APCNF targets total transformation of the village: all farmers, all farms, all practices. Women Collectives lead in managing mobilisation, planning, tracking and accountability. The best practising farmer peers lead extension, customised knowledge transfer and handholding support. It takes 8-10 years to transition from conventional to Natural Farming. Read more

APCNF Fields Resilience to Cyclone Michaung

Cyclone Michaung devastated crops in hundreds of thousands of acres in Andhra Pradesh, India on 5 & 6th December,2023. This video shot on 7 December,2023 narrates the resilience of crops cultivated in the Natural Farming method in farmers’ voices as well as thoughts of farmers who practiced conventional agriculture and their crop conditions.

Growing Crops 365 – Radhamma Natural Farming Journey

Farmer Radhamma of Sri Satya Sai district, Andhra Pradesh cultivates rain-fed groundnut on 1.5acres and as many as 12 vegetables on another piece of land which has scanty water resources. Radhamma’s groundnut crop withstood India’s longest dry spell in the rainy season of July & August , 2023. This film depicts the entire Natural Farming transformation story of Radhamma.

From Dry Lands to Year-round Harvests with Natural Farming – Incredible Journey of Narayanappa

This film narrates the life story of Farmer Nayaranappa from Malappuram village owns 2-acre dryland in Anantapuramu district of Andhra Pradesh. Narayanapa has been practising Natural Farming since 2021 and adopted a 365 days green cover model. APCNF is promoting a Any Time Money model that helps farmers to raise multiple vegetable crops in 20-30 cents of land contributing to soil biodiversity, continuous harvests and year-round incomes.

One Acre Prosperity

This film depicts young farmer Imam Kasim of Anatapruamu district transitioning to Natural Farming method and the crop diversity he maintains in his chilli crop and how Natural Farming transformed his livelihood.

Fortunes of Natural Farming

This film captures Farmer Ravi Pratap Reddy’s Natural Farming story. He is from Kothalam village of Sri Satya Sai District in Andhra Pradesh, India. Crops like pomegranate whose yields are not guaranteed in spite of heavy dosage spraying chemicals, Ravi Pratap Reddy 6-acre orchard has yielded 40 tonnes pomegranate, fetching him Rs.400,0000 ($48,076) with minimal expenses of Rs.100,000 ($1200) in the second year after transplantation. His practice of natural farming has shown evidence for commercial viability of Natural Farming.

Farmer D.Babu’s 365 Days Green Cover of Crops through Natural Farming

This film captures the story of farmer D.Babu of Sri Satya Sai district, Andhra Pradesh who is cultivating crops 365 days using Natural Farming method.