Cauvery Calling Campaign will support farmers to plant 242 Cr trees to revitalize Cauvery.
As a pilot project of Rally for Rivers campaign this will ensure easy implementation and high success rate in other parts of the country later on.
It will support farmers to plant 242 crore trees in Cauvery basin, across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
It will replenish the soil’s nutrients and carbon content. This will revive the river ecology and also improve the farmer’s economic situation.
It will increase water retention in Cauvery basin by an estimated 40%. The organic material in the soil will build up. Soil will then retain water and will feed the rivers throughout yea.
It will bring better harvests and more income for the farmer. Isha has converted 69,760 farmers to agroforestry, which has increased their incomes by 300-800 in 5-7 years.
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