APPROACH & ACTIVITIES
WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE
We intend to facilitate the adoption of N+FFS systems by a large number of farmers across India. We hope to reach consumers with the message of pesticide-free safe foods and catalyse the supply of these foods to these consumers. We also hope to significantly contribute to a cohesive body of knowledge and practice on N+FFS thereby creating the necessary grounds for its scaling up in the years to come.
Facilitate adoption of N+FFS systems by a larger number of farmers
Disseminate the message of pesticide-free safe foods widely
Catalyse supply of pesticide-free foods to millions of consumers
Create body of knowledge on N+FFS
OUR APPROACH
We espouse an integrated farm-to-plate approach as indicated by our five major components:
-
Facilitating adoption of N+FS by a large number of farmers
-
Developing territorial value chains
-
Promoting household consumption
-
Facilitating wider adoption of guarantee systems
-
User focused research and policy advocacy.
Our key strategies include:
-
Adopting a regional approach
-
Partnering with interested Support Voluntary Organisation (SVO) and FOs/CSOs in each region
-
Building working models for scaling up
-
Serving as a resource organisation
-
Collaborating with organisations having similar mandate
OUR PROGRAM COMPONENTS & ACTIVITIES
Facilitating the adoption of N+ farming systems by a large number of farmers
We engage with FOs, CSOs and other stakeholders to evolve and establish context-specific agriculture biodiversity-based nature-positive farming systems at a viable and cost-efficient scale. While doing so, we take into consideration the robust indigenous knowledge systems and practices, particularly that of women farmers. Our key engagements are
Development of resources on nature-positive farming
Capacity Building
Implementation Support
Supporting the development of N+ territorial value chains
We work with FOs (Farmer Organisations), NGOs and food enterprises to effectively engage in aggregation, storage, processing and collective marketing to establish territorial markets for pesticide-free foods. Our key engagements are
Supporting partners to form and strengthen Farmer Producer Organisations
Support for setting up of community scale processing units
Introduction of hermetic bags and hermetic cocoons
Developing and promoting N+ certification systems
We offer pesticide-free certification to all the stakeholders in the sustainable agriculture and food space to generate consumer confidence and to help farmers and other stakeholders realise better prices for their produce. Our key engagements are
NGS trainings to partners
Pesticide-Free certification for Food Business Operators.
The N+3F provides training on NGS to Lokadrusti, Odisha
Catalysing Pesticide-Free Food Chains- Services offered
N+3F is offering certification for Pesticide-Free Agriculture and Foods in India.
Promoting household consumption of pesticide-free wholesome foods
We raise awareness on the nutritional and ecological benefits of pesticide-free foods and strive to transform the awareness into household-level consumption consistent with the local/regional/territorial food cultures. Click the box below for more details.
Development and launch of the film Choose Right, Choose Safe!
Carry out user-friendly research and policy advocacy on N+FFS
We undertake user-focused research to address the knowledge gaps and practical issues in adopting and scaling up N+FFS, particularly from the perspective of smallholders, farmers’ organisations, NGOs and MSMEs in collaboration with relevant research institutions. We also take up policy advocacy for creating an enabling environment for wider adoption of N+FFS. Click the box below for more details.
The N+3F launches pilot project on traceability with Samaj Pragati Sahayog, Madhya Pradesh
RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECT/S:
IMPROVING THE MARKET READINESS OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS PRACTICING NPM OF AGRICULTURE
Realizing the importance of Non-Pesticidal Management (NPM) for the holistic development of poor communities, BRLF (Bharat Rural Livelihoods , a funding agency with a focus on the backward regions of Central and Eastern India, have adopted the strategy of promoting NPM as one of the mandatory component in their support for all the projects supported by them.
Initial support was given to their NGO partners for adoption of NPM production practices. As a result of this strategy, the NGO partners have promoted adoption of NPM methods with a sizable number of small farmers in their working locations. As a next step to incentivize the NPM farmers in terms of assured markets and prices for NPM produce by building NPM value chains, support was given for improving the market readiness of the NPM farmers through this project.
​
This project, implemented by NPM Network and Social Education Economical Development Society (SEEDS), has the following specific objectives:
​
-
To strengthen the capacities of inexperienced partners, who are advocating NPM, to promote community based, producer-led Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs).
-
To enhance the market preparedness of partners who are already promoting FPCs and open up for them, the possibility of working at scale to connect farming communities with organized markets.
​
This project, which was initiated in October 2018, supports 22 NGO partners of the BRLF who are currently practicing NPM. Of the 22 partners, two are located in Madhya Pradesh, six in Chhattisgarh and 13 in Koraput, Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Deogarh, Boudh, Bolangir & Nuapada districts in Odisha.
While most of the partners focus on adoption of NPM approach in non-perishable crops, some partners also focus on vegetable crops. Some of these partners have been promoting FPOs, while the others do not have adequate experience. Based on the existing capacities of the partners, SEEDS and the NPM Network have been taking the following interventions to address their specific needs and empower them towards becoming market-ready:
Capacity building of partners on FPO formation and strengthening
Research, documentation and policy advocacy on NPM
Improving market readiness of partners & creation of market for NPM produce
Monitoring NPM Practices adopted by Agricultural Production Clusters in Odisha