BAIF Development Research Foundation

To take this work further, Bharatya Agro-Industries Foundation, was organised and registered in 1967 under the Indian Public Charitable Trust Act of 1950.

[11] In early years the Foundation received aid from Western countries such as Denmark, United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia as well as the Indian dairy cooperation.

[12] In the 1980s BAIF pioneered the "WADI" agroforestry model for creating fruit orchards in tribal areas of Gujarat with limited rainfall and marginal landholding.

In the year 2021, Bharat Kakade who served the organisation in different capacities, took charge as President and Managing Trustre of BAIF.

Kakade holds PhD from IIT Bombay and has acquired expertise in sustainable development and climate change adaption and mitigation.

[18] The organization maintains its main research facilities at Uruli Kanchan with a large group of scientists, veterinarians and technical staff.

[19] Over the decades, BAIF has established AI centres in 16 Indian states such as Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka etc.

The organization offers door-to-door breeding services to farmers by employing and training local youth as Artificial Insemination Technicians (AIT).

The cattle improvement programme has enabled farmers to generate higher income by selling surplus milk and animals.

In arid and semi-arid areas of India such as Rajasthan, BAIF has initiated programs to improve the quality of goat breeds for milk as well as for mutton.

[22][23]| In the 1980s BAIF pioneered the "WADI" agroforestry model for creating fruit orchards in tribal areas of Gujarat with limited rainfall and marginal landholding.

[27] BAIF introduced the idea of self-help groups (SHG) to make insurance facilities available for rural communities.

[34] P. Sanath in the Hindu argues that cross-breeds give higher yields, but require more feed and are not suited to Indian conditions.

To avoid duplication of services, BAIF had to leave areas where the DoAH had subsequently developed insemination facilities.

In response BAIF started to offer AI with quality native breeds in interior villages with poor access to veterinary services.