentry,

masonry and tailoring for their

livelihood. Activities such as

supply of clean drinking water,

sanitation facilities, preventive

health care and nutrition were

promoted to improve the

quality of life. Paar Women's

Group, Dharampur received

the Second Best SHG Award of

BAIF and Limbaben Gavit, Tapi,

was recognised as the Second

Best woman AI technician at

the Golden Jubilee celebration

of BAIF held on August 24,

2017. A short video clipping on

Limbaben documented by

Doordarshan Kendra under

women empowerment was telecast.

The year also saw the resurgence of people's

organisations for value addition and services.

The cooperatives procured over 300 tons of

cashewnut, the highest quantity in a decade.

This resulted in the turnover crossing

Rs.15 crores with a net profit rise by

40% over the previous year. Two

Farmer Producer Organisations were

established in Vyara and Narmada

districts. Emphasis was also laid on

women empowerment through

small enterprises like papad making,

tailoring, poultry, traditional cuisine

hotel, etc. The SHGs in Dang were

federated into “Dang District SHG

Association (DISHA)” thereby giving

an impetus to marketing and brand

building. The Federation in Vyara

initiated flour fortification designed

on a revenue model.

With emphasis on sustainable

agriculture and reducing dependence on

external inputs, the decentralised village

enterprise model of Phosphate Rich Organic

Manure (PROM) commenced in Chondha

cluster. The year also witnessed increasing

adoption of renewable energy application like

solar lifting systems with a cumulative installed

capacity of 36.5 hp in various programmes.

A novel model “Nahari on wheels”, an

innovative concept of mobile traditional cuisine

restaurant is being operated by a women's

group in Dangs. A ful ly equipped and

customised caravan ensures seamless mobility

to cater to demands at multiple locations. This

41 I BAIF I ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018

unit includes a functional kitchen. The group

attends various weekly markets in the district

and provides home made traditional food to

traders and customers. With mobility no longer

a concern, the group also takes catering orders

for weddings and other functions. The unit is

professionally managed by the group with

specific responsibility delegated to each

member. “Nahari on wheels” symbolises the

independence and empowerment of rural

w o m e n b r i d g i n g t h e g e n d e r g a p s i n

development.

In early 1980's, when Dr. Manibhai Desai,

Founder of BAIF, decided to promote

Orchard Development for rehabilitation of

Scheduled Tribe families in South Gujarat, all

the tribal families having one acre, were

invited, provided they were willing to give up

consumption of alcohol. Out of thousands,

only 42 families came forward and Babanbhai

was one of them. He used to sell country

liquor for a living but in 1982, he gave up his

business and established his wadi.

Today, he has developed over 15 acres of

mango orchard on barren land newly

purchased from his income from old orchard

and built a spacious cattle shed to expand his

dairy business with home-born crossbred

cows. His granddaughter is appearing for final

year of MSW degree. Babanbhai is earning

Rs.25,000 to Rs.30,000 per month from sale

of milk and hence the dairy animals

maintained by him have proved to be an

asset.

He is also earning Rs. 70,000 to Rs. 80,000

per year from sale of his mango crop from his

earlier wadi plantation which has led to the

prosperity of the family and enabled them to

invest in gold as well as build a three-storied

spacious house adjoining his wadi with

modern fittings.

There are over 25,000 families having their

orchards and earning lakhs of rupees. They

have also established their mango nurseries

to supply good quality grafted plants across

G u j a ra t . W i t h t h i s s o c i o - e c o n o m i c

development, they are sending their

children, particularly girls to school. These

girls who would have migrated seasonally

with their parents, are now studying to

become teachers, engineers and officers.

Wadi means Business for BabanbhaiWadi means Business for BabanbhaiWadi means Business for Babanbhai CASE STUDY

The livestock development

programme has reached

403314 families in 2190

vi l lages in 10 districts

through 131 centres by

p r o v i d i n g 1 2 3 9 0 3 A I

services at the doorstep of

small farmers. The newly

introduced sorted semen

technology programme

was launched through 42

centres, with a conception

rate of 46%. Two cases of

birth of twins through sexed

semen were recorded. An exhibition stall

showcasing this programme at the state level

animal fair was graced by the Chief Minister and

the Animal Husbandry Minister of Karnataka.

The indigenous breed conservation programme

is an on-going activity. The training course at

Gramodaya AI Training Institute at Lakkihalli for

grooming the youth as AI technicians has been

accredited by the Department of Animal

Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Government

of Karnataka.

Under natural resource management, 845 ha

were treated, benefitting 1249 families. So far,

21861 ha have been covered through 49

watersheds in 89 villages, benefitting 8915

families. Farm based livelihood through

improved farming and agri-horti-forestry was

adopted by 470 families in 20 villages, resulting

in a cumulative coverage of 21013 families from

570 villages. The model

v i l l a g e d e v e l o p m e n t

p r o g r a m m e c o v e r e d

community based activities

s u c h a s l i v e s t o c k

development centre, tree-

based farming, rain water

harvesting, construction of

to i let s an d s o ak p i t s .

Communitisation through

formation of second tier

community institutions

such as village level women

dairy farmers' groups,

cluster level associations covering 10-12 villages

and district and regional level federations was

facilitated in Northern parts of Karnataka and

linkage with existing milk societies in other areas

was established.

Under the climate change adaptation projects in

two completed watersheds, 430 families were

supported in taking up soil and water

conservation, composting, vermicomposting

and NADEP composting, introduction of

intercrops and short duration varieties for

winter season. Bajra and winter sorghum were

provided as climate resilient crops. Over 500

farmers participated in various training and

exposure visits. Under the Parimochana

Project, supported by the Chitrapur Math in

Bhatkaltaluka, Uttara Kannada district, 1081

families have been benefitted since inception.

