Agriculture & Organic Farming Group

AOFG-India is a network of farmers associations, farmer federations, grassroots development organizations and community based organizations. We work with small farmers and indigenous communities in the rain-fed & hill slope farming areas including shifting cultivation areas.

We organize the communities in capacity building and empowerment for self reliance and poverty reduction. We promote farmer associations and farmer inspired producer companies for value addition and marketing. One of our slogan is “Farm to Board Room” and allow the small farmer take his/her decisions.

Trainings are organized and conducted on organic farming, fairtrade, farmer-led certification (for both ecological and social standards), entrepreneurship for rural development, natural resource management and conservation of mountain ecology & biodiversity. Agro-bio diversity and livelihood options for poverty reductions are addressed with quality extension activities. Field extension and farmer field schools will provide quality production, post harvest loss, value addition and competitive marketing.

We promote empowerment of women and reduction of household debts by facilitating Self Help Groups, micro credits (savings and loans). We try to improve the income and negotiation power for farmers by helping them set up strong community based commodity organizations and farmer producer companies facilitating long term trade relationships with fairtrade and organic buyers.

We value location specific and traditional knowledge and try to document and disseminate best practices.

We have an office in Delhi and in Hyderabad, as well as field training centres in Adimali, Kerala and Imphal, Manipur, NGOs and farmer federations at Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Nagaland, Orissa, Uttranchal and Himachal Pradesh. They are members of the AOFG-India network.

We solicit enquiries from genuine fairtrade and organic companies as well as small farmer organizations.

For any questions, please do contact us at:
e-Mail: aofgindia@rediffmail.com