SOCIAL PERFORMANCE |
Integrated Agriculture Development
The water conserved through our efforts is used
optimally, which promotes sustainability in the following
ways:
- It makes agriculture sustainable in the long run,
both by using less water per unit of output and by
improving soil health through compost applications;
- All these measures increase productivity and hence
farm incomes, thus providing financial sustainability to
farmers; and
- We assure ourselves of quality products in the
future, thus ensuring sustainability of our businesses.
Agriculture extension services are promoted for enhancing
land productivity through composting, higher yields per acre
through varietal demonstrations and efficient management of
water through group wells and sprinkler systems. Careful
documentation of the benefits from these interventions helps
in convincing farmers to adopt these on a large scale.
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|
Activites |
Cumulative
to 2005-06 |
2006-07 |
Total
To date |
|
Irrigation |
|
|
|
| Group
Irrigation (nos.) |
106 |
69 |
175 |
|
Sprinkler Irrigation (nos.) |
325 |
89 |
414 |
|
Demonstration plots |
|
|
|
IPNM*+Varietal demo (acres) |
947 |
450 |
1,397 |
|
Vericompositing (nos.) |
3,102 |
3,625 |
6,727 |
Nadep/ supercompositing
(nos.) |
1,663 |
948 |
2,611 |
*Integrated Pest & Pest Nutrient
Management |
 |
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Sustainable Livelihoods Breed
Improvement Programme
 Arable land in India is under severe pressure due to
expansion of population and the inability of the
manufacturing and services sector to absorbsurplus labour,
leading to environmentally damaging practices by rural
households. There is a critical need to deflect pressure
from land to off-farm livelihood opportunities. Upgradation
of livestock to increase productivity is one proven way of
achieving this objective. This intervention promotes
sustainability in the following ways:
- By supplementing farm incomes, it reduces pressure
on land, thus promoting long-term sustainability of
agriculture;
- It provides a viable livelihood opportunity, thus
promoting financial viability of rural households; and
- We benefit from the secondary effect of a
revitalised agriculture since it leads to a stable
production regime.
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| Activites |
Cumulative
to 2005-06 |
2006-07 |
Total
To date |
| No. of
CDCs |
72 |
5 |
77 |
| Breed Improvement |
|
|
|
| No of Als |
40,100 |
54,554 |
94,654 |
No. of Crossbreed
heifers |
4,270 |
10,466 |
14,736 |
Animal Health
Services (No.) |
79,209 |
124,002 |
203,231 |
| Milk Procurement |
|
|
|
| No. of Societies |
9 |
25 |
34 |
| No. of farmers |
408 |
950 |
1,358 |
| Volume (litres) |
212,040 |
445,273 |
657,313 |
|
Our breed improvement programme aims at a
significant increase in yield rates of milk during the
lactation period. It provides integrated animal husbandry
services that include pre and post natal interventions.
Farmers benefiting from the breed improvement programme also
get linked to formal milk marketing channels to get the best
price.
Initiated in 2004-05 with 23 Cattle
Development Centres (CDCs), the number increased to 77 CDCs
covering 1,540 villages during 2006-07. |
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