Action for Food Production (AFPRO) is a socio-technical development organization that provides socio-technical support in the areas of Agriculture, Food Security and Livelihood, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Watershed Management/Natural Resource Management, Climate Change and Renewable Energy. It reaches out to poor and marginalized communities throughout India, particularly small and marginal farmers, landless and tribal segments of Indian society. AFPRO is registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 (Punjab Amendment) Act 1957 as extended to Delhi No.3516.
AIM OF THE SOCIETY
The aim of the Society is to empower the rural communities by strengthening their resource base and capabilities through improved knowledge and skills, both in the technical and socio-economic development areas.
VISION
To enable the rural poor communities to move towards sustainable development and achieve enhanced socio-economic and personal status in the society through appropriate technologies for the management of natural resources.
MISSION
AFPRO dedicates itself to alleviating rural poverty, through partnerships, networking, and collaborations with like-minded institutions, with a focus on enabling the marginalized and weaker sections of the society.
GENESIS
The 1960s are remembered in the history of India for some of the worst droughts. Geographically, the droughts covered western and central Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra. Here it was meeting the demand of water for drinking and irrigation (food production) that drove the conceptualization and formation of a technical support organisation called AFPRO, an acronym for Action for Food Production. An outcome of a national level consultation, a group of five organisations shaped AFPRO’s formation – Indian Social Institute (ISI), Indo-Global Social Service Society (IGSSS), Catholic Charities India, now known as Caritas India, Committee on Gift Supplies (CORAGS).
AFPRO’S Evolution
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