Assessing the impacts of climate change and evaluate climate adaptation strategies in terms of anticipated shifts in the crop growing periods, water availability, major crop yields, and evaluate adaption strategies for developing climate resilient farming systems and to develop knowledge and skills of stakeholders on improved technologies for sustainable crop intensification.

1. Scaling up Research for
Development and
Impacts
KH Anantha, Suhas P Wani and
Team

2. Why?
Food secure and prosperous farmers
 Changing external environment
 New Paradigm – R4D to transform lives
Discovery
Lab/plot
Pilot
Field
Proof of
Concept
100s
Impact/
Outcomes
100,000 &
millions
Development
Research
Death Valley
of Impact

3. How?
Discovery Pilot testing Proof of concept Impact/outcome

4. What do we do?
Assess the gaps in impact pathway using science and
new tools
Identify and integrate proven technologies
Develop system-wide solutions/packages for scaling-up
Identify value chains
Build the partnerships
Develop scaling-up and scaling-out technologies
Evidence-based enabling policies, institutions and
monitoring mechanism
Document learning and publish transformational
research
Change the mindsets of actors

5. Bhoochetana: A Novel Initiative
4.75 million farmers
6.4 million ha
 Promotion of integrated nutrient
management techniques to increase
crop productivity
 Scaling up of integrated crop production
technologies
 Assessing the impacts of climate change
and evaluate climate adaptation
strategies
 Develop knowledge and skills of
stakeholders on improved technologies
for sustainable crop intensification
Crop yield = 20-60%
B:C ratio = 3-14
Net benefit= US$ 353

6. Nutrient Management – Impact on Crop
Productivity (Production Function)

7. BhooSamrudhi
 Participatory promotion of improved cultivars
 Promoting sustainable crop intensification and diversification Popularizing
dry seeded rice
 Promoting various in-situ interventions for enhancing soil moisture
availability and water use efficiency
 Promoting suitable fodder cultivars including edible cactus
 Developing precision water management thru need based irrigation scheduling
 Promoting and evaluating cost effective wastewater treatment units
 Developing knowledge and skills of stakeholders on improved technologies
 Promoting innovative extension system

8. • Optimizing land-water-crop-livestock resources
• Scaling up of integrated approach in phased manner
• Enhanced capacity of various stakeholders including farmers
• Increased yield levels from 20-80%
• Increased net income from US$ 100 to 500/year/household
• Strengthening various ecosystem services such as improving
groundwater recharge
Bhoosamrudhi
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
CropYield(kg/ha)
Variety
Local Variety Improved variety

9. Rythu Kosam:
Andhra Pradesh Primary Sector
Piloting and evaluating innovative technologies:
 Balanced fertilization
 High Yielding Varieties
 Seed production
 In-situ, ex-situ water management
 Fodder promotion
 On-farm mechanization
 Soil analysis and recommendations for
orchards
 Horticulture, animal-based systems as well as
fisheries
 Facilitation in value chain through FPOs
 Capacity building of different stakeholders and
sensitization of the policy makers
Growth rate:
10.9%

10. Paddy and Groundnut GVA

11. Promotion of Farmers’ Producers
Organizations in Andhra Pradesh
 The overall goal of FPO initiative is to create wealth for the
small farm holders by creating appropriate ecosystem for
wealth generation, increasing productivity, maximise
profitability and realization of proper pricing thru processing,
market linkages, value addition and better knowledge system
Farmers Producers Organisations
Promotion Policy of Andhra Pradesh–2016
Operational Guidelines
“Raithu Kosam”
Farmers Producers Organisations
Promotion Policy of Andhra Pradesh–2016
Government of Andhra Pradesh
- FPO policy
- Operational guidelines for FPOs and
Corporates
- Guidelines for DPR preparation by
Corporates
- MoU between GoAP and
Corporates/NGOs

12. CSR Initiatives to Help Farmers
 JSW Foundation (Karnataka, MH and AP)
 Asian Paints (Telangana and Maharashtra)
 Coca Cola (Karnataka and UP)
 SAB Miller (Telangana and Pondicherry)
 PowerGRID Corporation (Karnataka and AP)
 Rural Electrification Corporation (AP and
Telangana)
 Ramoji Film City
 Sir Dorabji Tata Trust
 Aqua-Agri
Financial
Physical
Natural
Human
Social
Holistic development

13. • Low cost water harvesting
• Field bunding
• Bund stabilization by planting
Perennial grasses
• Agro-forestry interventions
• Ber-budding
• Lac cultivation
• Teak plantation
• Vermi-composting
• Promoting micro-nutrient
• Promoting improved crop cultivars
• Dona pattal (micro-enterprise for
landless)
Indicators Base line After W/s
water Column 2-2.5 5-6 m
Wheat yield (Kg/ha) 1500-2000 2800-3500
Fallow lands (ha) 100-150 20-50
Cropping intensity (%) 120 180-200%
Milk yield (L/animal/day) 2-5 3-7
Live stock population (Buffalo) 900 1200
Household income (Rs/HH/year) 50,000 125,000
- ICAR-CAFRI

14. Current Project Portfolio
 Number of ongoing projects : 18
 Total Value of the Projects : $ 38.2 Million
 Total funds mobilized during 2015 : $ 14.8 million
 There are 17 projects in the pipeline with a total funding of
US$ 16.0 Million
 New CSR Projects under discussion e.g., Super Gas
Foundation; Ramky, Ultratech etc.

15. Recognitions
 Awarded as One of the 50 Most Impactful Leaders in
Water & Water Management
 CSR Leadership Award on Community Development
 CSR Leadership Award on Accounting for Climate
Change
 IDC has been awarded Asian CSR Leadership Award for
the year 2015

16. Our Partners

17. Thank you!