Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) is a state-wide programme helping smallholder farmers, predominantly women, transition from chemically intensive to ‘natural farming’ for improved yields, incomes and health benefits.

It was launched in 2016 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh as a sustainable solution to farmer distress caused by economic crises in agriculture and climate change.

To date, the programme has reached over a million smallholder farmers across 500,000 hectares in the state. It is being rolled out more widely across India and in other Global South countries.

In this video, speakers from the implementing organisation Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (‘Farmers Empowerment Cooperation’) describe how the programme works and its benefits.

Champion Farmer Coach Nagendramma Nettem also shares her personal experience of the programme and how it has helped her family by providing a higher income and better quality food, and how she has encouraged other female farmers to adopt the model.