It is well known that current agriculture (model) in India, including in Andhra Pradesh (AP), which is known as Green Revolution Model or Industrial Agriculture or Chemical Based Agriculture, is in crises and farmers are distressed. The annual farmers’ suicides report and other official reports and many research studies have been confirming, one after other, the precarious situation of the Indian agriculture. Almost all 1,000 farmers, interacted by the present study team, in about 60 Focussed Group Discussions (FGDs) have narrated the pathetic situation of the non-APCNF and farming communities in the state, which largely reflects the perilous condition of (non-APCNF) agriculture in India. The major challenges, under chemical-based agriculture, described in the
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