Dr. Reddy’s MITRA felicitates Lead Farmers at Tripuraram

Miryalaguda, Nalgonda, Feb 27, (Maxim News): Dr. Reddy’s MITRA (Marking Integrated Transformation for Resourceful Agriculture) in association with KVK Kampasagar, today has felicitated 98 Lead Farmers (LF) from across 28 villages surrounding Dr. Reddy’s manufacturing facilities in Miryalaguda.

Trained by Dr. Reddy’s MITRA team, the 98 Lead Farmers are instrumental in spreading the latest technologies carried out in their field, which led decreased input cost and increased average yield of 6-8 bags per acre.

The felicitation program was conducted at Bejjikal Village, Tripuram Manadale, Nalgonda in the presence of Dr. M A Areeff Khan, Program Coordinator, KVK Kampasagar, Ms. Parvathi, Agriculture Officer of Thripurarm, Mr. E Nagaraju, Sarpanch of Bejjikal and Dr. V Narayana Reddy, Vice President, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories.

About Dr. Reddy’s Foundation Mitra:
Dr. Reddy’s Foundation MITRA focuses on empowering small and marginal farmers by nudging them to adopt latest technologies and best farming practices. The program bridges the lack of last-mile delivery of agriculture extension services at the grass roots by helping marginal farmers to access existing public extension facilities, engage with agri-scientists and embrace best farming practices, and more importantly, to impart this to other farmers through peer learning and sharing. Dr. Reddy’s MITRA project envision a sustainable and scalable community platform to address the last-mile delivery challenges, which can be replicated across the district to benefit small and marginal farmers. (Maxim News)