National Coalition for Natural Farming
A collaborative platform for accelerating the spread of agroecology based farming practices in its multiple variants, improving on existing practices, and collaborating for policy discourse.
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We work with special emphasis on socially marginalised groups and regenerating environmentally vulnerable areas, with farmers’ collectives as the foundational basis and women farmers in leadership roles.
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Natural Farming is understood by us as the direction and process of transition towards a more local, resilient and adaptive agro-ecology based farming.
Guiding Principles of Natural Farming
- Developing agro-ecologically appropriate approaches and methods of farming tuned to changing climate regimes and rainfall patterns.
- Understanding farming as a whole system
- Progressive reduction and phasing out (at the appropriate pace) of synthetic agri-chemicals such as fertilisers, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides.
- Members of the Coalition will not use GM seeds in farming. The Coalition will also facilitate reduction and phasing out (at a suitable pace) of GM seeds for farmers who are already using them
- Promoting agro-ecology specific crop diversification and a steady movement away from mono-cultural systems of farming, by incorporating a locally appropriate mix of nutri-cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fruits and vegetables.
- Adoption of a farming systems approach that integrates a diversity of appropriate livestock and tree resources in an optimal manner.
- Integrating water use efficiency, water harvesting and water-stress resilience through various location-appropriate practices.
- Addressing the twin syndemic of malnutrition and diabetes afflicting India, especially its children
Know your farmers
We recognise and honour these Champions because they inspire and strengthen our collective movement of mainstreaming natural farming, becoming key levers of change thus making this vision a reality.
State coalitions
The work of the NF Coalition will be carried forward through State Chapters, which will be led by state-level coalitions of partners in each State.