The Haryana regional office of Nabard has signed an MoU with Delhi-based Ayurvet Research Foundation (ARF) for facilitating various collaborative initiatives, especially in the resource-poor districts of Haryana, for the integrated agricultural and rural development of the state. The MoU will facilitate in finding practical solutions to the problems and challenges coming in the way of integrated development of some districts. It is expected that this MoU will prove to be a facilitator for planning and implementation of programmes like natural resource management, village development, exploring and creating alternative employment generation opportunities, upscaling micro-finance activities and supporting farmer producer organisations by synergising the efforts of Nabard and ARF