They have established 66 SHGs and one

Karnataka

federation for forward and backward linkages.

32 fami l ies were supported for to i let

construction and loans to the tune of Rs. 40

lakhs were disbursed to SHG members for

various income generation activities, with 100%

repayment.

The Samruddhi project covering 20 villages in

Haveri and Dharwad districts supported 311

farmers during this year for taking up tree based

farming developing 221 ha denuded lands, by

planting 22100 horticulture and 31000 forestry

plants. So far, 1929 families were benefitted

covering 968 hectare s ince 2006. The

Jalajeevani project covering nine villages in

Haveri district has supported 44 families to

improve soil fertility and water resources

development to cultivate and market seasonal

vegetables. Since 2013, 450 families are in

vegetable production, who have also taken up

grading, packing and direct marketing. Under

the farm forestry project under Mission Sunhera

Kal, 567 ha belonging to 594 farmers was

covered under agro-forestry, planting 293600

seedlings in Hassan. Sanjeevani project

promoted 225 farmers to improve their fruit

orchards and to improve their dairy husbandry

activity. Sachetana drinking water project,

providing safe and fluoride free drinking water,

supported 190 rain water harvesting units and

carried out water testing to monitor the water

quality regularly. Health awareness camps were

also organised in local schools in Tumkur district.

The Gramodaya training campus at S. Lakkihalli

and Gramachetana training campus at

Surashettikoppa have imparted training to 3570

farmers and field functionaries of NGOs and

Government officials during the year.

The Golden Jubilee of BAIF was celebrated on

September 14, 2017 at Lakkihalli campus near

Tiptur, with Dr. S.C. Khuntia, IAS, Chief Secretary,

Government of Karnataka as the Chief Guest.

The calf rally at Hassan was graced by Sri. A.

M a n j u , M i n i s t e r, A n i m a l H u s b a n d r y,

Government of Karnataka. u

T h e i n t e g r a t e d

development programme

in the state is being

i m p l e m e n t e d i n 1 5

distr icts . The catt le

development programme

is being implemented in

13 districts through 91

c a t t l e d e v e l o p m e n t

centres covering 1278

villages and benefitting 91411 families.

During the year, 95678 AI were carried out

wi th emphas i s on conser vat ion of

indigenous breeds. 18 new centres were

established in Nalgonda district.

The watershed development was initiated in

21 watersheds covering 2661 ha in 36

villages, benefitting 1949 families. A study

was undertaken under the Mission Kakatiya

Project to assess the impact of rehabilitation

of 35 community tanks. The farm based

livelihood project covered 609 families who

took up integrated agriculture on 239 ha.

U n d e r t h e M Y T R A H p r o j e c t , s k i l l

development for unemployed youth,

entrepreneurship development activities

such as shade net enterprise and fodder

cultivation were taken up apart from

establishment of three Reverse Osmosis

plants for promotion of safe drinking water

and a cattle breeding centre for providing

breeding services to the families covered

under the project. These activities were

appreciated by the Tata

Institute of Social Science,

which had conducted the

external evaluation.

Agri business centres

formed to enhance the

p r o d u c t i v i t y a n d

profitability of the small

farming community by

a d o p t i n g i n n o va t i v e

technologies, enabled

establishment of 14 more

centres in Kohir area and 4

centres in Pargi area. Out

of the 15 agri business

centres, 14 centres have

custom hiring facility. The

programme aimed at

ensuring timely access to

qual ity agricultural inputs, prevent

exploitation by middle men, promote

collective procurement and marketing of

agriculture produce and support farmers to

hire agriculture equipment at lower cost at

the village level.

A soil and water analysis laboratory is

operating at Mahabubnagar. About 10000

soil samples have been analysed and reports

submitted to farmers. Training and

Awareness programmes were conducted to

enhance knowledge on fertility of soil and

application of fertiliser based on micro and

macro nutrient levels of their fields.

The Golden Jubilee of BAIF was celebrated

on November 6, 2017 in Hyderabad in the

presence of Sri. B.B. Patil, Member of

Parl iament, Zaheerabad and Sr i . C.

Rajeshwara Rao, Chairman, Telangana State

Livestock Development Agency with other

dignitaries. On this occasion, outstanding AI

Technicians and Farmers were honoured.

Telangana

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The livestock development

p r o g r a m m e p r o v i d e d

50472 AI services through

57 centres covering 648

villages in 7 districts in

Andhra Pradesh and 2

distr icts in Telangana,

reaching out to 62021

families. Irrespective of the

economic status of the rural

population, livestock is owned by all sections of

the population including landless families and

nondescript cattle were upgraded by breeding

with exotic or native breeds as per the choice of

farmers. Murrah breed was used to upgrade

buffaloes. Awareness on indigenous breed

conservation was undertaken. The sorted

semen programme was launched in West

Godavari district. 233 Animal Health camps

were conducted and calf rallies were conducted

in Guntur and Prakasam districts.

The natural resource management

p ro g ra m m e wa s i m p l e m e nte d

through 9 watersheds covering 1518

ha in 19 villages, benefitting 1025

families. So far, 7390 families from 90

villages have been covered under 17

watersheds spread over 9646 ha.

S o m e o f t h e b e s t P r a c t i c e s

d o c u m e n t e d u n d e r t h e t a n k

rehabilitation programme included

tank desiltation in coordination with

the Department of Minor Irrigation,

implementation through Village

Panchayats and Water user

Associations and creation

of a common account for

m i n o r r e p a i r a n d 3

maintenance. 40000 m of

desiltation was achieved in

2 tanks and applied on 82 ha

benefitting 88 families.

