AF is the resource organization for the CNF (Community Natural Farming)  Programme in Ananthapuramu District, aiming to transform agriculture paradigm to be low-cost, climate resilient, chemical free, eco-regenerative and remunerative to farmers.

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Building social capital with 3000 master farmers who train about 30,000 farmers on rain fed farming and drought management

Objectives

  1. Promotion of Community Natural Farming: Convert 80% of 10,000 farmer in 35 villages in 3 mandals to natural farming; Of them 4,000 farmers adopt Natural Farming practices fully and another 4,000 farmers adopt Natural Farming partially.
  2. Develop Agro-ecological Landscape models through Rainfed Farmer cooperatives: 150 small and marginal farmers adopt agro-ecological farming in 600 acres of their contiguous lands and produce rainfed crops optimally even in drought years.  These farmers are organized into small cooperatives to create economies of scale in input procurement, farm services and marketing.
  1. Processing and Marketing of Natural Farm Produce through Organic farmers FPO.

Goals

To transform the farmers of Anantapuramu District from the current high external input chemical intensive agriculture to low-external input, climate resilient, chemical free, eco-regenerative and remunerative natural farming.

Results of the project

Farmers who adopted Community Natural Farming practices either fully or partially

9,941 Farmers

Area under Natural Farming

37,300 acres

Farmers adopting Agro-Ecological Landscape Models with natural farming practices

87 Farmers in 3 villages

Area under Agro-Ecological Landscape Models

366 acres in 5 blocks

Institutions of Rain-fed Farmers established to support and sustain agro ecological landscape models

5 Rainfed Farmer Cooperatives

Farmers Producers Organizations for facilitation of processing and marketing of Natural Farm produce  

One FPO with 500 farmers

Main Interventions and Activities to achieve the above result

Trainers on Community Natural Farming is created

35 karyakartas and 3 District level Trainers

Farmers who are nurtured to become resource persons on Community Natural Farming 

320 Lead Farmers

No of FPOs for marketing

01

Cow Urine pits

320

Kitchen Gardens

1000 households

NPM Shops

32 shops in 32 villages

Demo plots/ model plots

160 plots

Agro ecological landscape development

356 acres

No of Rainfed Farmer cooperatives formed

5

Outreach/ Target Group (No of Families):

9941 Farmers in 35 Villages

Geographical target area:

The second phase of the project is being implemented in 35 villages of 3 RySS clusters in 3 mandals (Rapthadu, Kundurpi and Settur) of Anantapur District.

Time Period:

The first phase of this project from 2017-2020 was concluded in September, 2020. Based on the lessons from the first phase, the second phase is designed and implemented from Oct 2020 to Sep 2023.

Main Supporter of this project:

  • Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives, Bangalore
  • Rythu Sadhikaara Samstha, Guntur

Our Project Areas

Resource Village – Mandal

1.Khairevu(V) – Settur (M)

2. Bandameedapalli (V) & Thammaiah Doddi (V) – Kundurpi (M)

3. M.Cherlopalli (V) – Rapthadu (M)

FNGO Clusters

Settur Mandal

  1. Chintharlapalli
  2. Ayyagarlapalli
  3. Mucharlapalli
  4. Khairevu
  5. Makodiki
  6. Lakshmampalli
  7. Cherlopalli
  8. Bochupalli
  9. Yerraborepalli
  10. Kambalapalli

BCOs

  1. Rayadurg
  2. Kalyandurg
  3. Atmakur
  4. Settur
  5. Kundurpi
  6. Chilamathaur
  7. Somandepalli
  8. Madakasira
  9. Talupula
  10. Amadaguru
  11. Kadiri
  12. Tanakallu
  13. Vajrakarur
  14. Kuderu
  15. Pamidi
  16. Gooty
  17. B.K.Samudram
  18. Narpala
  19. Tadipatri
  20. Bathalapalli
  21. Dharmavaram
  22. Rapthadu
  23. Bukkapatnam
  24. C.K.Palli
  25. Anantapur rural

Associate Organisations / Donors