Archive · 10 Sep 2026
Gujarat Team Praises Andhra Pradesh Natural Farming Transformation
A team from Gujarat visited Andhra Pradesh to learn about natural farming.
Natural farming tries to grow crops without relying on chemical farming methods.
The visitors saw farms with many different crops growing together.
They said these farms had healthier soil, more useful insects and better crop variety.
One small farm grew about 35 kinds of plants and earned up to Rs.
15,000 each month.
Another okra field looked healthier than a nearby chemical-farming field.
The team also learned how farmers manage weeds and pests using natural methods.
They visited a farmer who protects traditional rice seeds and indigenous rice varieties.
A Gujarat delegation visited Guntur district to study Andhra Pradesh’s community-managed natural farming approach.
The team praised improvements in crop diversity, biodiversity, soil health and farmer income opportunities.
At Vijay Kumar’s 30-cent farm, about 35 crop and plant varieties generate monthly income of Rs. 13,000 to Rs. 15,000.
A natural-farming okra plot showed healthier plants and fewer visible virus and leaf-curling symptoms than a neighbouring chemical-farming field.
The delegation also observed natural-farming paddy, pest-management techniques and the conservation of indigenous rice varieties and traditional seeds.
- Who
- A Gujarat delegation, accompanied by representatives of Rythu Sadhikara Samstha and the Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming programme.
- What
- The delegation studied natural-farming practices and praised their reported effects on crops, biodiversity, soil health and income opportunities.
- When
- The team visited Guntur district on Wednesday; the articles do not provide a calendar date.
- Where
- The delegation visited natural-farming fields in Guntur district, including Pidaparthi, Munnangi and Atthota villages in Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- The Gujarat team visited to study the Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming approach and its field-level implementation.
- Visiting delegation
- A team from Gujarat
- Study area
- Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming
- District visited
- Guntur district
- Small farm model
- Vijay Kumar’s 30-cent farm grows about 35 crop and plant varieties
- Reported monthly income
- Rs. 13,000 to Rs. 15,000 from Vijay Kumar’s farm
- Paddy model
- Mastan Bi’s five-acre natural-farming paddy compact block
- Techniques demonstrated
- Azolla, sticky plates, pheromone traps and L-shaped bund plantations