• AF Ecology Centre, Anantapur
  • Monocrop of groundnut in 2 million acres Anantapur District. It is causing a high pest and disease build up and yields are declining due to depleted soil condition
  • Fox-tail Millet – An alternate food crop with high nutrition value. Adds to the house hold food and nutritional security. AF Ecology Centre promotes alternate cropping, inter cropping and crop rotation
  • Non pesticidal Management (NPM) shop is promoted by AF Ecology Centre. The shop managed by a family in the village. The family prepares and sells bio-pest control herbal lotions, bio-manures and liquid manures like “Jeevamrutham” made of cow urine.
  • Groundnut seed treatment with tricoderma viride, a natural agent instead of chemical agent.
  • A phermone trap to monitor the incidence of pests
  • A Vermi compost unit owned by a small farmer. Saves cost and provides eco-friendly manure from farm waste.
  • Diversified annual cropping. It spreads the risk of drought across 2 or 3 crops and also provides food and nutritional security, and fodder security also.
  • A diversified cropping with vegetables, millets and pulses. It provides food and nutritional security to the family. The women are very happy as they grow what crops they prefer.
  • A Farmer’s Field School. (FFS) Group of farmers discussing about the crop condition.
  • On farm water harvesting – A Farm Pond. And a mango tree crop. Mango plants are provided with water from the farm pond. Mango is a rainfed fruit tree. It needs initial watering only in the first two or three years.
  • A short duration flower crop under rainfed condition. An alternation to groundnut and less drought prone.
  • Inter cropping groundnut with pearl millet.
  • A ready to yield rainfed mango grown owned by a rainfed farmers. The family will have secure income from mango. AF Ecology Centre encourages small farmers to go for annual crops in part of the land and the rest of the land for crop a tree crop suitable for rainfed condition. It is good for drought proofing.
  • Seed Broadcasting
  • Driving Practice
  • AF Driving School
  • Accion Fraterna
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Working Towards...

Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable Environment

Building Farmers organizations and mutual cooperation

Freedom from Drought and Poverty

Restoring Human Dignity and Equity

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