Globally scaling APCNF’s ground-breaking agriculture innovations for a new mainstream of regenerative land-use that strengthens farmers incomes and social conditions, food security, health, biodiversity and the climate.
Women-led self help groups drive community success and cross-regional scaling throughout India, supported by Prime Minister Modi.
Internationally, Natural Farming Global identifies implementation partners, already operating at scale, to develop respectfully adapted, place-based pilots.
In Zambia, the Salesian Sisters and Jesuit agricultural centers drive adaptation. In Sri Lanka, the country's largest village organization facilitates group adaptation and implementation of APCNF practices.
APCNF is a government sponsored, community-based movement transitioning farmers from chemical to natural methods of farming, seeing improvements in productivity, profitability, community health and climate resilience. Projected growth is to reach 6 million farmers working 8 mil hectares in Andhra Pradesh, funded by Indian government resources and the German Development Bank, KfW and other major philanthropies. The natural farming movement is supported by India's federal government.
APCNF’s success has motivated governments and other stakeholders from over 50 nations to ask for support to adapt and scale APCNF in their countries. This series of international Natural Farming pilots is led by APCNF's RySS leaders and NOW Partners Foundation to address this demand.
Natural Farming Global establishes the infrastructure and cross-sectoral network of organizational partnerships essential to implementing successful pilots that require cross-cultural, hands-on knowledge transfer to scale.
NFG provides comprehensive, farmer-led training and localized adaptation and on-going, on-site support through partnership with local organizations for long-term program self-sustainability.
APCNF’s approach combines innovations in agricultural technology with empowering community management that solves problems across sectors and industries:
Natural Farming methods keep fields green, because the approach allows capture of large amounts of carbon in the soil – increasing agricultural productivity while also fighting climate change.
The increased carbon holds more water, allowing fields to absorb more and require less water. Every 1% increase in soil organic matter equals 5 – 10 tons of carbon per acre and 20,000 gallons of water holding capacity.
Comprehensive research by third party institutions details the methods and proven results that document Natural Farming’s advantages.
RySS leader Vijay Kumar in dialogue with NOW’s Walter Link and Hunter Lovins.
What is APCNF? A short overview with RySS EVC Vijay Kumar.
How RySS and NOW collaborate with international partners to scale APCNF globally.
How APCNF transformed a village into a ‘bio village.’
Zambian Farmer Nonde Silvia, talks about her experiences learning and practicing Natural Farming.
This Indian pomegranate farmer experienced significant increase income and decreased expenses due to implementation of Natural Farming
