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Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF)

📍 India · 2016 · Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS)

Scale

local

subnational

national

systemic

Description

State-wide transition to natural farming (without synthetic chemical inputs) led by communities, scaled through Community Resource Persons and women's self-help groups. The public agency RySS coordinates farmer-to-farmer training in agroecological principles. The state pilot launched in November 2016; coverage ranges from ~1 million (2024, CEEW case) to 'more than 6 million' according to the CEEW country brief.

Linked evidence

▦How Andhra Pradesh Scaled up Community-managed Natural Farming (case study)Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) · 2023Evidence ▦Co-Benefits of Largescale Organic farming On huMan health (BLOOM): Protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled evaluation of the Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming programme in IndiaBMJ Open (via PMC) · 2023Evidence