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Jul

Citizens’ letter (incl. farmer leaders and agri scientists) to ICAR against multiple recent MoUs with agri-corporations

———- Forwarded message ———
From: ASHA Kisan Swaraj <asha.kisanswaraj@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Subject: MoUs that ICAR has been signing with various corporations including Bayer, Syngenta and Amazon – reg.
To: <dg.icar@nic.in>
Cc: <agrimin.india@gmail.com>

To:                                                                               July 20th, 2024

Dr Himanshu Pathak,

Director-General of

 Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) &

Secretary, Dept of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE),

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare,

Government of India.

Email: dg.icar@nic.in

Dear Dr Himanshu Pathak,

Sub: MoUs that ICAR has been signing with various corporations including Bayer, Syngenta and Amazon – reg.

Greetings! This is a much-delayed letter from all of us to you, to express our serious concerns with the series of MoUs that ICAR has been going on signing with various corporate entities over the past several months.

In June 2023, ICAR signed an MoU with Amazon Kisan. It was reported that this was done to combine strengths and create synergy between the two organisations for guiding the farmers on scientific cultivation of crops. ICAR will provide technological backstopping to the farmers through Amazon’s network, it was stated, but through leveraging ICAR’s own KVKs! It is unclear what is the problem this MoU is trying to address, when ICAR and its KVKs have been working together in any case. “This MoU will also ensure high quality fresh produce for consumers across India through Amazon Fresh” it is stated, though no further details are available to understand how this would happen. This was termed as “Public Private Peasants Partnership” (PPPP). A press release also states that the MoU is an outcome of a pilot project between ICAR KVK and Amazon in Pune; however, no more details are available about the pilot.

One more announcement on ICAR website/covered in media reports blandly states that ICAR and Bayer signed an MoU in September 2023 to “develop resource-efficient, climate-resilient solutions for crops, varieties, crop protection, weed and mechanisation”, and that the collaboration will focus on agriculture sustainability, to develop carbon credit markets and providing advisory services to farmers. Bayer is a company notorious for its anti-people, anti-nature business products and operations in itself and furthermore after its takeover of Monsanto. Its deadly poisons have violated basic human rights of peoples across the world, and it is a company that has always prioritised profits over people and planet. Surely ICAR as an institution is aware of the dark history of this global corporation, which has maintained double standards for Indian farmers and citizens, while succumbing to public pressure in the developed world when it comes to its products and practices. It is not clear what ICAR will learn from Bayer that the well-paid public sector scientists of the institution cannot develop themselves. What is the arrangement for IPRs on what gets developed including varieties and other technologies? Does the ICAR believe that Bayer will deliver advisories to farmers which will not further its own business goals and that such advisories cannot be given by the public sector extension departments as well as ICAR’s KVKs in the country?

Further, ICAR signed an MoU with Dhanuka Agritech in March 2024, in the name of “delivering new technology to farmers”, for Dhanuka to provide trainings related to agricultural production to smallholder farmers in the country. What is more ironical is that this entity which profiteers out of toxic chemicals is supposed to promote natural farming with farmers, as an aim of the MoU!

ICAR also signed an MoU with Coromandel International in June 2024, for “collaboration to provide improved crop management practices and advance crop nutrition to farmers in Maharashtra”. Curiously, the agriculture research establishment has always taken a hands-off stand when it comes to extension services, staying in its own silo of doing research activities, whereas it is now collaborating with private entities with vested interests to take some technologies to farmers. We would like to know what ICAR has done to “bring advanced nutrition and crop management practices to farmers in Maharashtra based on soil information and farm advisories provided by NBSS&LUP” through the state agriculture extension departments, and why a private profiteering corporation was needed for the purpose.

As this letter was getting finalised with hundreds of scientists, farmer leaders, farmers and ordinary citizens signing on, news reports informed readers that ICAR has signed an MoU with Syngenta, for promoting climate resilient agriculture and training programs. By doing so, ICAR has allowed a corporation with a track record of many anti-nature, anti-people activities, for toxic products like paraquat and “polo”, class action suits against its corn seeds and settlements therefrom, or anti-competitive behaviour etc., to indulge in greenwashing.


The above are only a few examples. A reading of all the scarce information put out in the public domain points to the following:


a.      That ICAR is tying up with private corporations, including ones with notorious history of peddling toxic products, for developing “solutions” including crop varieties. That is the primary mandate of ICAR itself, where taxpayers’ funds are going to the NARS for doing this. Is this then a statement on ICAR failing in its stated mandate? Where is the need for collaborations with private entities? How are such private entities being selected? More specifically, what is the IPR arrangement in each such instance?


b.      Where did any public debate take place, or public policy get put in place after deliberative democratic processes run, around carbon credits markets and whether and how they should be leveraged, by who and under what regulation? Why is ICAR facilitating these and under what specific mandate that it has?


c.      ICAR is also tying up with private corporations, for practices and technologies to be provided to farmers. The latter is the mandate of public agri-extension departments and even KVKs to an extent. Why are the corporations needed, and is there not a clear conflict of interest in these collaborations? How is the ICAR ensuring that the farmers actually get advisories on best available options and not biased advisories that further the business motives of the corporations mainly? Is this also a statement on India’s extension systems failing, as per ICAR? Have the extension departments of state governments been consulted about such MoUs, when agriculture is a state subject as per our Constitution?


d.      We did not find copies of the MoUs and the results of pilots being shared proactively in the public domain by ICAR. Will ICAR upload these onto its website, including the financial implications on the public sector NARS?


e.      Does ICAR have any efforts being undertaken to get into MoUs with farmers’ organisations, and if yes, can the full details of the same be publicised?


f.       What is the system or protocol in place for ICAR to pick up its research and education agendas from the farmers it is supposed to serve, rather than pick up the whims and business ideas of corporations as the research needs of farmers of the country?


