Turning Training into Opportunity Manthrala Venkat Reddy, from Nalgonda District, Telangana, is one of the rural entrepreneurs who turned learning into a successful livelihood opportunity. As part of its livelihood promotion initiatives, Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development (CSFD) conducted the 15th batch of a residential training programme on sheep and goat rearing for rural

6-Day Rural Youth and Farmer Training Programme on Modern Agriculture and Agribusiness Management | Palem, Telangana 20–25 July 2026 | Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Palem Agriculture is changing rapidly, and today’s farmers are not just producers; they are entrepreneurs, innovators and decision-makers. Recognising this need, Cornell Sathguru Foundation for

What if a village could access modern agricultural technologies, scientific knowledge, and livelihood opportunities - all through a single community-led centre ? That vision has now become a reality with the inauguration of the RuTAGe Smart Village Centres (RSVCs) at Beerpur PACS, Jagtial District, and Nandanam FSCS, Hanumakonda District, Telangana, strengthening access to innovative

Anumala Sudhakar (35), a smallholder farmer from Kangal village in Nalgonda district, Telangana, owns 3.5 acres of agricultural land. A graduate by education, he embraced farming as his primary livelihood, cultivating paddy to support his family. Like many small farmers, Sudhakar faced challenges in crop protection, relying on manual spraying methods that were time-consuming,

ICAR-National Meat Research Institute, Hyderabad organized a 5-day Entrepreneurship Development Programme on ‘Clean Meat Production and Value-added meat Products Processing’ from 9th - 13th December 2024. The programme was sponsored by Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development, Hyderabad, a non-profit foundation promoted jointly by Cornell Sathguru Foundation for development to facilitate sustainable social development for enhancing

The Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development, an NGO working for sustainable agriculture in Telangana, has conducted several trainings in agriculture and agri value chains to improve youth participation in agriculture and sustainable livelihoods. In the past, CSFD, with the technical support of PJTSAU, has skilled farmers in modern agriculture, vermicomposting, sericulture, apiculture, sheep and goat rearing,

Project– Aharamu and Aryogyamu Sankalp has kickstarted its project to “Improve access to nutritious food through kitchen gardens in Sangareddy and Mahabubnagar districts of Telangana” – Project– Aharamu and Aryogyamu on 18th November 2022. This intervention will establish 1020 households’ kitchen gardens and 25 Nutri gardens in Anganwadis during the Rabi season in Sangareddy and Mahboobnagar. Kitchen gardening kits

Facilitating youth to see agriculture more profitably has been one of the critical commitments of Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development (CSFD) since 2002. To this end, CSFD has developed a comprehensive capacity-building model that can help youth to change mindsets towards agriculture and explore pathways to profitable & sustainable agriculture and livelihoods. In the past,

Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development (CSFD) is pleased to kick-start the training program for rural youth on modern agriculture and agribusiness on 18th Jan 2022. This program is being held at Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Warangal with the technical support of 20 agriculture scientists from Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) Telangana.  This 6-day experiential residential

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