AOFG India is a network of farmers associations, grassroots development organizations and community based organizations. We work with small and marginal farmers and indigenous communities in the rain-fed and hill slope farming areas including shifting cultivation areas.
We organize and empower the rural farming communities in capacity building, organization and farmer limiteds for self reliance and poverty reduction. The farmer association membered farmer limiteds are professionally working for quality extension,production, value addition, storage and marketing. One of our slogan is “Farm to Board Room” and empower the farmer take his/her decisions.
Trainings are organized and conducted on organic farming, fairtrade, farmer-led certification (for both ecological and social standards), entrepreneurship, natural resource management and conservation of mountain ecology and biodiversity. Agro-bio diversity and livelihood options for poverty reduction are addressed with quality extension and demonstration activities through farmer field schools.
The household debts are addressed through self help groups and micro credit (savings and loans) induced production and marketing activities ensuring effective experience in local and mid level marketing by women groups and youth. We set up a procurement fund for farmers produces and building infrastructure to reach market to villages and production areas. Through the farmer limiteds, the long chain of middleman is reduced and the consumers are best served with quality, quantity and affordable pricing. We try to empower the farmers for negotiating skill and helping them to set up strong community based organizations for long term trade relations.
We value location specific traditional knowledge and try to document and disseminate them for best practices.
We have offices in Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi as well as Adimali, Wayandu and Idukki.
We solicit enquiries from genuine fairtrade and organic companies as well as small farmer organizations for coffee and spices produces.
For any questions, please do contact us at:
E-mail : admin@aofcindia.org
info@aofcindia.org
