Tata Steel adopts a multi-pronged strategy to promote sustainable livelihood options among small and marginal farmers. They are capacitated with new skills and knowledge to improve production practices through regular training programmes. Scientific multi-cropping, integrated cropping, etc.) and allied activities (pisciculture, lac culture, duck rearing, etc.) are also promoted among farmers. As dependence on rain limits the agriculture potential of the farmers in the two states, Tata Steel also provides them with irrigation facilities (ponds, check dams, etc.) that help increase cropping intensity. This initiative lead to Increase in paddy yield by almost 1 tonne/acre.