INDIAN FARM FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE LIMITED

NGO Details :

Name : INDIAN FARM FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE LIMITED

Chief Functionary : Sh Krishna Ganauji Wankhede

Chairman : Sh Guru Prasad Tripathi

Treasurer : Sh Praveen Agarwal

Promoter Name 1 : Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Lt

Promoter Name 2 : National Cooperative Development Corporation

First Registration Details :

Unique Id of VO/NGO : DL/2009/0004526

Registered With : Registrar of Societies

Type of NGO : Cooperative Society

Registration No : MSCS/cr/37/93

City of Registration : NEW dELHI

State of Registration : Delhi

Date of Registration : 22-10-1993

FCRA details :

FCRA Registration no. : 231650953

Sector/ Key Issues :

Key Issues : Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Agriculture, Children, Drinking Water, Education & Literacy, Environment & Forests, Food Processing, Health & Family Welfare, Land Resources, Micro Finance (SHGs), Micro Small & Medium Enterprises, New & Renewable Energy, Nutrition, Rural Development & Poverty Alleviation, Water Resources, Women’s Development & Empowerment

Operational Area-States :

Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarkhand, West Bengal

Details of Achievements :

Major Activities/Achievements : Indian Farm Forestry Development Co-operative Limited (IFFDC) is committed for integrated rural development and ecological up-gradation through afforestation on abandoned wastelands with community participation by promoting village level Primary Farm Forestry Co-operative Societies (PFFCS) and Primary Livelihood Development Cooperative Societies (PLDCS) for livelihood enhancement of the landless, marginal and small farmers, tribal and women in particular. Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), the promoter organization of IFFDC started its farm forestry activities for wasteland development since 1986-87 in the states of U.P., M.P. and Rajasthan which has been handed over to IFFDC in 1995. More than, 26,900 ha. of wastelands comprising sodic, rocky, graveled, waterlogged, ravine, nutrient poor soils etc have been converted into sustainable multipurpose green forests through 145 village level Primary Farm Forestry Cooperative Society (PFFCS) with a total membership of 28,500 (38% landless, 51% marginal and small farmers). Special emphasis has been laid on women participation which is 30% of the total membership. In the changing scenario of rural development, IFFDC is diversifying its activities by undertaking need based projects in the areas of Livelihood Enhancement, Poverty Alleviation, Natural Resources Management, Watershed Development, Farming System Development, Community Health, Mainstreaming Child Labour, Micro Finance, Rural Entrepreneurship Development etc. By adopting participatory approaches befitting with the emerging needs of the community it expanded operations in the states of Uttrakhand, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Tamilnadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat also. It has managed various projects worth more than Rs 1250 millions and is presently operating in more than 1500 villages of 13 states of the country covering all Agro-climatic Zones with collaboration of various International and National level funding agencies. Main emphasis is being laid on “5 J” (pentagonal components of rural development) viz; Jal (water), Jangal (forest), Jameen (land), Janwar (livestock) and Jan (human) for developing sustainable rural livelihoods specially for the resourceless, deprived rural poor, tribals and women in particular. To provide effective plate-form for addressing issues related to Livelihood and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) such as Self Help Groups (SHGs), Primary Livelihood Development Cooperative Societies (PLDCS), Primary Livelihood Development Autonomous cooperative Societies (PLDACS), Jankars/Animators (paraprofessionals), Mazdoor Vikas Samuh (MVS), Water User Associations (WUA) and Village Forest Management & Protection Committees (VFMPC) under JFM concept have been promoted. During last 16 years, IFFDC has successfully implemented various rural development projects with the financial support from India-Canada Environment Facility (ICEF) of CIDA (Canada), DFID, UK Govt., World Bank through Rajasthan Government, USAID through SIFPSA, International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) through Uttarakhand Government , International Labour Organization (ILO), State Governments, , National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) IFFCO and IFFCO-Chhattisgarh Power Limited (ICPL). IFFDC Ltd as an organization has been honored with following prestigious awards: 1. “Indira Priyadarshini Vrikashamitra Puraskar 1999” conferred by the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India for excellence in afforestation and wasteland development. Five of its promoted PFFCS (Sangwa & Rakhyawal in Rajasthan, Katari & Madwa in U.P. & Karaiya in M.P.) have also been honoured with this award for their outstanding work in afforestation & wasteland development in different years. 