Government of Karnataka and Isha Outreach sign MoU to boost tree-based agriculture in the Cauvery basin
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Bengaluru: The Government of Karnataka and Isha Outreach have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to work together and achieve synergy between Cauvery Calling and various Government-based agroforestry promotion schemes in the districts which form part of the Cauvery basin viz. Kodagu, Mysuru, Mandya, Bengaluru rural, Chamrajnagar, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Ramanagara and Tumkur.
The MoU was signed by I S N Prasad, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary & Development Commissioner, GoK and Ambrish Kumar, IAS, Project Director of Isha Outreach.
Tweeting on the signing of the MoU, Sadhguru who initiated the Cauvery Calling movement said, “Congratulations to Govt of Karnataka for your commitment to raise farmers’ incomes by incentivising tree-based agriculture. The MoU between GoK & #IshaOutreach will help revive #Cauvery, #SaveSoil & bring wellbeing to farmers, our annadaatas. This is the way forward. – Sg”
https://twitter.com/SadhguruJV/status/1561359405941006337
The support and infrastructure of the Government of Karnataka have been invaluable in taking the Cauvery Calling ahead and the MoU signing is a further testament to the same. It comes as a huge boost to the combined vision of the Cauvery Calling and Karnataka Government to promote tree-based agriculture, which will not only increase the green cover but also significantly augments farmers’ incomes in the aforementioned Cauvery basin districts.
The Government of Karnataka runs various schemes for the promotion of tree planting on farmers’ fields with the objective of promoting sustainable agriculture and augmenting farmers’ income. Accordingly, Isha Outreach will work closely with the Forest department, Agriculture department, Horticulture department, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj department of Karnataka to realise the vision of Cauvery Calling.
Isha Outreach is a social initiative of Isha envisioned by Sadhguru, runs the Cauvery Calling movement, to revitalize river Cauvery, rejuvenate the soil, and improve farmers’ income. Cauvery Calling aims to enable 5.2 million farmers to plant 2.42 billion trees in the Cauvery River Basin in a span of 12 years. 21 million saplings have been planted since the inception of the Cauvery Calling movement.
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