by Editor | Feb 19, 2024 | Reports
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,...
by Editor | Jan 19, 2024 | Reports
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...
by Editor | Oct 31, 2023 | Reports
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...
by Editor | Oct 31, 2023 | Reports
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...
by Editor | Oct 31, 2023 | Reports
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...
by Editor | Oct 31, 2023 | Reports
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...