Promotion of native tree

and fodder species was

undertaken through establishment of women

tree fodder nurseries. Eco friendly farming

technologies such as NADEP compost was

made accessible to 74 farmers and green

manuring was taken up on 196 ha. Under

MGNREGA programme, 74 farmers dug NADEP

compost pits valued at Rs. 754800 while 80

families prepared soak pits valued at Rs. 2 lakhs,

thereby improving household sanitation.

Selection of fodder entrepreneurs was another

activity with distribution of one lakh BNH-10

cuttings. 44 entrepreneurs from 9 districts were

identified to take up BNH-10 on 6 ha while 25

entrepreneurs were identified for mini feed

mixing plants. Farmers' Interest Groups were

formed in 13 villages in Guntur and Prakasam

d i s t r i c t s fo r p r o m o t i o n o f p r o d u c e r

organisations of chilli farmers. Training was

conducted for women on Agri-Business Centre

management under the Government scheme

and institutional bui lding in Prakasam

district.11417 bags of customised fertiliser were

distributed to 1631 farmers.

Andhra Pradesh

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BAIF Rajasthan has built

its presence in the semi-

arid regions by ensuring

livelihood security to the

marginalised families who

have limited resources at

t h e i r d i s p o s a l . T h e

Livestock Development

Programme has been

scaled up through the

establishment of 397

livestock development centres in 20

districts. 577055 AIs were undertaken

during the year. Based on the state animal

breeding policy, the focus is on conservation

of indigenous breeds of cattle and enhance

their productivity of animals. So far

6,05,224 female calves were born while

2,38,335 were in milking with the average

milk production in the range of 7 to 8

litres/day. 397 centres are being operated

on a self-sustainable basis. About 80-85%

farmers were linked with the local dairy

society for milk marketing. 151 animal

health camps were conducted in which

4 4 6 8 9 a n i m a l s we re

treated, benefitting 4832

families. Online record

keeping was initiated for

AI, Pregnancy diagnosis

and calving, apart from

supply of critical inputs

such as frozen semen,

l i q u i d n i t r o g e n a n d

mineral mixture.

Watershed development

covering 7 districts, ensured sustainable

management of natural resources through

strategic water conservation measures. The

programme in Barmer district, covered arid

plantations, goat development, field

bunding, grass seeding and distribution of

solar stoves. Climate proofing through

watershed plus programme has been taken

up in 5 districts through climate smart

interventions in completed watersheds.

Tree based farming system (wadi) could

benefit 1800 families. The programme has

generated employment for 10,000 families,

Rajasthan

47 I BAIF I ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018

enabling them to earn over Rs. 50,000

annually. Small ruminant production, agri-

horti-forestry, rainwater harvesting,

drudgery reduction for women and capacity

building were some of the interventions

taken up under desert development in 100

villages in 2 districts. Integrated tribal

development programme continued in

Banswara and Reodar-Sirohi districts with

active participation of the families. Under

t h e S a h e r i y a f a r m d e v e l o p m e n t

programme, establishment of Technology

Resource Centre, SMART Farms, Goat

Development, Management of Goat and

Dairy units and capacity building were some

of the initiatives. The Amla Utpadak Sahkari

Samiti Ltd with 562 tribal farmer members,

covering a total of 225 ha ensured

remunerative employment to more than 50

t r iba l women dur ing the year and

permanent employment

t o 5 p e r s o n s w h i l e

processing 13.5 tons of

amla produce such as

laddoo, candy, pickle,

murabba, squash, juice,

d e h y d r a t e d a m l a ,

cor iander and chi l l ie

powders.

With strong focus on

women empowerment,

the programme continues

to keep women in the

forefront through the

formation of 230 self

h e l p g r o u p s

comprising of 2950

m e m b e r s w i t h a

cumulative savings of

Rs. 11 crores. These

groups have taken up

repair and installation

of hand pumps. 175

women are engaged

in various income

generation activities and the groups have

ensured d istr ibut ion of u jwala gas

connection and solar stoves among 3000

families. Community health through

awareness camps, WASH, adoption of

women's comfort hygiene, soak pits, clean

home, regular immunisation, eye camps,

health camps and sensitisation through

SHGs, are being achieved through a cluster

development approach.

Capacity building of field guides, self help

groups, village development committees,

People's Organisations and farmers

covered technical training-cum-exposure

visits, pre and post-activity training and

training on institution building, Result

Based Management, communication and

personality development, covering 5000

farmers and 100 community resources

persons.

Babulal Dayal, a youth of Kaukheda village

in Barmer, was working as a rag picker

after passing SSLC, while helping the

family in carrying out traditional farming

to grow crops like bajra, moong, muth and

gawar. In 2013, he joined the BAIF-CAIRN

Wadi project and planted 150 plants of

ber, gunda, pomegranate, lemon, budded

khejri and Apple ber on his degraded land.

Real is ing the problems of unsafe

pesticides, Babulal decided to maintain

his wadi without any pesticides, and

sta r te d u s i n g ve r m i co m p o st . H e

developed a combination of jaggery, chick

pea flour, Desi cow dung, cow urine Sand

of Vat Vriksha, called “Jeevamrit” for

spraying on plants. He also developed a

liquid mixture of butter milk and copper

which he decomposed for seven days and

sprayed as pesticide. Presently, every ber

plant is yielding 30 kg fruits and 150 plants in

a season yield 4500 kg fruits, fetching

Rs. 90,000 per season. Gunda plants are

expected in the near future. He has also

received a buck of Sindh breed, which was

used for breeding services to local goat

keepers, enabling them to produce over 450

improved kids over the last 4 years. Babulal

has now left his job but serves as a Master

trainer for KVK and other Government

agencies. He has developed his own library

with books and documents on agriculture.

