Better Cotton
Initiative (BCI) - a global initiative to make
cotton production better for the people who
produce it, for the environment it grows in and
for the sector’s future. BCI works with a
diverse range of stakeholders to promote
measurable and continuing improvements for the
environment, farming communities and the
economies of cotton-producing areas. BCI aims to
transform cotton production worldwide by
developing Better Cotton as a sustainable
mainstream commodity.
NAIP – National Agricultural Innovation Project
AFPRO’s project “Live Better with the Floods” under
Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s World Bank supported National
Agricultural Innovation Project being implemented in flood prone areas of
District Dhemaji, Assam has improved livelihoods for tribal farmers.
Better
Management Practices in Cotton Cultivation
Farmers from Vidarbha region are being supported to
adopt sustainable practices in cotton
cultivation for lowering cost involved while
ensuring a good crop. “Better Management
Practices in Cotton Cultivation", as the project
is called, promotes a combination of sustainable
agricultural practices such as Integrated Pest
and Nutrient Management and bio-fertiilizers and
bio-pesticides. IKEA, an international home
products business is providing resource support
for the project.
Diversion
Based Irrigation Systems
Gravity flow concept for irrigation is a traditional idea
which is often used in a small way in ordinary
farmers. AFPRO’s project with Sir Dorabji Tata
Trust, aims at using the potential of gravity
flow to enable marginalized tribal communities
in hilly regions of Jharkhand, Orissa, Assam,
Meghalaya and Tripura channelize distant water
resources such as rivers and streams for
irrigating their fields. |
