Empowering Agricultural Communities

Supporting farmers through training, sustainable practices, and market access, enabling improved livelihoods, resilience, and long-term economic and environmental wellbeing.

Project Highlights

  • 2013 – 2015 Expansion Phase IRFT as Global Trainers for the New Assurance Programme for National Trainers & Implementing Partner organizations of BCI projects in India and Globally.
  • 2013 – 2015 Verifiers Training on the New Assurance Programme including Accreditation for Verifiers.
  • Train the Trainers for CAIM (Govt. of Maharashtra) on BCI project in 21 clusters. For 20,000 farmers & Implementing Partners Amravati, Yavatmal & Dhule
  • 2024-25 Empowering Implementing Partners and Coffee Farmers with the knowledge and skills needed to thrive in a changing climate by helping smallholder growers tackle climate change through Regenerative Agriculture Practices.
  • McCormick U.S.A, Women’s Empowerment Framework (MWEF) – A Baseline Study on the Indian Spice Supply Chain. Strengthening the capacities of women farmers to adopt sustainable production practices, economically, socially, and environmentally, while establishing stable inclusive spice supply chains.
  • L’ORÉAL Human Rights Impact Assessment on Sugarcane in India to identify Human Rights Risks in their supply chain. Desk reviews, offline and online interviews with stakeholders.
  • L’Oréal’s Human Rights Impact Assessment for Jasmine and Tuberose Supply Chains in India.
  • Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) along with Fair Labour Association (FLA) for L'Oréal's Castor Oil Supply Chain. Under this project IRFT took on Desk Based Assessment, Stakeholders and Key Informants Interviews, Data Analysis, Reporting and Recommendations
  • Train the Trainers for CAIM (Govt. of Maharashtra) on BCI project in 21 clusters. For 20,000 farmers & Implementing Partners Amravati, Yavatmal & Dhule.
  • IDH Empowering Implementing Partners and Coffee Farmers with the knowledge and skills needed to thrive in a changing climate by helping smallholder growers tackle climate change through Regenerative Agriculture Practices.
  • Phase II – Syngenta ‘Me & Mine’ project on Health, Safety & Environment to the Field staff, Management, farmers, growers & Stakeholders in Warangal, Eluru & Andhra Pradesh.
  • Syngenta ‘Me & Mine’ programme was designed by IRFT to motivate the Syngenta team and all the stakeholders towards ownership of the FLA Code of Conduct – Child Labour and Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) specifically. (This was an Award-winning CSR project by Syngenta, India)
  • Replication of this CSR project – Syngenta ‘Me & Mine’ in 8 countries of Southeast Asia & 4 countries in Europe – Through TOT Training to Country Heads & Field staff
  • Phase II – Syngenta ‘Me & Mine’ project on Health, Safety & Environment to the Field staff, Management, farmers, growers & Stakeholders in Warangal, Eluru & Andhra Pradesh.
  • Syngenta Me & Mine was implemented in 18 countries of Syngenta Global
  • Syngenta I-Safe- ‘Inculcating Safety Awareness for Farmer Empowerment’-The Farmer Health, Safety & Hygiene Programme, District Khargone and Dhar, Madhya Pradesh: 2023-24
  • Syngenta Stem Fly Awareness Programme on Soya in Madhya Pradesh 2023 to 24, 2024 to 25.
  • Ambuja Cement Foundation - Women Empowerment and Gender Sensitization project based on ILO DECENT WORK STANDARDS
  • Skill Development Projects (Aajivika – Asha) on financial literacy, business management, selling techniques and market exposure for women tenants of S D Corp’s slum rehab in Kandivali & Mumbai Central.

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