Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture Ecologically Sound, Economically viable Objectives: • To reduce the cost of cultivation by Non chemical pest management, zero or low chemical fertilzers • To improve net incomes from farming and sustain agriculture based livelihoods • To reduce drudgery of women farmers in agriculture operations Key elements: • Unique collaboration – organizations of women, farmers, N.G.Os, and Govt. • Knowledge providers – practising farmers, eminent farmer –N.G.Os, eminent agriculture scientists (a few) Technology and Management: • Blend of cutting edge technology with traditional wisdom • Local natural resource based • Technology transfer through CRP
Community Managed Sustainable AgricultureEcologically Sound,
Economically viable Objectives: To reduce the cost of cultivation
by Non chemical pest management, zero or low chemical fertilzersTo
improve net incomes from farming and sustain agriculture based
livelihoods To reduce drudgery of women farmers in agriculture
operations Key elements: Unique collaboration organizations of
women, farmers, N.G.Os, and Govt.Knowledge providers practising
farmers, eminent farmer N.G.Os, eminent agriculture scientists (a
few)Technology and Management: Blend of cutting edge technology
with traditional wisdom Local natural resource basedTechnology
transfer through CRP
InterventionsNon Pesticide Management: Agriculture without
chemical pesticides to reduce cost of cultivationSustainable Soil
fertility management: Gradual reduction of chemical fertilisers
with locally available resources, without compromising on yields
Rain fed sustainable agriculture: Radical soil and moisture
conservation works like trenches, farm pond and conservation
furrows with improved cropping patternHouse hold level nutritional
security model: Intensive kitchen gardens with muti storied
cropping pattern POP strategy: providing acre land on lease to
landless labour to provide them regular income and food security
System of Rice Intensification (SRI): To reduce ground water
exploitation and to increase production
Telangana Key Outcomes of CMSA in MKSPScale of activities in
2013-14
