Archive · 14 Jun 2025
Bengal's Matir Srishti Project Transforms Farmland Using Farmers
The West Bengal government started a project called Matir Srishti to help farmers whose land was damaged.
The project involves farmers working together in groups to fix the land.
Instead of hiring outside companies, the farmers themselves manage the project.
They plant trees like mango and cashew to improve the land.
Over 42,000 acres of land have been improved, and the project helps farmers by providing income through growing fruit trees.
West Bengal's Matir Srishti Project transformed over 42,000 acres of degraded farmland.
The project launched in 2020 focuses on land restoration and livelihood creation.
Farmers are organized into community-based organizations (CBOs) for land management.
The project emphasizes farmer involvement, avoiding a contractor-based model.
Plantation activities have been completed on more than 12,000 acres with fruit trees.
- Who
- West Bengal government and farmers.
- What
- Matir Srishti Project transformed degraded farmland.
- When
- Launched in 2020.
- Where
- West Bengal.
- Why
- To restore land and improve farmer livelihoods.
- Project Name
- Matir Srishti
- Initiation Year
- 2020
- Land Transformed
- Over 42,000 acres
- Focus
- Land restoration and livelihood creation
- Implementation Model
- Community-Based Organizations (CBOs)
- Plantation Area
- More than 12,000 acres