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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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 plants,...

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...

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...

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...

Recently RySS made one of the major breakthroughs in Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) in the form of the Pre-Monsoon Dry Sowing (PMDS), a novel method of growing crops. PMDS enables farmers to raise crops in the dry seasons – before the...

PMDS is a global breakthrough. The exact science of PMDS is yet to be determined. The enhancement of soil biology through CNF practices and raising of 8 to 15 diverse crops, as a mixed crops, creates some special conditions for the seed germination and plant survival...

In a true sense, CNF is a paradigm shift in agricultural development in the state and, perhaps, in the country. The findings of earlier studies and the current survey indicate that CNF is able to resolve most of the pressing problems of the farmers and agriculture in...