Centre for Sustainable Agriculture

Caring for those who feed the nation

Serving the needs of the farmers for over 16 years

We at Centre for Sustainable Agriculture started our journey to work with small and marginal farmers to make agriculture economically and ecologically sustainable, build community institutions which can manage their livelihoods and improve governance of public policy in agriculture

Our Services

We provide support services for farmers, farmer producer organisations, NGOs and Government programs for implementation

Sustainable Agriculture

We provide support on shift towards organic/natural farming through training, publications, mobile applications and more

Open Source Seeds

We anchor the Open Source Seed Initiative in India and support conservation, maintenance, and multiplication of seeds without exclusive rights

Green Living

We support urban farming, biowaste composting and rainwater harvesting and recycling for a greener living

PGS Certification

We are a PGS Regional council and offer organic certification, data management services and trainings

Kisan Mitra

Kisan Mitra call-centre to provide easy access to information about government services, and a grievance redressal mechanism

eKrishi

eKrishi is an integrated IT platform developed by CSA for providing end to end support to farming through websites and mobile applications

FPOhub

We provide support services to Farmer Producer Organisations institutional building, business planning and legal complainces

Resource Material

CSA publishes resource material in English and various Indian languages on wide variety of subjects and are available for sale

Training Programs

CSA offers regular training courses on various subjects for farmers, staff working with farmers and middle and senior level management

Focus of our work

Scientific Agro-ecological Approach

Promoting locally adapted farming systems and farming practices
Climate Change Adaptation

Building resilience to climate change in small holder agriculture
Community Business Organisations

Collectivizing small producers to improve their synergies and bargaining power
Improving Organic Supply Chains

New business models, improving supply chain efficiency, direct marketing
Community Managed Extension

Building a knowledge based extension model accountable to the community
Urban Consumer Engagement

Engaging consumers for better food choices and shifting towards green living choices
Media for Rural Communities

Making modern media to work for the rural communities for learning and communicating
Public Policy Research

Studying the impacts of policy instruments on rural lives and suggesting alternatives

What people say about us!

Organisations like Centre for Sustainable Agriculture are making every effort to make our food toxin free and hoping to make a pesticide free green revolution possible Satyamev Jayathe, TV Show Watch the episode
As a scientist who has transformed the landscape of Indian agriculture, Dr GV Ramanjaneyulu and his organisation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) has worked with the Andhra Pradesh government in designing and implementing community managed sustainable agriculture from 2005-08, which spread to over 1500 villages covering 35 lakh hectares of land in 18 districts.
I remember Dr Sanghi on this occasion. I recall a fruitful partnership with CSA from 2004 onwards. The conversion of Punukula to a chemical pesticide free village was there inspiration for SERP to undertake NPM , which later became CMSA. The fountain of the present A.P Community managed Natural farming was laid then.
Heartfelt congratulations to the team of CSA for their significant contributions to sustainable agriculture and to the growers of our food…I always valued the association of Hivos with CSA. They have the unique asset of being able to connect with farmers, with government, with policy makers, and with campaigns and never give up on their […]