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Madhya Pradesh

T h e i n t e g r a t e d r u r a l

development programme

fo c u s e d o n l i v e s t o c k

d e v e l o p m e n t f o r

improving the milk yield

a n d i n c o m e o f s m a l l

farmers, rehabilitation of

r e s o u r c e - p o o r t r i b a l

f a m i l i e s o n t h e i r

unproductive wastelands

and integrated watershed

d e v e l o p m e n t f o r

improving crop yields. With its presence in 23

districts, BAIF reached out to 76694 families

through 181 cattle development centres,

providing 99970 AI services with 53606

confirmed pregnancies, resulting in birth of

35563 calves. Presently, 15235 progenies born

under BAIF programme are in milk, annually

producing 28947 tons of milk valued at Rs. 86.84

c rores . The ind igenous catt le breed

conservation and promotion programme with

improved animal husbandry practices, is

benefitting families from 8 districts through 51

centres.

The integrated watershed

development programme

implemented through 30

watersheds is spread over

50 villages covered 22381

ha and 11545 families. The

p r o g r a m m e i n

B u n d e l k h a n d r e g i o n

covered Chhatarpur and

T i k a m g a r h d i s t r i c t s

through promotion of

w a t e r h a r v e s t i n g

structures. A pilot project on Participatory

Ground Water Management was initiated in two

villages of Betul district with well inventory and

water balance budgeting as its main activities. A

pilot project on WASH has also been undertaken

in these villages.

The holistic rural development programme in 14

villages of Betul, Ratlam and Dhar districts, is

benefitting 2061 families through wadi,

integrated livestock, water resources, micro

irrigation, improved agriculture, solar pump,

promotion of sanitation and improving the

infrastructure of 27 schools and 17 Anganwadis.

The climate resilience village programme,

covering 1183 families in 38 villages, identified

375 farmers as champion farmers for

undertaking weather, water, carbon, nitrogen,

energy and knowledge smart interventions

through 25 climate smart village committees.

The Adivasi livelihood Project in 30 villages of

Betul district covered activities such as, well

inventory, water balance budgeting, formation

of water user group, clean home and village

initiatives. Comprehensive Wadi and Livestock

D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g r a m m e a r e b e i n g

implemented in 3 model blocks of Barwani,

Dindori and Sheopur tribal districts, benefitting

2982 families. New crops like watermelon,

Amla, turmeric and ginger were introduced as

intercrops in the wadi for additional income,

enabling 874 families to become "lakhpatis".

430 families are earning Rs. 40,000 - 45,000

annually through Kadaknath rearing.

Under ITC Mission Sunehra Kal, BAIF has

been implementing an integrated Animal

Husbandry programme in 8 districts covering

931 villages. Smt. Koshilyabai, is a 35-year

old married woman from Amajhir village of

Sehore district whose family comprises of 6

members. Koshilyabai has always nurtured a

desire to be self employed so that she could

strengthen the family income. Her family was

surviving on rain-fed agriculture whose yield

was very low. Under the circumstance, they

were not able to educate their children.

During a village meeting, she came to know

about the boon of crossbreeding

and scientific method of dairy

cattle management. She shared

her knowledge with her family

members and convinced about the

benef i ts , her fami ly sought

breeding and advisory services of

the BAIF Centre In-charge. Initially,

h e r h e r d c o m p r i s e d o f 2

indigenous cows and 4 buffaloes.

After availing the services of the

nearby cattle development centre,

she was able to avail of regular

vaccination, deworming, low cost

housing, chopping of fodder, clean

mi lk , vermicompost ing and

production of green fodder on her

farm.

Presently, her herd comprises of 7

crossbred cows, 4 indigenous

cows, 4 buffaloes and 4 female calves and her

average milk production is 60 to 70 litres per

day of which she sells 45 to 50 litres and

keeps the rest for consumption at home. She

is able to earn Rs. 45,500 to 50,500 per

month which has enabled her to invest in

Agriculture, Dairy and on her house. She

constructed a permanent cattle shed and is

able to send her children to school.

Encouraged by her success, Koshilyabai is

keen to adopt the latest know-how in dairy

technology to bring down the cost of

livestock management.

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51 I BAIF I ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018

The livestock development

programme continues to

lead with 1369 Livestock

d e v e l o p m e n t c e n t r e s

operating in 75 districts,

reaching out to 857876

f a m i l i e s f r o m 4 3 3 9 0

v i l l a g e s , w i t h r e c o r d

breaking performance of

16.98 lakh AI achieved

d u r i n g t h e y e a r. T h i s

reflected on the continuing faith of the farmers

in BAIF's programmes. Based on the demand for

BAIF services, additional 128 centres were

established during the year in 55 districts.

25.28% of the total AI were carried out with

semen of native breeds. During the year, 4664 AI

were performed with use of sorted semen, 190

calves were born, out of which 93% were female

calves. Progeny testing programme is being

implemented in 6 districts. 1309 cows were

under recording and 53 HGM HF crossbred

male calves were produced and procured

from farmers during the year. To encourage

active participation of small farmers in dairy

husbandry, 68 animal health fairs and village

m e e t i n g s w e r e o r g a n i s e d . V a r i o u s

technologies were demonstrated to improve

the milk yield.

