Manibhai Desai
FounderFounder 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
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Pune
- Founded
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- Press
- 2
References
- [1] “Today, it is because of the vision of Manibhaiji that 31,33,000 families spread over 93,738 villages in 13 states are enjoying better quality of life and have come out of poverty through dairy husbandry, water resources development, agri-horti-forestry on degraded lands, women empowerment and community health.” — BAIF Development Research Foundation. Source
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