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During
2006-07, 2,247 hectares were brought under
Social Forestry plantations, taking the
cumulative total to 9,069 hectares. The Social
Forestry project today covers 23 mandals, 380
villages and 10,510 poor households.
It is worth
noting that the collaboration with the
programmes of the Government of Andhra Pradesh
continues to grow in strength. A total of 830
hectares was promoted through collaboration with
Indira Kranthi Padham and the Comprehensive Land
Development programmes of the Government.
The households covered under the Social Forestry
Programme continue to reap the benefits derived
from cut plantations. Todate, 876 households
have harvested their plantations earning a total
of Rs 4 crores. Significantly, most
beneficiaries have ensured that the contribution
to the Village Development Fund continues apace,
which had grown to Rs 46 lakhs by the close of
the financial year. The farmers’ own incomes
have been invested wisely into productive assets
to ensure a long-term virtuous cycle of
development.
ITC’s social and farm forestry programmes have
todate greened nearly 65,000 hectares of land. |