T h e n a t u ra l r e s o u r c e

management programme

w i t h w a t e r s h e d

development as its core

p r o g r a m m e i s b e i n g

implemented through 21

watersheds in 22 villages

covering 8639 ha and 3071

families with activities such

as check dams, percolation

tanks, farm ponds and farm

bunding. Farm based livelihood with improved

agriculture and Agri-horti-forestry through

wadi, has been providing food security and

improved quality of life to over 4000 families

from 108 villages. Distribution of 31,178 solar

lamps for students in two blocks of Pratapgarh

district has illuminated the homes of the

families as an alternative source for use of

kerosene. Climate adaptation and mitigation

strategies have been adopted in 25 villages of

Mathura district.

The functional literacy programme extended to

three other districts, has empowered women

with higher literacy and leadership skills and

motivated many women to join the programme.

Inspired by the success of women SHGs in

neighbouring districts, formation and credit

linkage of 50 SHGs in Unnao district was a

significant development. Awareness on health,

hygiene and sanitation and easy access to health

services among community members through

herbal healing, distribution of kitchen garden

seeds and health camps, has benefitted 1500

families in 24 villages.

Uttar Pradesh

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As agriculture in the hilly

terrains of Uttarakhand

has been a challenge for

the weaker sections of the

s o c i e t y fo r s e c u r i n g

sustainable livelihood,

dairy cattle development

was promoted by BAIF.

The programme has been

b e n e f i t t i n g 3 0 8 1 4 5

families in 3439 villages in 12 districts.

During the year, 103850 AIs were carried out

with 54% conception and 22831 female

calves were born. 16 cattle development

centres, operated in 4 districts under the

revenue-based Ksheerdhara model, have

recorded on an average, 134 AIs per month.

Value chain development has been

promoted in 10 centres of Nainital district. In

addition to these projects, BAIF has

established 50 new cattle breeding centres

across 6 districts for value chain and

community upliftment.

The Climate Smart Action and Strategies

project for agriculture-dependent hill

communities was initiated in Champavat

District through 20 awareness camps on the

adverse effects of climate

change on water resources.

Nurseries of 8000 walnut

and 20000 oak plants were

established. 49 SHGs have

been established with 521

women members, who

deposited Rs. 12 lakhs and

ut i l i sed the credit for

education, marriage and

health care. 350 wadis of

temperate fruits such as

walnut, peach, apricot and

m a l t a ( c i t r u s ) w e r e

promoted. Construction of

3 0 r o o f t o p w a t e r

harvesting structures

enabled storage of 4.5

lakh litres of water for use

during times of distress.

Establishment of 120 low

cost poly houses could

i m p r o v e v e g e t a b l e

cult ivat ion and fetch

farmers Rs. 10,000-15,000

per season. 9 training programmes and 8

exposure visits were organised for vegetable

growers for capacity enhancement.

A new Integrated Tribal Development

project covering 700 families in 3 villages of

Vikas Nagar block in Dehradun was

launched. 27 wadis were established with

guava and citrus crops during the year.

Seeds of seasonal vegetables such as

tomato, French bean, potato and ginger

were provided to generate additional

income. Button mushroom cultivation was

promoted as a homestead activity for

landless women enabling them to earn

Rs. 8000-10000 per annum. 3 health camps

were also organised in the project villages.

Uttarakhand

P r o m o t i o n o f f a r m e r - p r o d u c e r

organisations has motivated small and

marginal farmers to enhance agricultural

productivity and profitability. They have

also taken up milk collection and marketing

of milk and milk products, after attending

a training course and undertaking field

visits.

Research undertaken for studying the

adoption of 4 mini apple varieties namely,

Red lane, Gold lane, Sunlight and Moonlight,

imported from the Netherlands is in

progress. 25 plants of each variety,

established in 2015-16, had started bearing

after one year. The fruit yield during this year

was, Sunlight 26.12 kg from 20 Plants;

Moonlight 26.49 kg from 20 Plants; Red lane

11.7 kg from 20 Plants and Gold lane 19.26

kg from 20 Plants.

The observations are in progress before

distributing the plants of these varieties to

our farmers. Last year, 40 saplings each of

these varieties were propagated from the

existing plants and established in Khetikhan

farm with 55% survival. Additional 120

sap l ings of these 4 var iet ies were

propagated through root stock M9 and

M111.

Dan Singh, a 65 year old man from Manner

Malla village in Patti district was engaged in

traditional farming on open terraces of

rugged mountainous terrain. He used to

cultivate vegetables on these open fields and

was often confronted with c l imat ic

disturbances in the form of hail storm, heavy

rainfall, intense heat, incidences of pests and

attack by wild animals.

During an interaction with the villagers, Dan

Singh shared his perplexities with the BAIF

field team. Realising the opportunity to

transform the quality of life of

villagers like Dan Singh, poly

h o u s e t e c h n o l o g y w a s

promoted in the v i l lage.

Initially, there was doubt

among the villagers but after

being convinced about the

benefits and the standard

operation practices and its

protection from wild animals

and climatic changes, Dan

Singh constructed a poly house

on his farm. Plant protection

measures were provided in

convergence with Krishi Vigyan

Kendra Lohaghat. With a total

project support of Rs. 30,000

and intensive training, Dan Singh tasted

success with tomato and capsicum raised in

the poly house.

His total income was Rs. 33,250 while his

total expenditures amounted to Rs. 9000

enabling him to earn a net income of Rs.

