This Hyderabad-based organisation has helped over 250.000 farmers through permaculture
Aranya Agricultural Alternatives is striving to achieve ecological and sustainable agricultural livelihoods through permaculture farming.
Narsanna and Padma Koppula believed that permaculture has the power to solve many challenges faced by Indian farmers. With an aim to provide alternate solutions to the present chemical agricultural practices, the duo founded Aranya Agricultural Alternatives, an environmental and developmental NGO, in Hyderabad in March 1999. ‘Aranya’ in Sanskrit means forest and forests were considered as the home for all life forms by ancient Indian mythology.
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