pune farmers

"I am so happy with the result that I will keep 15 acres of my farm for the dry-on-vine method!" #FarmersFirst

What sets TEFF apart from the other NGOs working towards the same cause is their realisation that food can be grown anywhere. With the same vision of helping the urban citizens take up farming or gardening in the space that was available to them, TEFF started a Waste Management Park in June 2017.

"I had cultivated coriander on 20 gunthas of land (0.4 acre approx). I faced losses with all the other vegetables I had grown last year. But coriander has saved me."

For a while now, farmers in the Ranmala village of Pune district have been carefully observing the trend of leopards venturing into their villages. While they were troubled with the attacks on their cattle, pets and even fellow villagers, they understood that these predators would not enter human territory unless they were desperate.