24,250. Satisfied with the first harvest and

price realisation in the local market, he has

been motivated to take up cultivation of

minor spices along with these two vegetables

twice a year. The demand for poly houses is

on the rise in this village.

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BAIF I ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 I 54

Over the last 15 years,

BAIF has contributed to

poverty alleviation in

different regions in the

state through its inclusive

d e v e l o p m e n t

programmes with special

focus on dairy husbandry

a n d f a r m - b a s e d

livelihood, benefitting

1.60 lakh families in 251 villages of 14

districts. During the year, 2949635 AIs were

performed. The sorted semen technology

programme has made good impact on the

income prospects of poor farmers with the

birth of 148 calves during the year. To

increase awareness among farmers a caller

tune was installed in all the official mobile

handsets of self employed youth and centre

in-charge.

The TARINA Project covering 40 villages in 6

panchayats in Dharhara Block, Munger

district has ensured increased consumption

of nutritious food, reduced drudgery of

women through labour saving technologies,

expanded homestead

horticulture, diversified

staple grain system with

legumes and vegetables

while promoting small

ruminant, poultry and

dairy value chains. The

p r o j e c t a p p r o a c h

exhibited at the regional

K i s a n M e l a a t B i h a r

Agricultural University, Sabour was

adjudged as the Second Best Stall. 200

women farmers part ic ipated in the

agriculture nutrition workshop. Women

empowerment programme continued to

evoke good response f rom women

participants.

The wadi programme supported 91 tribal

families through the establishment of

mango and guava orchards on denuded

lands. A climate smart village approach has

been adopted in five clusters of Chandi in

Nalanda district through 3725 super

champion, champion and other farmers

with the support of ICT service, improved

Bihar

Chhabeli Devi is a marginal farmer in

Gopalichak village in Dharhara block of

Munger district. She has approximately one

acre of land for cultivation. A transformation

took place in her family when she registered

as a farmer with the TARINA Project. With

this enrollment, she received an opportunity

to attend the trainings provided by BAIF

Agriculture Scientist and exposure to the

National Horticultural Research and

Development Foundation (NHRDF), Patna.

She was able to gain awareness about good

quality vegetable seeds and scientific

method of cultivation. Under this project,

she obtained quality seed, fertil iser,

protective irrigation and technical guidance.

She initiated vegetable cultivation on 0.25

acre of land under the supervision of BAIF's

Subject Matter Specialist. With the support

of her family members, she prepared the

land and took up sowing of okra, sponge

gourd, bitter gourd and bottle gourd. She

also started taking care of the plants and

adhered to all the intercultural operations

advised by the BAIF specialist.

She started harvesting the vegetables.

Adequate quantity of different vegetables

helped to improve the food intake of the

family. She was also able to sell 120 kg of

okra, 20 kg of bitter gourd and 25 kg of

sponge gourd in the weekly market and earn

Rs. 4800.

She now plans to extend her vegetable

cultivation to one acre and motivate other

women for food security.

Woman farmer demonstrates Woman Power

seeds, integrated pest and nutrient

management and soil testing

technologies.

The Golden Jubilee celebration was

organised on August 29, 2017 in

Patna with Dr. N. VijayaLaxmi,

Secretary, Animal & Fisheries

Resource Department, Govt. of

Bihar, as the Chief Guest.

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The livestock development

programme operated in

all 24 districts, is serving

15.19 lakh farmers spread

ove r 2 1 , 3 8 7 v i l l a ge s .

During the year, 531224

A I s we re ca r r i e d o u t

t h r o u g h 1 0 1 0 c a t t l e

development centres. 59%

inseminations were carried

o u t w i t h s e m e n o f

indigenous breeds, of

Sahiwal (38%), exotic breeds ( 36.5%), HF and its

crosses (25.4%) and 4.5% buffaloes. The

conception rate was 51.47% and 109332 female

calves were born. Since inception, 584533

crossbred females have been born under the

BAIF programme. The support activities

included supply of 754.5 tons of cattle feed at

subsidised cost, organisation of 82 calf rallies

and 1191 animal productive enhancement,

benefitting 44044 families. For the first time in

Jharkhand, use of sorted semen for artificial

insemination was launched on November 10,

2016 and the results were very encouraging

with the percentage of female calves being born

as 91%.

Wadi projects launched in 2015 in Khunti and

Giridih districts, have enrolled 400 new farmers

in Khunti, to increase the

number of wadis to 900.

While all the new wadi

participants were oriented

in various technologies to

establish the orchard, 65

landless farmers were

trained in managing goat

and heifer rearing and

piggery. Each wadi farmer

established 40 mango and

72 guava saplings on 0.4

ha. Farmers having water resources for

irrigation were supported to install pump sets

and pipe lines. In Giridih district, 200 new wadis

were established during the year to increase the

total wadi participants to 456.44. Landless

farmers were trained in off-farm micro

enterprises. Irrigation facilities for irrigation

were developed in 2 clusters of 55 and 83 wadis

respectively in Berdonga and Birangadda

villages. Sprinkler irrigation was provided for the

intercrops as well. 7 Productivity Enhancement

Camps were organised in Wadi villages. 100

bucks of Black Bengal breed were provided

to goat keepers' groups among wadi owners.

10 field guides were appointed to train goat

keepers. One Cattle Development Centre

was established. Contribution of Wadi

farmers amounting to Rs. 476,140 was

maintained as revolving fund in a separate

bank account. Wadi is providing livelihood

to the tribal families.

P ro d u c e r O rga n i s a t i o n P ro m o t i n g

Institution (POPI) project sponsored by

N A B A R D in Torpa, Khunt i d i st r ic t ,

strengthened farmers through hand

holding, exposure and training. OMON

Producer Company Ltd. was formed and a

business plan to facilitate wadi farmers.

