Helping farmers protect and increase India’s forest cover to fight climate change and poverty
Farmers for Forests helps farmers protect and increase India’s forest cover in order to fight climate change and poverty. F4F does that using the payment for ecosystem services (PES) approach for both its deforestation prevention and afforestation programs, providing conditional cash transfers to both to farmers and other rural landowners to grow either new forests or protect existing forests. The cash transfers are contingent upon the survival of the forests, which is rigorously monitored by F4F through satellite and GIS mapping, ensuring both accountability and transparency throughout the lifecycle of the programs.
Arti has over 8 years of experience in the international development and impact investing sectors, working primarily on gender, education and environment. She has previously worked with Social Finance India and Evidence for Policy Design at Harvard. Arti has an MPA in International Development from Cornell University, an MBA (Social Impact) from Middlebury Institute of International Studies and a BA in International Relations from Mount Holyoke College
Jaspreet has over 7 years of work experience covering various facets of retail asset credit risk and management in the banking Industry. Her experience includes the regulatory sector, policy & portfolio management at the Deutsche Bank. Jaspreet has a Masters in Business Administration from the Sadhana Centre for Management and Leadership & IIM Calcutta.
Krutika has over 8 years of experience in the international development, equity and business research sectors and has worked primarily on cash transfers in the Public Distribution System and the health and agriculture sectors. She is currently working as a Program Manager at Charity Science Health and has previously worked with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT and the World Bank. Krutika has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with a minor in Environmental Studies from Mount Holyoke College.
Kaushlendra has over 12 years of experience primarily managing large and complex field operations in both rural and urban areas and has worked across 4 states of India. He has previously worked with Rural Shores and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT. Kaushlendra has a Bachelor’s degree from Veer Kunwar Singh University, Bihar.
