Theme: Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture
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Shweta Nikam
shweta.nikam@wri.org
Madhya Pradesh
2021-2025
Madhya Pradesh Sustainable Agriculture Project – Synergizing Policies and Actions (MPSAP-SPA) sustainability of the sector, along with food and nutrition security. It aims to pursue the key recommendations of Dalwai Committee Report – Doubling Farmers’ Income (DCR-DFI), within the frameworks of National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) and National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF).
As part of the project, FOLU India along with WRI India, supports Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development Department (FW&ADD) with the aim of transforming resource-intensive agriculture in the state. It draws on the available resources and implementation modalities under various programmes and statutes of the government, including NMNF but not limited to it. The project will align the existing governance mechanisms of agriculture and other related departments, including State Rural Livelihood Mission, Horticulture & Food Processing Department, Animal Husbandry & Dairy Department, Water Resources Department, Rural Development Department, and Mandi Board. Based on the experience of the programme, by 2030, the state government may develop guiding frameworks that will motivate other states to adopt this government-led transformation towards sustainable agriculture.
Know more about FOLU India’s bottom-up approach to enable village-level transformation in agricultural production practices with the FOLU India Sustainable Rainfed Agriculture Project (FISRAP)
Identify the means for designing and implementing a comprehensive district-level sustainable and regenerative agricultural development project by securing livelihoods in rural areas, while considering social inclusion and restoration of ecosystem services
Develop a strategy to align or modify prevalent agriculture policies and regulations, union and state government programmes, and their unified field implementation
Implement the newly developed strategy in pilot districts of the state
Location: Madhya Pradesh - Jabalpur, Sehore, Harda and Chhindwara | 27th – 29th July, 2022
MPSAP-SPA Training on Participatory Research Tools
As part of the implementation of the project in four select districts in Madhya Pradesh – Jabalpur, Sehore, Harda and Chhindwara – Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Department, GoMP and WRI India along with FOLU India conducted rapid assessments in 20 villages. In order to build capacities of the field teams for carrying out the rapid assessments in the selected villages, -organised a three-day ‘Training Workshop on Participatory Research Tools’ was organised in collaboration with Government of Madhya Pradesh, in Bhopal from 27th – 29th July, 2022. This training included various capacity building sessions on participatory research tools such as, resource mapping, focus group discussions, rapid diagnostic tool etc, for identifying issues and opportunities related to adoption of sustainable and regenerative agriculture along with mock field exercises. The training was attended by 26 participants, including officials from Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development Department (FW&ADD), and Department of Horticulture, Madhya Pradesh.
Location: Bhopal | 22 – 24 August 2023
Learning and planning workshop
Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh (FW&ADD, GoMP) co-organised a national-level learning and planning workshop with WRI India and Food and Land Use Coalition India. 16 organizations place including civil society organisations, private sector entities from the food sector, as well as FOLU India core partners presented experiences based on their models from different parts of the country over three days. Topics included various aspects of the agricultural value chain, such as backward service delivery (Including financing sustainable agriculture), agriculture practice modifications and landscape-level initiatives for improving ecosystem functioning and strengthening forward linkages. The workshop aimed to examine successful models of sustainable and regenerative agriculture from across India and identify the most suitable models for the state of Madhya Pradesh. 150 government agriculture officials from different levels of the administration participated as audience in this three-day workshop.
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FW&ADD, GoMP conducts 3-day learning and planning workshop to identify best
practices for transformation towards sustainable and regenerative agriculture, 2023
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Government of Madhya Pradesh, WRI and FOLU India partner to promote farmers’
livelihoods and environment sustainability, 15th March, 2022
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Farmers of Baranga village with the local natural resources map prepared by them
Karanpura village map preparation underway with local farmers
Mapping of local natural resources with villagers of Beed, Madhya Pradesh
Men and women farmers of Karanpura village gathered for field workshop on participatory research activity
Participants and organisers of Learning and Planning Workshop, Bhopal
Participants of Learning and Planning Workshop
Shriman Shukla, IAS, MD, Mandi Board, MP at Bhopal workshop
Crop calendar being developed by field staff with Imaliya villagers, MP
Dr Ruchika Singh, Exec. Prog. Director, WRI India and Dr KM Jayahari, FOLU India Country Coordinator address participants at Learning & Planning workshop, Bhopal
