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Manibhai Desai

Founder

Founder of BAIF Development Research Foundation

Manibhai Desai is the founder of BAIF Development Research Foundation[1], an Indian non-profit working on rural & agriculture and livelihood from Pune.

BAIF Development Research Foundation

BAIF Development Research Foundation is a Pune-headquartered organisation working across 13-plus Indian states on livestock development, agriculture, natural resource management, women's empowerment and rural livelihoods. It partners with government bodies and international agencies and reports reaching around 4 million rural families through its programmes.

BAIF Development Research Foundation reports the following, on its own site:

  • 5 million families reached
  • 1,15,416 villages covered
  • 397 districts including 70 aspirational districts, across 18 states