MoolyaSHIKHAR True Price AccountingCase Study 2025–26 A Ground Level Transformation in How Farmers Understand the ‘True’ Price of Their Agroecological Produce – Apples through Natural Farming For decades, apple farmers in the Himalayan belt have lived with one fundamental uncertainty – What should be the right price for their apples at the farmgate/ Mandi? This […]
Agroecological Apple Juice Value Chain 2025 SDG Indicator 2.4.1 and SDG 12 Impact Case Study Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 Target 12.3 – Indicator 12.3.1 – Sustainable consumption and production – provides the requirements – By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and
The primary objective of the visit to Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts was to assess on-ground progress of Natural Farming-based apple production under the (Sustainable Food Systems Platform for Natural Farming) SuSPNF initiative, strengthen market linkages through direct procurement from farmers, Natural Farming Oriented FPOs and KVKs, and promote CETARA-NF certification awareness among natural farmers. The
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Apples, Mountains, and Mudslides: A Journey Through Kinnaur’s Orchards When you think of apples from Himachal, you probably imagine crisp red fruit in crdboard boxes stacked neatly on a truck, heading towards cities like Delhi or Bangalore. But behind every apple that makes its way to your market basket lies a story of resilience, unpredictability,
Natural Blueberries: A Backstory: Kalasan Nursery Farm (KNF) has been actively engaged in a variety of agricultural projects, with one of the noteworthy initiatives being the Blueberry Project. One key challenge which KNF has addressed is that of appropriate Varietal Selection. As there are number of crops for which little or no research is available
Cetara Certificate – 2 Star – Gram Bhawan CETARA – QR – Gram Bhawan The orchard development project at Gram Bhawan, Village Baag, is more than just a farming initiative, it is part of a long-term vision to create thriving, sustainable fruit orchards that bring both environmental and economic benefits to the local community. The
Connecting Producers to Consumers – CETARA-NF No Farmers No Food Know Farmers Know Food You need a farmer at least two or three times a day for food, you need a doctoror a lawyer only once a year (if you are really unlucky)” A farmer and food activist from Himachal Pradesh,
Helping Farmers with Smart Tools – AgriTech Survey on IoT Solution for Smallholders Since the mid-1990s, the internet has connected people across the world. A few years later, the idea of connecting everyday devices to each other started to grow. This idea became what we now call the Internet of Things (IoT). Over time devices
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Beyond the Perfect Apple: A Natural Farming Success Story from Himachal High up in the remote Spiti Valley, life runs at a different rhythm. The air is thinner, the winters are harder, and farming is more than just a job it’s a way of life. Here, apple orchards cling to steep slopes, their branches stretching
Germination Report Gram Disha Trust (GDT) with the collaboration with Kalasan Nursery Farm has its first round of germination trials as part of a broader effort to establish a community seed bank. This initiative aims to conserve, multiply, and distribute open-pollinated heirloom seeds that are well-suited to the Himalayan agro-climatic zone. Seed Bank will be
