BOOKS
 BAIF History and Heritage: Traces the history of BAIF and the Gandhian
heritage and values practiced by the Founder of BAIF Late Dr. Manibhai
Desai which are relevant in the modern era.
 Manus Ubha Kela: Highlights the development philosophy of its Founder
Late Dr. Manibhai Desai while focussing on the development programmes
implemented by BAIF in Maharashtra especially on empowerment of women.
 Blowing in the Wind: Collection of learnings from BAIF’s operational areas
blending traditional and modern values and presented in the form of
anecdotes.
 Horticulture for Tribal Development: BAIF’s Story of Excellence: Based
on a Doctoral Study, this book traces the challenges, opportunities and impact
in the lives of the tribal families through the adoption of agri-horti-forestry on
their degraded lands.
 Wadi Progamme: A Tree Based Farming System User Guide: Book in
English and Hindi, serves as a reference for programme planners, managers
and practitioners.
 Post Harvest Management and Value Addition of Mango: Serves as a
reference guide for processing and marketing of mango for value addition.
 Cashew Processing Operation Manual:
Focusses on value chain
development of cashew for the benefit of the farmer producer.
 Landscape Approach for Integrated Rural Development: Highlights the
outcome of the project to pilot a “Landscape Approach” for rural
development, initiated by BAIF and its Associate Organisation, DHRUVA,
with support from the German Development Bank - KfW, through NABARD
while describing the salient features of this approach and its observed impact.
 Sustainable Livelihood – Development in Arid Regions: This book
identifies the major issues, appropriate technologies and development
interventions in arid and desert regions.
 Sustainable Livelihood – Focus on Central Himalayas: This book focusses
on the challenges and opportunities of development in hilly terrain.
 The Milky Way: BAIF in Dairy Development: Saga and Reflections: This
book captures the innovative journey of pro-poor livestock development and
the experiences learnt during the past four decades.
 Sustainable Goat Husbandry Manual: This book demonstrates the
feasibility of goat husbandry as an eco-friendly reliable source of livelihood
for the landless including women.
 Income Diversification through Underused Crop: The CoDI Experience:
Focusses on the diversification of underused crops among smallholders in
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh
 Food for Work Forestry Programme: This book documents the innovative
experiment of Food for Work Programme by BAIF with the support from the
Government of Gujarat which led to the evolution of the wadi programme.
 Sustainable Rural Livelihood Creation and Natural Resource
Management in Central and Western Himalayas: Proceedings of the
Brainstorming Workshop for Crafting Potential Strategies and Measures, held
on 11-12 November 2011 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
 Soil and Water Conservation Structures in Watershed Development
Programme:Training manual in English and Marathi (Reprinted).
 Innovative farming-system-based livelihood model for desert regions:
Approach implemented in Kutch and Barmar regions.
 Swayam Sahayata Gat – Sabhasad Prashikshan – Prashikshak
Margadarshika: Manual in Marathi serves as a training guide for SHG
management.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
 All India Coordinated Research Project on Forage Crops: A Decade of
Research: Focusses on the research activities undertaken on various forage
crops by BAIF at its Central Research Station at Urulikanchan, with the
support of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi and the
successful results achieved.
 Papers on Research, Thematic Areas and Case Studies: BAIF – 2010:
Compilation of Research / Thematic papers and Cast Studies published in
National and International journals, workshop proceedings and research
reports during the year 2010.
 Papers on Research, Thematic Areas and Case Studies- BAIF 2011:
Compilation of published scientific papers and good practices from various
field programmes.
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
 Wadi: Focusses on tribal development and empowerment (35 minutes).
 From Seed Sovereignty to Food Security: A video film focussing on the
efforts being made by BAIF to generate awareness among communities about
the need to conserve crop genetic resources. BAIF has initiated this activity in
the tribal belt of Jawhar region in Thane district of Maharashtra through
Maharashtra Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA), an
Associate Organisation of BAIF (12 minutes).
 Mor Dekhne Jungle Mein (The Peacock Trail): A feature-cumdocumentary film in Hindi, focussing on the involvement of youth in rural
development, the film revolves around a young Management Graduate who
disappointed with his parents discouragement to go to USA for better
prospects in the wake of the 9/11 incident, joins a Non-Government
Organisation and moves to a remote area to work with tribal families. The
entire film is a journey of introspection and aims at creating a sense of
responsibility among urban youth in particular to devote some time to
sustainable development of the rural community and thereby contribute
towards rural prosperity (110 minutes).
 Sustainable Livelihood in Backward Regions of Maharashtra:
Documentary film in English, Marathi and Hindi, on core activities of
watershed development, improved agriculture and supplementary livelihood
(25 minutes).
 Distress to Prosperity: Documentary film in English, Marathi and Hindi, on
drought proofing methodology through watershed development in Vidarbha
region of Maharashtra (22 minutes).
 Janotthan: A documentary film on sustainable development of the rural
community under the Special SGSY Programme in Karnataka.
 Kotwaliya: Film in English and Gujarati on the upliftment of primitive tribals
in Tapi district.
 Dheya Sabalikaranache Swayam Sahyata Gatachi Sutra: Documentary in
Marathi on the concept, best practices and impact of the SHG programme.