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TAMILNADU AFFORESTRATION PROGRAMME (TAP)
In order to counter the forest degradation, Joint Forest Management (JFM) was introduced in planning, conservation, afforestration and benefit sharing. Tamilnadu Afforestration Project Phase-I (TAP-I) was implemented at a cost of Rs.688 crores over 8 years from 1997-98 to 2004-05 with a soft loan from Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC). SEEDS Trust assigned…
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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROJECT (SAP)
The Cauvery River is the lifeblood of Tamil Nadu’s agriculture and flows in a south-easterly direction for 475 miles (765 km) through Karnataka then Tamil Nadu. One of SEEDS major programmes in Tamil Nadu is to transform 750 acres of semi-desert wasteland into a sustainable area capable of providing farming communities with a level of…