Tata Power initiated a special farming programme across 67 villages which have benefitted more than 4,000 farmers till date from the communities living in and around Maval, Bhivpuri, Jojobera and Mundra.
The objective of the initiative is to help farmers by ensuring food security and also improve their agricultural yield and income. The programme focuses on unique farming initiatives which includes wasteland development for agriculture, harvesting and recharging ground water, reviving traditional water structures, enhancing farm productivity and increasing yield as well as introduction of new crop variety and undertaking best practices in the area.
Tata Power Jojobera (Jharkhand) and Mundra (Gujarat) have undertaken several farming initiatives which include farm binding, well recharge, drip demo, horticulture demo, check dam/pond renovation and creation, fodder plot demonstration.
This program has reached out to 7 villages and noteworthy achievement includes converting fallow uncultivable land in cultivable land and also recharges the ground water level.
Commenting on the initiative, Anil Sardana, MD and CEO, Tata Power said, “India is an agriculture based country where we rank second worldwide in farm output. The agriculture sector is an important contributor to the GDP of the country. However, in recent times the economic contribution of agriculture has been steadily declining due to sectoral issues. It is Tata Power’s endeavour to work closely with its key communities, that is, farmers around its area of operations to make them self-sufficient and independent. We aim to stimulate interest, promote innovative ideas, best practices, and increase productivity in order to present agriculture as a business model”.