This project will reduce air pollution caused by open field biomass burning in 300 acres of farmland in Rajpura, Punjab. Now in its second year, it will save nearly 600 tons of straw from open field burning and prevent emission of tons of CO, CO2, SO2, and ash. An automated fire detection model will show biomass fire points across India. A platform will also be built connecting farmers and biofuel buyers or manufacturers to support biomass trading capability so it can become self-sustainable. This will promote village-level entrepreneurship by integrating farmers into the paddy straw value chain and supporting straw-based constructions.

This project will build resilient farming communities in the remote Araku valley, in Andhra Pradesh. It’s training 3,000 farmers through Farmer Field Schools in sustainable organic regenerative practices to earn better income by cultivating coffee and pepper. This will benefit the tribal communities with better soil health, improved quality of yield, and increased farmer skills. The initiative has been supported for two years and the previous efforts have trained the same set of farmers across 115 villages that resulted in the production and distribution of nearly 34,000 kilograms of coffee fruit. 

This project will restore the ecological conditions of over 12 acres of mangroves in the Sundarbans, West Bengal. It will not only strengthen the capacity of farmers, fishermen, and women of Self-Help Groups (SHG) on conservation and sustainable management of mangroves. It will also be training 1,125 community members on disaster response to build community resilience. As a result, the coastal communities will be protected against future climate-induced disasters using nature-based solutions.