Climate Smart Farming

Location of Intervention: Jawhar, Mokhada & Vikramgarh - Palghar District,Nashik Maharashtra

Agriculture stands as one of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change, experiencing adverse effects such as rising temperatures, agroecosystem shifts, invasive species, and more frequent extreme weather events. These changes are already impacting crop yields, diminishing the nutritional quality of major cereals, and reducing livestock productivity. Compounding the issue, agriculture contributes significantly to the climate crisis, currently responsible for 19–29% of total greenhouse gas emissions. Tribal indigenous communities are directly in the path of this challenge, prompting an urgent need to intensify our efforts.

The Challenges

In rural Maharashtra, climate change is hitting hard, principally among the small-scale farmers. Erratic rainfall and rising temperatures make it impossible to grow crops. With every passing season, the unpredictability of weather is costing yields and threatening livelihoods. Those dependent on rain for irrigation have even greater struggles. Due to this, traditional farming is becoming unsustainable considering soil degradation and water shortage, an upsurge in problems with pests; hence, such communities are highly susceptible to shortages in food, as well as economic instability. 

The Approach

It is on the grounds of that same wisdom passed down through generations that we mix in the modern solutions, believing that real change happens when people are listened to and supported. For us, this is not just a program; it is one way of attempting to stand with farmers through their struggles and help them find a new path forward-one respecting their traditions yet preparing them for the future.

  • Capacity building of farmers to inform on newer farming techniques, e-governance and digital savvy
  • Introduction of resilient crops that provide better incomes with less vulnerability to market vagaries. 
  • Introduction to crops that need less water; and to adapt and grow in the face of longer-term stresses like shortened seasons and erratic weather patterns.
  • Improve carbon absorption by introducing trees and nitrogen fixing plants that act as carbon sinks
  • Introduction of Vetiver grass on farms that are known to reduce soil erosion while improving soil health
  • Introduction of bio-fertilizers to encourage natural and organic farming

Impact of our Program

reduction in intermittent migration
70- 70 %
average annual income of farmers per acre of land
100000
farmers supported
1000