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Vision |
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Chetna aims to improve the livelihood (options) of small farm holding households in India through making
their farming systems more sustainable and more profitable |
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Mission Goals |
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* Improved standard of living of farmer & farm-worker households under COFA
* Enhancement of sustainable agriculture
* Development of entrepreneurship – Self Organization
* Advocating policies at national & international level to support small & marginal farmers
* Consolidate small & marginal farmers from rainfed regions under a common flag
* Promotion & support of a self-sustaining Farmers’ trading company Chetna Organic
* Be a knowledge repository for organic farming & ethical supply chain development |
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Objectives |
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- Stabilizing crop yields while promoting ecological
farm practices.
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- Self-organization – development of entrepreneurship:
being a business partner in the textile chain rather than
dependent on individual payments by moneylenders/
traders (group trading and holding equity at various
levels in the supply chain).
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- Up-scaling the production of organic/NPM agric.
produce by small holder farmers in India such that
volumes become a significant part of mainstream trade.
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- Farms have improved conditions for labor.
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- Enabling Govt. policies in support of revitalizing rainfed
agriculture.
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- A 30-50% increase in the returns to farmers.
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- Reduced outlays in health costs.
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- Establishing and strengthening self sustaining farmers
owned and managed association and company
(COFA & COAPCL).
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- Policy, advocacy and campaigns relating to
institutionalization of responsible credit, insurance,market
policies and agro-ecology.
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