Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development
Towards Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
CSFD facilitating backyard space into a healthy nutrition garden and generate additional income With rapid urbanization, the periurban areas that are close to cities are going through the rapid transition, leaving a lot of scope for business opportunities. But opportunities are accompanied by challenges. With changing patterns of usage of the land, employment, industries etc.,
Mr. Kothlapuram Suresh from Panyal youth training feedback T. Ramesh from Panyal youth training feedback video T. Rakesh from Panyal youth training feedback video
There is now global recognition of the One Health Summit and the interconnectedness of health of humans, animals, and the environment. The One Health Program will bring in together experts and researchers from these disciplines to solve global challenges through a collaborative One Health-focused approach. The One Health Approach becomes all the more pertinent
Women farmer and kitchen garden beneficiary G Bonamma,another enthusiastic beneficiary of CSFD supported kitchen garden program, has a dream to scale up her successful kitchen gardens by selling the access produce and generating income out of it. She used to grow few vegetables in her backyard but was not getting ample produce to meet the family
Dual degree program was offered by Cornell’s Master of Professional Studies (MPS) and State Agricultural University’ (SAU’s) Master of Technology (M. Tech.) programs. Through this program, the students acquired two degrees in five semesters and were trained adequately to engage in rural development that could bring sustainable gains in agriculture and rural industry through enterprise
Improving Agricultural Productivity of Small and Marginal Farmers by erecting community solar fence Sangareddy in Hathnoora Mandal, Telangana, India CSFD, with an intention to improve the agricultural productivity of small and marginal farmers and make renewable energy available to the grassroots, has implemented the project of laying a community solar fence on identified stretches of
CSFD has organized a district-level convergence meet with key purpose to impart knowledge to farmers on region-wise government schemes, subsidies and technologies in agriculture and allied sectors. Post convergence meet, 30 farmers have geared up to revive livestock farming. A veterinary camp was organized to create awareness and also to examine the health of existing
To improve the farmers access to farm advisory, CSFD has trained and registered farmers in Paniyal and Badampet villages in Sangareddy, Telangana on Annapurna Kissan Prasara Seva (AKPS) application. Through AKPS farmers can receive information on agronomy, plant protection, horticulture, animal science, home science, dairy, etc., with location specific information in local language for free.