The document discusses the role of social capital in advancing natural farming in Andhra Pradesh, India. It outlines the history and evolution of poverty alleviation programs in AP starting in the 1990s. This included the formation of self-help groups, financing from banks, and various state and national initiatives. It describes the institutional architecture developed, including community-based organizations, training programs, and support from government departments. Strategies for building institutions like enhancing governance of groups and promoting transparency are covered. Impacts at the household level include decreased poverty, increased incomes and asset ownership, and improved health and education. The role of social capital in the natural farming program is discussed, like the use of community cadres, farmers groups, and leaders to

1. Role of social capital in advancing
natural farming
III CNFAP meeting
Date: 16.06.2022
RySS, Dept.of Natural farming, Govt.of AP

2. Genesis of A.P Poverty Alleviation
programme
A long term
strategy for
poverty
eradication
Women S.H.Gs
in A.P–mass
literacy
campaigns
from 1990 - 95
- initiative of
District
Collectors
Simultaneously
N.G.Os
fostering
S.H.Gs
N.A.B.A.R.D
directions to
banks to
finance S.H.Gs
in 1992
S.A.A.R.C
Colombo
Summit 1992
First
Independent
South Asia
Commission on
Poverty
Alleviation -
1993 (‘Meeting
the
challenges’)
S.A.A.R.C
Dhaka Summit
1993

3. Role of Govt. of A.P
UNDP-SAPAP
Project (1995 –
2000)
Scaling up
SAPAP - World
Bank fund
support (2000 –
2020)
Setting up of
S.E.R.P
District level
initiatives of
Collectors
Support from all
line
departments
Strong and
sustained
commitment of
successive Chief
Ministers of A.P
to this process
•Govt vision: to cover
each and every poor
family in the state

4. Institutional Architecture in combined AP
Social Security
Land
Jobs
CIF
BMCUs
Family Counseling Centres
CIF
Marketing
NDCCs
ECE centres
SACs
NPM – FFS
Food Security
Savings
Internal Lending
Bank Linkage

5. Strategies Adopted in Institution
Building in the Poverty Project
Enhancing governance capabilities of CBOs and Second Generation Institutions
Swayam Niyanthrana Udhyamam Livelihood/Technical Support Institutions
Promotion of Transparency and Accountability in CBOs
Bookkeeping Development of Internal Control mechanism
Capacity Building of CBOs
CRP Strategy Facilitation and Handholding Support
Social Mobilization Process for Four Tier Institution Building
Special Focus on Coverage of POP Special Institutions for the Vulnerable

6. Impacts –
Household
Level in the
Project
Poverty ratio declined to 17.6%
Net impact on the total expenditure per HHs was Rs.
14378/- for all poor
6% improvement in health among the children of POP HHs
due to RPRP
Improvement in net enrolment among children in the age
groups of 6-11 and 11-16 years.
The major portion of the net benefit in the loans accessed
was from the formal financial institutions i.e. Rs. 8482/- for
ST participants and Rs. 5157/- for POP participants.
Increase in the asset base for SCs by 6-fold, while 3-fold for
other social groups

7. Contd..
5 % Decline in
the wage
employment by
around for POP
and poor with a
corresponding
increase in
self-employment
activities.
Annual income
of the POP has
doubled
(Rs.21603 to
Rs.47079)
The income of
the poor has
increased from
Rs.21736 to
Rs.50386

8. What is Social Capital mean in APCNF?
• Social capital may be seen as interpersonal
trust expressed through the relationships that
exist among a society’s members, its
institutions and organizations.
• The way people relate to each other in and
through the institutions that affect their lives
helps determine the quality of those lives and
the degree to which they will improve them.

