Making agriculture aspirational, sustainable for small and marginal farmers in Central Indian Tribal Region
The last century saw the advancement of an intensive agriculture production system, fuelled by consumption driven economics, that has led to deep social and ecological consequences. While Green Revolution marked the beginning of growth of industrial agriculture in India, the success triggered a deterministic transformation of a fairly diverse landscape of the country from 1960s to this date.
One such region is the Central Indian Tribal Region (CITR), which holds significance, as the key poverty-stricken area. This has been the focus of development, discourses and disconnected initiatives in the country for many years. Despite the public and private efforts, this region continues to lag behind on most development indicators.