The Adivasi Livelihood Project in Central

India is creating awareness among villagers

about their entitlements under various

Government schemes.

JHARKHAND

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57 I BAIF I ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018

BAIF Development Research Foundation Organogram

Vice Presidents (Opera�ons)

Vice Presidents (Thema�c)

Vice President -

East

Vice President -

West

Vice President -

North

Vice President -

South

Vice President(Livestock)

Vice President(Other Prog.)

Vice President (Finance)

Vice President

(HRM)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Execu�ve Commi�ee of Trustees

Central Monitoring and

Vigilance Cell (CMVC)

Research Coordina�on Commi�ee

Internal Complaint Committee

Executive Vice President

President & Managing Trustee

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

CENTRAL

RESEARCH STATION AND

RESEARCH CAMPUSES

Programme Directors / Execu�ves Field UnitsBAIF Ins�tute for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development (BISLD)

BISLD State Offices

1. Pune Headquarters

2. Uttar Pradesh

3. Uttarakhand

4. Punjab

5. Rajasthan

6. Jharkhand

7. Odisha

8. Bihar

9. Maharashtra

10. Gujarat

11. Madhya Pradesh

12. Hyderabad: AP, Telangana

13. Karnataka

BAIF I ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 I 58

Multidisciplinary Programme CoverageSTATE - DISTRICTS Livestock Watershed Agriculture/Wadi Women Empowement Development Development Agri-Business Dev. Finance / Health

Andhra Pradesh - Guntur, Prakasam ü ü

West Godavari ü ü

Chittoor ü

Anantapur ü

Bihar - Banka, Munger ü ü ü

Chhapra, Samastipur, Vaishali ü ü ü

Ara, Begusarai, Buxar, Gopalganj, Lakkhisarai, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Rohtas, Siwan ü

Chhattisgarh - Bastar ü

Raigarh ü

Gujarat - Bhavnagar, Vadodara ü ü ü

Dangs, Navsari, Valsad ü ü ü ü

Bharuch, Surat, Tapi ü ü ü

Ahmedabad, Banaskantha, Gandhinagar, Junagadh, ü

Kutch, Mehsana, Narmada, Patan, Panchmahal, Porbandar, Rajkot

Amreli, Jamnagar ü ü

U.T. of Dadra And Nagar Haveli ü ü ü

Haryana - Jind, Yamunagar ü

Himachal Pradesh - Mandi ü ü

Jharkhand - Dhanbad, Giridih, Khunti ü ü ü

Deoghar, Godda, Gumla, Lohardaga, Pakur, Palamu, Ranchi, Simdega ü ü

Bokaro, Chatra, Dumka, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Godda, Hazaribagh, Jamtara, Koderma, ü

Latehar, Lohardaga, Pakur, Palamu, Ramgarh, Sahebganj, Saraikela-kharsawan, West Singhbhum

Karnataka - Chitradurga, Chamarajanagara ü

Bagalkot, Bidar, Chikkaballapura, Davanagere, Dharwad, Kalburagi, Mandya, Shimogga, Yadgir ü ü

Belagavi, Bellary, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Koppal, Mysore, Raichur, Uttara Kannada, Vijayapura ü ü

Tumkur ü ü ü

Madhya Pradesh - Dhar, Guna, Jhabua ü ü ü

Barwani, Betul ü ü ü

Chhattarpur, Tikamgarh ü ü ü

Sehore, Indore ü ü ü

Raisen, Seoni, Satna, Singrauli ü ü

Bhopal, Damoh, Datia, Mansore, Panna, Sagar, Ujjain ü

Rajgarh ü

Gwalior, Guna ü ü

Vidisha ü ü

Betul ü ü

Hoshangabad ü ü

Maharashtra- Ahmednagar, Amravati, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Jalgaon ü ü ü ü

Nagpur, Nandurbar, Nashik, Pune, Washim, Wardha, Yevatmal

Palghar, Gondia, Nanded ü ü ü

Beed, Bhandara ü ü ü

Hingoli ü ü ü

Akola ü ü

Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara ü

Osmanabad ü

Raigad ü ü

Angul, Bolangir, Bargarh, Bouda, Kalahandi, Koraput, Nuawapada, Sambalpur, Sonepur, üOdisha - Mayurbhanj, Deogarh, Sundargarh, Keonjhar

Punjab - Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Ropar, Sangrur, Shahid B.S. Nagar ü

Rajasthan- Bundi, Udaipur ü ü ü ü

Ajmer, Banswara, Barmer, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur ü ü ü

Alwar, Bhilwara, Bharatpur, Baran, Dausa, Jhalawar, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand ü ü

Jaipur, Karauli, Nagaur, Sirohi, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk ü

Telangana - Mahabubnagar, Rangareddy ü ü ü

Khammam, Karimnagar, Nalgonda, Warangal ü

Medak ü ü

Uttarakhand- Champavat, Dehra Dun, Rudraprayag ü ü ü

Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Haridwar, Nainital, Uddham Singh Nagar ü

Uttar Pradesh - Agra, Allahabad, Amethi, Kasganj, Rae Bareli, Sultanpur ü ü ü

Pratapgarh ü ü ü

Bahraich, Balrampur, Gonda ü ü

Aligarh, Ambedkar Nagar, Auriya, Azamgarh, Bagpat, Ballia, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, Basti, ü

Bijnor, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Chandauli, Deoria, Etah, Etawah, Faizabad,

Farrukhabad, Fatehpur, Firozabad, Gautambudh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur,

