Indian Farm Forestry Development Co-operative Limited (IFFDC)

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), the promoter organization of IFFDC started its farm forestry activities for wasteland development since 1986-87 in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan which has been handed over to IFFDC in 1995. More than, 29,420 hectares of wastelands have been converted into sustainable multipurpose green forests through 152 village level PFFCS with a membership base of 21,207. Special emphasis has been laid on women participation who is 38% of the total membership.

In the changing scenario of rural development, IFFDC is diversifying its activities by undertaking need based projects in the areas of Livelihood Enhancement, Poverty Alleviation, Natural Resources Management, Watershed Development, Farming System Development, Community Health, Mainstreaming Child Labour, Micro Finance, Rural Entrepreneurship Development, Quality Seed Prodution and Agri-inputs supply etc. also with participatory approaches befitting with the emerging needs of the community by expanding its operations in the states of Uttarakhand, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab also.

It has managed various projects worth more than Rs 2290 million and is presently operating in more than 9,410 villages of 18 states of the country covering all Agro-climatic Zones with collaboration of various International and National level funding agencies.