Initiatives promoted and supported by INFACT:

Eco-friendly Farmers Forum (EFFF)

EFFF is a forum of 17 farming families who are actively involved and committed to sustainable agricultural practices, started in 1992. This being the oldest and most experienced institution, also functions as a “think tank” in providing guidance and support to other institutions in the network. EFFF encourages farmers to come together, share their experiences, exchange their produces, plan their farms and market their products. > more info (download) <

Eco-friend

Eco-Friend is a marketing initiative of eco-friendly farmers forum, for marketing the products of their farms. The organically grown and processed agricultural products were processed by the farmers and marketed under the brand name “Eco-friend”.
> more info (download) <

Organic Spices Growers Forum (OSGF)

Organic Spices Growers Forum (OSGF) is an initiative of farmer families to promote Organic cultivation of spices and medical plants suit to the condition of Kerala. Their emphasis is on multi crop cultivation of spices based on ecological tenets. The forum also initiated processing, value addition and marketing of spices. Knowing the importance of the promotion of vanilla, OSGF concentrated the activities of this year to promote cultivation, processing and marketing of Vanilla. The chairman of OSGF Sri. George Mathew Aduppukallel received National Innovation Foundation (NIF) Award from the Hon. President of India for his new innovation “Kandankayam system” in Vanilla cultivation. The documentary film produced by INFACT & OSGF explains this new innovation. > more info (download) <

PTD Farmers Group

PTD group is of farmers engaged in promoting sustainable farming technologies through participatory research. The involvement and participation of farmers, experts, scientists, and organizations make it more interesting and useful. Exposure visits, monthly meetings, field visits, experience sharing, periodic farm level monitoring, evaluation and documentations are the major activities. > more info (download) <

Karshakavedi

Karshakavedi is a platform of farmers, initiated by INFACT, during 1996-97. It is a wider forum of farmers, with more members and coverage of area, and has assumed the nature and role of a movement of small farmers. Main activities are organizing and sensitizing farmers for their rights and duties to strengthen sustainable agriculture, Acting as pressure group of small farmers, Sensitizing the decision makers of the State and other stakeholders. > more info (download) <

Goat Action Research (GAR) Group

Goat Action Research group is a community effort at preserving an indigenous goat variety named Malabari, from extinction. > more info (download) <

Other initiatives:

• Azolla Promotion Group > more info (download) <
• Farm planning group > more info (download) <
• Experimenting farmers group > more info (download) <

Other networking initiatives

• Vanitha Vikasana Vedi
• Kerala Child right Protection Network
• Indian Network of Action Groups
• Kerala Karshaka Kootayma