From Barren Land to Prosperity: Empowering Rural Farmers with Your Support

Impact

A few years ago, Mr. Gangadhar Kashiram Kale, a farmer in the Gorada Jamod village of Maharashtra, faced immense challenges. The land was barren, and the future seemed bleak due to the lack of sustainable agricultural practices. Mr. Kale, like many farmers in the region, struggled to make ends meet, and the prospects for his family's future were uncertain.

That's when SankalpTaru Foundation stepped in with a transformative Rural Livelihood Support Program. In November 2021, SankalpTaru planted 126 Nagpur Orange trees on Mr. Kale’s field. This initiative aimed not only to restore the land but also to provide a sustainable source of income for Mr. Kale and his family. Today, thanks to the dedicated efforts of our team and the support from generous donors like you, these trees have flourished. The first harvest yielded an impressive 80-85 kilograms of oranges/tree, generating an income of around INR INR 2.5-3 Lakhs from these 106 trees alone. This additional income has significantly improved the living standards of Mr. Kale’s family, providing them with the means to invest in their future and secure a stable livelihood. The benefits extend beyond financial gains. The thriving trees have enhanced the local ecosystem, providing shade, improving air quality, and contributing to the overall well-being of the community. The success of this initiative has also inspired other farmers in the region to adopt sustainable agricultural practices, creating a ripple effect of positive change. Mr. Kale now serves as a mentor to other farmers, sharing his knowledge and experiences to help them achieve similar success.  His story is a testament to the power of sustainable agriculture and the profound impact that can be made with the right support and resources.

About The Program

Rural Livelihood Support Program involves Nature-Inclusive Agriculture, which is a form of sustainable agriculture based on resilient food and ecosystem. We promote agricultural practices that enhance biodiversity, including crop rotation, agroforestry, and traditional farming, enabling farmers to mitigate crop failure risks, replenish soil nutrients, and optimize groundwater usage. By promoting agroforestry with native fruit saplings among rural farmers to enhance their livelihoods and transforming denuded barren lands into self-sustainable eco forests, we have planted and survived over 7 Million trees to date across India. Our approach combines innovative technologies with traditional wisdom to achieve sustainable outcomes.

About The NGO

SankalpTaru Foundation, as the name suggests, is an e-NGO or an IT enabled NGO, as you may call it, active across 27+ Indian states and UTs with its pledge to plant trees for the people, by the people. The organization believes that planting trees has many benefits, ranging from the power to fight pollution, strengthening the livelihood of farmers, to increasing the life expectancy of our planet.With the mission to create a clean, green and healthy planet and a vision to enrich the biodiversity with lush green plants, SankalpTaru works with all their capabilities to plant as much trees as possible so that our present as well as the future generations can have a bio-diverse sustainable environment.Since the plantation drive is for the people, by the people, SankalpTaru uses geo-tagging and other advanced environmental techniques in order to make it easier for people to track their planted trees. The plantation drive majorly consists of four operational models, namely Rural Livelihood Support Program, Clean and Green School Program, City Based Plantation Program, and Community Land Plantation Program. All of the operational models are based on constantly escalating happy smiles through healthy trees.