• Sustainable and Eco-friendly agricultural programme in Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal - Reference No. IND/77276

Financed by Manos Unidas, Spain, (FCRA) this is a project on sustainable and eco-friendly agriculture. Sistry Foundation has been implementing this project in Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal during the financial year 2023-24. Sistry Foundation has received EURO 42659  from Manos Unidas, Spain for this project.

The brief description of the project is spelt out below:-

• This is an agricultural development programme for 300 poor marginal farmers and farm women and vulnerable land tenants. The project will be implemented at 30 backward and remote villages in 3 blocks in Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal. The overall goal of the project is to improve the living condition of the poor farmers through augmentation of their agriculture productivity. 300 poor and marginalized farmers and farm women are the target groups of the project. The project will transfer innovative technologies in the cultivation of improved indigenous variety of paddy as fast crop and low water intensive crop like mustard or pulses (mug korai and lentil i.e, masoor dal) and millets as second crop among 300 farmers and farm women leading to increased productivity and increased income. The project will also promote 100% organic farming among 300 targeted farmers and farm women by way of providing them training facilities in organic farming.

• Cattle Nutrition Awareness Camp

            Financed by Minhaj Welfare Foundation, UK (FCRA) this is a project on Animal Husbandry. Sistry Foundation has implemented this project in Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal during the financial year 2020-21. Sistry Foundation has received EURO 3146.13 from Minhaj Welfare Foundation, UK (FCRA) for this project.

• To improve the cattle nutrition value cattle feed awareness camps have been conducted from this project thereby benefitting 200 cattle farmers of the locality.