Hardoi, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Amroha, Kannauj, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi,

Kushi Nagar, Lakhimpurkhiri, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Maharajganj, Mahoba, Mainpuri, Mathura, Mau,

Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muzaffar Nagar, Pilibhit, Rampur, Santkabir Nagar, Bhadohi,

Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Shravasti, Siddharth Nagar, Sitapur, Sonbhadra, Unnao, Varanasi

59 I BAIF I ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018

Dr. A.B. Pande, Chairman

Members:

Mr. B.K. Kakade

Dr. J.N. Daniel

Dr. S.S. Roy

Associate Members:

Dr. J.R. Khadse

Mr. P.S. Takawale

Dr. M. Swaminathan

Ms. Veena Halwe

Mr. R.C. Kote

Mr. S.E. Pawar, Convenor

RESEARCH COORDINATION COMMITTEE

Ms. Veena Halwe, Presiding Officer

Ms. Arunima Dandawate

Ms. Sharmila Jadhav

Ms. Pooja Majgankar

Mr. Sanwarmal Chejara

Dr. Prasad Kulkarni

Ms. Ashlesha Deo

Ms. Preeti Karmarkar, External Member

INTERNAL COMPLAINT COMMITTEE

Core Programmes of BAIF

BAIF Offices and Associates

BAIF Development Research Foundation

Dr. Manibhai Desai Nagar

Pune 411058, Maharashtra

Phone: 020-25231661 Fax: 020-25231662

E-mail: baif@baif.org.in

BAIF Central Research Station

Urulikanchan, Pune 412 202

Phone: 020-26926248 Fax: 020-26926347

E-mail: crsbaif@baif.org.in

BAIF Development Research Foundation

E-1 First Floor, DDA Market, MOR Land

New Rajendra Nagar, New Delhi 110 060

Phone: 011-28741031 Fax: 011-28741036

E-mail: baifdelhi@baif.org.in

BAIF Semen Freezing Laboratory

Dharouli, Jind, Haryana 126102

Phone: 01686-268563 Fax: 01686-268248

E-mail: baifjind@gmail.com

BAIF OFFICES

Pune HeadquartersDr. Manibhai Desai Nagar, Pune 411058, Maharashtra

Phone: 020-25231661 Fax: 020-25231662

E-mail: baif@baif.org.in

Northern Region:BISLD Uttar Pradesh:

38 A, Dandi, Rewa Road, Allahabad 211007

Ph. No. 7052221122 E-mail: bisld.north@baif.org.in

BISLD Rajasthan:

BAIF Bhavan, Hiran Magri, Sector 14

Udaipur 313002 Telefax: 0294-2640133

E-mail: bisld.rajasthan@baif.org.in

BISLD Uttarakhand:

Nathanpur Ring Road, Nehrugram 248005, Dehradun

Ph. No. 0135-2662908

E-mail: bisld.uttarakhand@baif.org.in

BISLD Punjab

House No. 56, Silver Kunj-1

Near Jalandhar Bye Pass

Ludhiana 141 008, Punjab

Phone: 9216264741-43

E-mail: bisld.punjab@baif.org.in

Western Region:BISLD Maharashtra:

BAIF-MITTRA Bhavan, Behind Bodhale Nagar

Nashik-Pune-Highway, Nashik 422011

Ph. No. 0253-2416057 Fax: 0253-2416056

E-mail: bisld.west@baif.org.in

BISLD Gujarat:

Indra Complex, Near Amarjyot Society, Manjalpur

Vadodara 390004 Ph. No. 0265-2654897

Fax: 0265-2651802 E-mail: bisld.gujarat@baif.org.in

BAIF Vrindavan Campus(DHRUVA)

Village Lachhakadi, P.O. Gangpur

Tal. Vansda, Dist. Navsari 396580, Gujarat

Ph. No. 02630-244096 Fax: 02630-244005

E-mail: dhruva_org@rediffmail.com

www.dhruva.org.in

BISLD Madhya Pradesh:

E-7/65 Lala Lajpat Rai Society, Arera Colony Bhopal 462016

Ph. No. 0755-2461019 Fax: 0755-2428619

E-mail: bisld.mp@baif.org.in

Eastern Region:BISLD Jharkhand:

Farmers' Training Centre Campus, HEC Sector-II Dhurwa,

Ranchi 834004 Ph. No. 0651-2444188

Fax: 0651-2444114

E-mail: bisld.east@baif.org.in

BISLD Bihar:

House No.2, Road No. 8, East Patel Nagar,

Patna 800023

Ph. No. 0612-2284326 Fax: 0612-2292486

E-mail: bisld.bihar@baif.org.in

BISLD Odisha:

"Kalyani", Gandhi Colony, Sarlakani, Dhankauda

Sambalpur 768006 Telefax: 0663-2410276

E-mail: bisld.odisha@baif.org.in

Southern Region:BISLD Hyderabad, Telangana:

House No. 17-1-382/SN/22, Srinivasa Nagar Colony

Champapet, Hyderabad 500059

Ph. No. 040-24075405 Fax: 040-24533405

E-mail: bisld.south@baif.org.in

BISLD Andhra Pradesh :

House No. 23-1185, Ward No.26

Vishnukundi Nagar, Vinukonda

Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh 522647

Ph. No. 04646-274533

E-mail: bisld.south@baif.org.in

BISLD Karnataka:

'Kamdhenu', Sharada Nagar, Tiptur 572202

Ph. No. 08134-250658 Fax: 08134-251337

E-mail: bisld.karnataka@baif.org.in

BISLD State Offices