Andhra Pradesh Community Natural Farming (APQMF)

APCNF (Andhra Pradesh Community Natural Farming)  /  ZBNF (Zero Budget Natural Farming) :   

Background of the ASDS in Sustainable Agriculture

• ASDS starts Sustainable Agriculture practice activities in 1999 in 10 villages with the support of CSA and Action Aid.
• Conducted village level training, orientation programs, and Awareness camps on sustainable agriculture.
• Constructed vermin compost pits, Dug wells in A.V.Gudem, and also cow urine collection sheds in Valumurugondi and Repaka villages.
• Distributed 100 drums capacity of 200 liters (100 drums) and 100 liters (100 drums) for prepare and storage NPM decoctions.
• Printed and circulated pamphlets, books on NPM.
• Sent interested farmers and staff to various training programs on Sustainable Agriculture.
• Distributed free and subsidy seeds, plants with the help of Action Aid, ICRISAT, and KVK – Pandirimamidi
• Registered one FPO with the support of NABARD.
• Conducted Value-added training with the support of NABARD

ASDS work with the Agriculture Department and RSS for the implementation of the ZBNF Project

• ASDS starts work with the Agriculture Department and RYSS in 2016.
• ASDS working in 2 clusters i.e. Valumurugondi cluster of Chintur Mandal and 2. Chokkanapally cluster of V.R.Puram Mandal.
• In August – 2018 ASDS signed MoU with RySS for implementing the ZBNF project in Valumurugondi and Chokkanapally clusters in Chintur, V.R.Puram Mandals of East Godavari districts.

Achievements  in 2019-2020 :

• Constructed 20 cow sheds with the support of RYSS and Global Green Grant Funds (GGF).
• Distributed 15 drums of 200 liters capacity to the storage of cow urine for preparation of decoctions Global Green Grant Funds (GGF).
• Conducted village level training to farmers on the preparation of nonpesticide decoctions.
• Conducted Crop Cutting Experiments (CCE) in Natural Farming fields and Chemical farming fields to compare yield.
• Conducted Khareef Action Plan (KAP) and farmer plans.
• Conducted a 2 days training program to newly appointed Grama Sachivalayam staff of Village Agriculture Assistants (VAA), Village Horticulture Assistants (VHA).
• Distributed 400 vegetable seed kits (12 varieties in the kit) to farmers to raise kitchen gardens.
• Covered 388 farmers in this year out of 1412 target farmers in 2 years.
• Converted 89 farmers as Seed to Seed farmers.
• 735 farmers motivated to CBO / FPO (Nathan Sangham & Papikondala FPO)
• 210 Poor of Poor farmers joined in SHG groups
• Developed 67 active farmers this year.
• 71 Master Internal Cluster Resource Persons developed.
• Collected 84 case studies on Natural Farming.
• Developed 8 Surya Mandal model plots, 8 models of 36 x 36, and 1 Guli ragi model
• Displayed stalls at every Raitu Bharosa Kendras opening program.