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Name |
Vikram Bokey (WWW.Vikrambokey.com) |
Date of Birth |
28th Feb 1956 |
Place |
Amravati, Maharashtra state, India.
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Family Background |
Come from a long tradition of Agriculturist
family. Joined the Govt. service in 1980 &
subsequently joined the Police Force. In the 20
years of the service had exemplary track
record, heading various sensitive units, as
Chief of District Police Force.
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Social Background |
Took voluntarily retirement in 2000, to pursue
Sustainable Agriculture & to avoid Farmers’ Suicides
which had become rampant by that time as a fall-out of
the GREEN REVOLUTION.
Founded MOFF in 2004 after extensive touring the state
of Maharashtra ( Population over 100 million & 307690 sq.km area).
MOFF is a confederation of 120 NGOs & reached out to about 5,00,000
farmers household.
FAO (UN) has appreciated the activities. MOFF has been evolved after
a lot of deliberations with Farmers, Social Activist, Scientific Community
& Thinkers & has a team of dedicated fulltime volunteers.
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