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Cases / Oil, gas and coal operations · India · date not stated

Andhra Pradesh's community-managed natural farming reaches 1.29 million farmers

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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

Andhra Pradesh runs a community-managed natural farming programme with 1.29 million farmers. The sources reviewed do not state its cost or any measured effect on soil, water or yields.

What?
Andhra Pradesh runs a community-managed natural farming programme covering 1.29 million farmers. World Bank
Where?
Andhra Pradesh, India. Food Planet Prize
When?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Community-managed agroecological farming; the sources reviewed give no further mechanism. Food Planet Prize
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

The Food Planet Prize describes the programme as a people-powered agroecological initiative rooted in nature.

According to the sources cited for it, the programme covers 1.29 million farmers in Andhra Pradesh.

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    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The sources reviewed do not state the programme's budget, funders or start date.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not report measured effects on yields, soil or water.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not state who gained or lost, or whether farmers' incomes changed.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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