REC signs MoA with ICRISAT under CSR

New Delhi, May 30 : REC, a public sector enterprise, has committed financial contribution of Rs. 22.33 crore under its CSR initiatives for undertaking the “Farmer-centric Integrated Watershed Management Programme” to be implemented by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Andhra Pradesh, over five years period with the objective of improving the livelihoods of small farm holders in rural areas of Ananthapur and Mahaboobnagar districts in Andhra Pradesh.

 

 A Memorandum of Agreement in this regard was signed on 29thMay 2014 by Shri P. J. Thakkar, Director (Technical), REC, and Dr. William D Dar, DG, ICRISAT, in the presence of Rajeev Sharma, CMD, REC, Ajeet Agarwal, Director (Finance), REC, besides other senior officials from REC and ICRISAT. The programme will cover 11,000 ha targeting conservation and harvesting of rainwater as well as its efficient use for improving crop productivity in water scarce regions of these two districts.

 

 The project will also address the issues of increasing agricultural productivity as well as fodder production and improving livelihoods through agricultural related micro-enterprises for the landless people in the benchmark watersheds in an integrated manner.