Transforming Food Systems
Securing Our Common Future
- 6 Million Farmer households
- 2 Million Farm Worker households
- 6 Million Ha of Farmland
Universal Principles of Natural Farming
Soil to be covered with Crops 365 Days (Living Root)
Diverse Crops,trees 15 -20 crops
Increase organic residues on the soil
Biostimulants as necessary catalysts
Minimal Disturbance of Soil
Integrate animals in to farming
Use indigenous seed
Pest management through botanical extracts
No Synthetic Fertilizers,pesticides,herbicides
Stories of Change
Latest Publications
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Assessing the Impact of APCNF – 2nd Interim [Kharif] Report 2022-23
The report presents the results of the survey into the impact of Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF or CNF in short) on farming conditions in Kharif 2022-23. This is fifth in the series of similar studies conducted under the aegis of RySS,...
Assessing the Impact of APCNF Final Report 2021-22
The Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) turned to Natural Farming, known as Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF)8, as a way of solving the multiple crises in agriculture. The GoAP have established “Rhythu Sadhikara Samstha” (RySS) which is an...
Re-thinking food systems in Andhra Pradesh
How Natural Farming could feed the future - Agroecology is an integrated approach that simultaneously applies ecological and social concepts and principles to the design and management of food and agricultural systems. It seeks to optimize interactions between plants,...
Agro-industry vs agroecology? Two Contrasting Scenarios for 2050 in Andhra Pradesh, India
In 2016, after a new decade of worsening agrarian crisis in India (Vaidyanathan, 2006), the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP: 53 million inhabitants and 9.3 million famers in 2020) initiated the scaling of what came to be known first as Zero Budget Natural...
Natural Farming Through a Wide-Angle Lens
True Cost Accounting Study of Community Managed Natural Farming in Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) is a state-wide agro- ecological transformation of the farming practices of its 6 million farmers over 6 million hectares and 50...
Assessing the Impact of APCNF Third Interim Report of Rabi 2021-22
The current study is a continuation of the Assessing the Impact of APCNF studies for 2019-20, and 2020-21, undertaken by Institute for Development Studies Andhra Pradesh (IDSAP), Visakhapatnam. This is the third interim report of 2021-22 study, covering the Rabi...