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Reddy Foundation

Reddy Foundation

Spoke with Dr. Sudeshna Maya Sen from Dr. Reddy Foundation on Apr 26

“Lead Farmer Platform” with ~300 “lead” farmers and 30,000 “fellow” farmers. Idea is P2P extension / learning where lead farmers do field demos and other activities

Active in Samastipur in Bihar + UP; launching in Punjab, Haryana, and MP

Testing 16 “technologies” for their impact on emissions and income: direct seeded rice, zero tillage maize, drums for soil moisture conservation, borwell recharge

Have a separate program focus on rural livelihoods looking at FPO development

Working with CIMMYT (ML Jat) and IDFC (Yashpal Saharawat) to develop CO2 baselines

Monitoring and verification of farmer practices is a challenge and open to utilizing DG platform in Bihar

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