Mumbai 15th Dec– Transform Rural India Foundation and Intellecap launch Climate Action platform with support of Jharkhand State Government to enable smallholder farmers– Follow the Regional Coverage

Platform will enable smallholder farmers with additional resources and knowledge to undertake climate change mitigation and adaptation activities by leveraging climate and carbon finance

Intellecap and Transform Rural India Foundation (TRIF) announced the launch of a Climate Action Platform with the support of the Jharkhand State Government on the 13th of Dec at Hotel Chanakya, BNR Ranchi.

The platform, launched by Anish Kumar, MD, TRIF and Santosh Kr. Singh, MD – Agri and Climate, Intellecap, will enable smallholder farmers from the state to leverage climate/carbon finance for agriculture and allied sectors and develop their technical skills through a capacity-building program. The platform will provide support and training to smallholder farmers for climate smart agriculture and agro-forestry.  

 The Climate Action platform was launched during an exclusive workshop, where keynote addresses were made by Senior State Govt. officials, Senior Leaders from Intellecap and TRIF, and attended by the farmer organizations, academic and research organizations, NGOs, Agtechs, financiers, to create awareness about climate-resilient agriculture and the role to be played by the Intellecap-TRIF platform.

Smt. B Rajeshwari, IAS, MGNREGA Commissioner, Rural Development Dept., Dr. Shivendra Kumar, Former President, ICAR RCER, Eastern Zone, Jitendra Kumar Singh, IAS, Industry Dept., Sanjeev Kumar, IFS, Sashi Ranjan, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Khunti Jharkhand and Koyel Mandal, Chief of Programs, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation spoke at the event which also had a panel discussion on the impact of climate change on the smallholder farmers of the state and key interventions to undertake climate change adaptation and mitigation in the agri and forestry sector.

The Group was well represented through Santosh Kr Singh, MD, Intellecap who launched the platform and by Sanchayan Chakraborty, Partner, Aavishkaar Capital who spoke about the importance of Climate Finance.

In the pic- Attendees to the workshop with TRIF, Intellecap leaders and State Govt. Dignitaries

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