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The PADI Foundation encourages and supports underwater science, environmental projects, and education. The Foundation will fund and assist worthwhile projects that will enrich mankind’s understanding of the aquatic environment and encourage sensitivity to and protection of the delicate ecological balance of underwater life. The Foundation will also fund worthwhile projects to increase understanding of sport … Read more
The Trusts have been supporting SRI promotion since the last five years. The programme targets the small and marginal farmers in paddy growing areas. The 1st phase of the SRI programme was launched in March 2008 with a budget allocation of ` 10.94 crores spread over three years. From the first year itself, the programme … Read more
System of Rice Intensification: Proposals Invited Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts seek applications from NGOs, research institutions and universities for the promotion of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in India. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a system developed in Madagascar in the 1980s and has since 1999 been tried out … Read more
Small Grants Land Degradation – GEF UNDP Thrust: These projects involve the intergrated land resource management with an emphasis on issues relating to desertification, loss of soil fertility and enhanced livelihoods. Global environmental problems as defined by the GEF are the loss of biological diversity, climate change and pollution of international waters. Land Degradation, primarily deforestation … Read more
For decades, Diversion Based Irrigation systems have been in use in those regions that have appropriate features as described above. These are known by different names in different parts of the country: Kul in Himachal Pradesh, Tar Bandh in Mahakoshal, Phad in Maharashtra, Dongs in north Assam, Zebo in Nagaland, Khadins in Rajasthan, Pukhar in … Read more
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) The Trusts have been supporting the systematic extension of SRI among small-holder farmers who cultivate crops under rain-fed conditions. The programme has reached out to over one lakh farmers in more than 105 districts – via a network of over 153 implementation partners. A Secretariat http://sdtt-sri.org/ on SRI liaises with … Read more
Diversion Based Irrigation: Proposals Invited Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts seek applications from NGOs, research institutions and universities on the promotion of Diversion Based Irrigation (DBI) in India. A diversion based irrigation system is one which diverts a portion of water from a natural stream/water course/river and uses it with or without … Read more