by krishna RySS | Feb 11, 2025 | Reports
The study uses the “with and without” method to assess the impact of CNF. In this method, the outcomes of CNF farmers cultivating a particular crop are compared with the outcomes of the non-CNF farmers cultivating the same crop.10 Costs and returns data for the crops...
by krishna RySS | Jan 22, 2025 | Reports
A comparison of costs, yields, and returns from natural farming versus chemical farming in Andhra Pradesh during 2019–20 saw natural farming in better stead compared to chemical farming. The claim made by Das et al (2024) that natural farming could pose a threat to...
by krishna RySS | Jan 22, 2025 | Reports
Farmers in regions with eruptive climate conditions are adopting pre-monsoon dry sowing as an eco-friendly and sustainable farming approach. Using primary survey data collected by the Institute for Development Studies Andhra Pradesh, the adoption rate, costs, benefi...
by krishna RySS | Jan 4, 2025 | Reports
The AgroEco2050 foresight process summarized in this study was conducted through extensive methodological and writing work from late 2018 to 2023, by a Project Team from RySS (Government of Andhra Pradesh), CIRAD/CIRED, and FAO (FAO Plant Production and Protection...
by APCNF Team | Oct 16, 2024 | News
An 8 member team from NITI Aayog, led by Sri. Ramesh Chand, visited Natural Farming fields in the Krishna and Eluru districts to explore the APCNF model implemented by Rythu Sadhikara Samstha under the Department of Agriculture. During their two-day visit, they aimed...
by APCNF Team | Sep 17, 2024 | News
A delegation from Mexico, currently visiting Tirupati district, praised the significant role played by women’s groups in implementing the natural farming programme run by the Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming (APCNF) initiative.
by Editor | Jul 30, 2024 | Reports
Surveys were conducted with 215 NF practitioners and 189 CF farmers across 5 partners in 7 districts in 3 states, to assess the impact of NF on yield, net income, and total cost of cultivation. Additionally, farmers shared their observations on barriers to adoption,...
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by Editor | Jul 30, 2024 | Reports
This study is a continuation of the previous impact studies conducted in 2018-199, 2019-20, 2020-2021 and 2022-23 on APCNF. Earlier studies assessed the effectiveness of APCNF (also known as Seed to seed [S2S] Farming) with the help of field surveys on various...
by APCNF Team | Jul 12, 2024 | News
The Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF), a State government’s initiative launched through Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS) seven years ago, has won the 2024 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, an award instituted by Portugal-based Calouste Gulbenkian...
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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,...