9. Social Capital employed in APCNF
• Lead Farmers
• Community Cadre working in the APCNF
• ICRPs
• NPM shop owners
• Champion Farmers
• IB Volunteers
• CBO leaders doing natural farming

10. Role of Social Capital in Organic Farming
• Social capital built within the framework of Organic
Farming in APCNF is utilized mutually to pursue shared
objective of natural farming and management.
• They are instrumental in creating job opportunities,
enhances horizontal and vertical linkage.
• The social capital also ensures product guarantees like
organic certification as well as livelihoods through
improving their ability of collectivity
• They make decisions by overcoming market failures,
reducing transaction costs, addressing problems of
information asymmetry and adopting new
technologies

11. • The Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS) was established in 2014 as a
not-for-profit company under Section 8 of the Companies Act 2013
• In 2016, the Agriculture Dept., Govt. of A.P initiated the programme
called ‘A.P Zero budget natural farming’(APZBNF). This programme
builds on an earlier programme of SERP viz., NPM and CMSA
• Later in 2020, this programme was named as Andhra Pradesh
Community managed Natural Farming (APCNF) as this programme
is implemented Community as Centre .
• Vision 2027 – 50 Million People I All 6 million farmers in AP 8
million ha
RySS- APCNF
Objective : To enhance farmers net incomes by reducing their costs
of cultivation, improving their yields, reducing their risks and
enabling the to get remunerative prices.
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12. 6/16/2022 12
APCNF Project outreach
# Jurisdicti
on
Andhra Pradesh
(Universe)
APCNF Project
Outreach
1 Mandals 662 662
2 RBKs 10725 3232 (30 %)
3 GPs 13097 3730 (28 %)
4 VOs 28356 6955 (24 %)
5 SHGs 8.43 lakh 1.61 (19 %)
• By 2022-23 we are working with about 20 lakh
households. Out of which farmers are about 12 lakhs
(60%) and 5 lakhs farm workers (25%) in project area

13. Platform for
Knowledge
dissemination
(Planning,
implementatio
n & Review
@SHG & VO
level monthly
meetings &
Reviews)
Individual &
institutional
capacity building
and motivation
(SHG Leaders,
Lead Farmers,
VO-OBs, VOAs,
APCNF Sub
committees @ VO
& MS level)
Resource
Mobilization
(Funds, cows,
collective NF
input
preparation,
NPM shops)
Communitizati
on of APCNF
(Institutions to
manage
APCNF
effectively)
(Model VO-
VORTs- cadre
accountability
to
institutions)
Saturation: Farmers >> Farms >> Practices
Role of Institution Building in APCNF
Convergen
ce with
SERP,
RBK, SC
Corporatio
n and
Women &
Child
welfare
departmen
t.
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14. Conversion of
SC assigned
lands into NF
Special focus
on VOA, VO
leaders & SHG
leaders
Set up NF
Input shops
@1 per VO
Universalization
of NF Kitchen
Gardens
Facilitate NF
Annual Action
Plans
Motivation of
SHGs & VOs to
make CNF as
agenda in their
meetings
To Facilitate
loans for
tenant farmers
Mobilization of
funds for CNF
activities
Self Help
Groups
To Facilitate
cow purchase
@ at least 1
per SHG
Collective NF
Input
Preparation
Activities taken up by IB unit in APCNF
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Categorization of members
in an SHG
C1 Farmers practicing NF
C2 Farmers who shown
interest to take up NF
C3 Chemical Farmers
C4 Other than Farming
occupation
C5 Landless Agriculture
Labor

15. Concept of Model VO –
Communitisation
❖ Model VO strategy :
1. Model VO strategy initiated in January 2021 @ 1 per
IB unit.
2. Incubate NF Saptasutra among the SHGs and VOs.
3. To shift the management of NF activities from Cadre
to Community Institutions.
4. Develop VO Resource Teams
(VORT)/Sub-Committees to replicate the
NF best practices among the adjoining
VOs of the mandal
❖ Objectives
1. To demonstrate the Best Practices with close
participation of community–SHGs/VOs
2. To function as a learning ground
3. To build capacities of VO/MS to review cadre
performance and own the program.
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NF Saptasutra
1. Discussion of NF agenda
in SHG and VO
meetings
2. Maintaining NF records
3. Collective preparation of
NF Inputs
4. Practicing Natural
Farming by all members
5. Raising NF Kitchen
Gardens
6. Sanction of loans for NF
activities
7. Consumption of NF food

16. Success Factors in APCNF
1. Collective preparation of NF Inputs
2. Practicing Natural Farming by all members
3. Raising NF Kitchen Gardens
4. Sanction of loans for NF activities
5. Consumption of NF food

17. Thank you