2. IMC Diamond Jubilee Endowment Trust Award, titled “Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development Award 2002” conferred by Indian Merchants’ Chamber, Mumbai for outstanding contribution to the cause of promoting the growth of rural economy in the country. 3. Thrice the “Certificate of Appreciation” of “Corporate Social Responsibility” Award 2004-05, 2007 and 2008 conferred by “The Energy and Resource Institute” (TERI), New Delhi for efforts made by IFFDC towards initiatives for Corporate Citizenship and sustainability. 4. “Earth Matter” award conferred on Chairman IFFDC by “Earth Matters Foundation, New Delhi” for integrated development of wastelands through afforestation in the country. 5. “Amity Corporate Excellence Award 2008” conferred by Amity International Business School (Amity University), Noida for its outstanding contribution towards afforestation on wasteland, environment conservation and promoting the growth of rural economy. 6. “Amity HR Workplace Environment Award 2008” conferred by Amity International Business School (Amity University), Noida on the occasion of 5th Global HR summit for its consistent and inexorable efforts to create a conducive environment yielding success and growth. In the line with its excellent track record, the society continued to maintain high standards of performance in the field of integrated rural development with special emphasis towards livelihood enhancement of poor, women and resource less tribals, capacity building of underprivileged community, wasteland development and environment upgradation etc through it’s various ongoing projects. During the year, IFFDC diversified its activities further by undertaking projects supported by different Organisations/Agencies as follows: – (A) IFFCO Supported Projects 1. Farm Forestry Projects. 2. Livelihood Improvement through Integrated Rural Development (LIIRD) Project in Orissa. 3. Rural Area Livelihood Development Project” (RLDP), West Bengal. 4. Integrated Rural Development Project, Shivaganga (Tamil Nadu). 5. Integrated Rural Development Project, Amravati (Maharashtra). 6. Integrated Rural Development Project, Chhindwara (M.P.). (B) NABARD Supported Projects 1. Karaiya-Surkhi Watershed Development Project, Sagar (MP). 2. Watershed Development Projects, Kui, Kukdar, Khurubhata in Chhattishgarh. 3. Watershed Development Projects, D.B.Thanda, Dammanapet, Govindapally in Nizamabad (Andhra Pradesh). 4. Indo-German Watershed Development Project Pratapgarh (Rajasthan). 5. Wadi Project, Pratapgarh (Rajasthan) & Kawardha (Chhattisgarh). 6. Pilot Project for Integrated Development (PPID), Sagar & Damoh (M.P.). 7. Village Adoption Programme, Bilaspur (C.G.), Mandsaur and Neemuch (M.P.). (C) Projects Supported by other Agencies 1. Livelihood Improvement through Afforstation, Cultivation of Medicinal Plants and Social Development (LIMCAS) Project in Sarguja, supported by IFFCO-Chhattisgarh Power Ltd. (ICPL). 2. National Agriculture Innovation Project (NAIP), supported by ICAR, New Delhi. 3. Rural Non Farm Development Agency (RUDA), Udaipur supported by Govt of Rajasthan. 4. Clinic Based Reproductive Health Service Project” in Allahabad funded by USAID through State Innovation in Family Planning Services Agency (SIFPSA). 5. Uttar Pradesh Health Systems Development Project (UPHSDP) by IDA in U.P. 6. Livelihood Improvement through Cooperative Development” (LICD) in Jharkhand’ supported by Ministry of Cooperation, Govt . of Jharkhand. 7. Indus Child Labour Project supported by International Labour Organization (ILO) in M.P. 8. Uttarakhand Livelihood Improvement Project for Himalayas” (ULIPH) supported by International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) in Uttrakhand. 9. Integrated Watershed Development Projects at Chhattarpur & Sheopur supported by Govt. of M.P. under NAREGA. 10. Formation, management and Capacity Building of SHGs under Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana of Govt. of M.P.

Contact Details :

Address : Indian Farm Forestry Development Co-operative Limited IFFDC Ltd. 401-402, Laxmi Bhawan 72-Nehru Place, New Delhi [codepeople-post-map]

City : New Delhi

State : Delhi

Telephone : 011-26481606 : 011-26446415

Mobile No : 9810057238

E-mail : iffdchodelhi@rediffmail.com

Website Url : http://www.iffdc.org

Fax : 011-26446414