The Visionaries

11

SUSTAINABILITY

HCL

Grant

Recipient

Environment,

2022

Scarcity of water, soil erosion, and tough terrain mark the areas in western West Bengal where

this Project is based. Due to low agricultural productivity, chemical fertilizers and pesticides

are used, making the land even less viable. Subsistence farming and deforestation are rampant.

e Project seeks to create a sustainable ecology development prototype to establish an

alternative agricultural system that focuses on restorative and regenerative principles and

practices like rainwater harvesting, increasing vegetative cover, reforesting etc., to address

poverty and food insecurity. rough skilling women farmers and aligning stakeholders like

government, banks, PRI and corporates to community-led development, the Project is set to be

long lasting and sustainable.

PRADAN

• 6,500 women farmers from 617 SHGs sensitized on environmental

issues, integrated natural resource management (INRM) and climate

resilient agricultural practices

• 11 Bio Resource Centres initiated by women entrepreneurs to supply

bio fertilizers and pesticides to each cluster

• 7,000 women farmers are trained technically on regenerative crop

cultivation practices, 6,793 have adopted the same

• Demonstration of 249 water conservation & irrigation structures and

12 solar based lifting devices and replication of these with funds from

government departments across the entire Jangle Mohal region

HCLTech Grant Project:

Restoring Eco-System by Promoting Nature Sensitive

Endeavour – RESPONSE