Social and Farm Forestry : At the close of the planting season of 2005-06, 2,283 hectares had been brought under plantations of eucalyptus, subabul, casuarina, bamboo and teak in Khammam and Prakasam districts of Andhra Pradesh under the Social Forestry Programme, taking the total to 6,821 hectares. A total of 8 million saplings were planted during the period, taking the cumulative total to 27 million.

ITC's social and farm forestry programmes have together greened nearly 41,000 hectares with over 149 million saplings.

*Additional 34,179 hectares under farm forestry

The collaboration with the Government of Andhra Pradesh under the aegis of Indira Kranthi Patham, which was piloted last year, was scaled up significantly and successfully during the current year with the collaboration contributing nearly 43% of the total area brought under plantations. The Social Forestry beneficiaries in Khammam continue to earn generous sums of money by harvesting mature plantations. Todate, 630 poor households have harvested 566 hectares with a total yield of 16,000 tonnes. The total value that accrued to the farmers from the sale of timber was Rs. 2.47 crores.