It is clear to us that entities that have been responsible for causing an economic and environmental crisis in our agriculture are being partnered by ICAR, for so-called solutions when these entities are only interested in their profits and not sustainability (or any other nomenclature they use). On the other hand, public sector bodies like ICAR are accountable ultimately to the public of India given that they run on taxpayers’ funds.


In this context, we write to you to request you

(i) to suspend the implementation of the signed MoUs immediately,

(ii) to share all details in the public domain including copies of the MoUs and reports of pilots being alluded to,

(iii) to stop signing any more such MoUs without widespread debates on the same; and

(iv) initiate consultations with farmers’ organisations on the way forward about the objectives of economic profitability, environmental sustainability and social equity in Indian agriculture. 


Sincerely,

1. Kavitha Kuruganti, Co-Convenor, Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA), Bangalore

2. Kapil Shah, Jatan-A Mission for Sajiv Kheti, Vadodara

3. Ananthoo, Food Safety Activist, Chennai

4. Kiran Vissa, Convenor, Rythu Swarajya Vedika, Hyderabad

5. Sridhar Radhakrishnan, Co-Convenor, Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA), Trivandrum

Copy to: Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Hon’ble Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India 

Endorsed by:

1.      Dr Aishwarya J, IIT Madras, Chennai

2.      Dr Amitabha Basu, Retired scientist, CSIR-NPL, New Delhi

3.      Dr Anamik Shah, Environmental Research Foundation of India, Rajkot, Gujarat

4.      Dr Arun Dixit, Ahmedabad

5.      Dr Arun Kumar,  Gurgaon, Haryana

6.      Dr Ashok Kumar Somal, BJA, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

7.      Dr Ashok Yadav, Abu Road, Rajasthan

8.      Dr Balaji Krishnasamy, SPG Organic Farms, Pondicherry

9.      Dr Baldev Singh Shergill, Punjabi University, Talwandi Sabo, Punjab

10.   Dr Basavi Kiro, Indigenous Women India Network, Ranchi, Jharkhand

11.   Dr Chandrakala Gowda, Hyderabad, Telangana

12.   Dr Chandrasekar, Bangalore, Karnataka

13.   Dr D. Jeevan Kumar, Bangalore, Karnataka

14.   Dr Dhiraj Singh, Ganganagar, Meerut

15.  Dr Dinesh Abrol, Delhi Science Forum and Nation For Farmers, Delhi

16.  Dr Sunilam, Kisan Sangharsh Samiti/NAPM/BAA/RKM/SKM, Vill Parmandal/ Multapi/Betul, MP

17.   Dr Vasudha Amruthur Ramashastry, Bangalore

18.   Dr Krithika Yegna, Chennai

19.   Dr N Kanaka Durga, Principal Scientist (Retd.), IARI, ICAR, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

20.   Dr G. Usha Reddy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

21.   Dr Goel, Madikeri, Karnataka

22.   Dr Gopal Dabade, Drug Action Forum – Karnataka, Dharwad

23.   Dr Gopal Krishna, ToxicsWatch, New Delhi

24.   Dr Jayachandran E S, College of Engineering Attingal, Thrissur, Kerala

25.   Dr Kalpana, ROOTS, Tamil Nadu

26.   Dr Kamala Menon, Delhi Science Forum, Delhi

27.   Dr Koya Venkateswara Rao, President-Jana Vignana Vedika, Telangana

28.   Dr Krithika, Chennai

29.   Dr Lalit Dhurve, GH Raisoni University, Saikhedha, Betul, Madhya Pradesh

30.   Dr Mallikarjuna Dambal, Atharva Ayurdhama, Shivamogga, Karnataka

31.   Dr Manjunath, Gandhian School of Natural Farming, Tumakuru, Karnataka

32.   Dr Mira Shiva M.D (Medicine), Public Health Physician, New Delhi

33.   Dr Narasimha Reddy Donthi, Hyderabad

34.   Dr Narasimha Reddy Duvvuru, University of Hyderabad, Lingampally, Hyderabad Telangana

35.   Dr Padmini Raghavan, Our Sacred Space promoting heirloom seeds, organic food and farmer-friendly practices, Secunderabad, Telangana

36.   Dr Pawan Kumar Muntha, Hyderabad

37.   Dr Piyush Khare, Swaraj Vidyapeeth, Prayagraj

38.   Dr Prasanna Kumar S G,                M.S.Ramaiah College of Arts Science and Commerce, Bengaluru, Karnataka

39.   Dr Pratap Singh Tiwari, Rama Farmers Producer Co. Ltd., Kalaburgi, Karnataka

40.   Dr Purendra Prasad N, University of Hyderabad, Telangana

41. Dr R Ramachandran, Freelance Science Journalist

41.   Dr Ramadas K, Davangere, Karnataka

42.   Dr Ramanand Girija, Kamaganahalli, Bangalore

43.   Dr Ramesh Arora, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab

44.   Dr Ravichandran PK, Classic farms and hatcheries

45.   Dr Rekha, Mysuru, Karnataka

46.   Dr Renu Singh, Delhi

47.   Dr Rupak Kumar, Freelancer, Delhi

48.   Dr S. Asokan, Rtd. ICAR Scientist, Coimbatore

49.   Dr S. Easwaramoorthy, Greenlife Biotech Laboratory, Coimbatore

50.   Dr Safique Ul Alam, Breakthrough Science Society, Kolkata

51.  Dr Sagari R Ramdas, Food Sovereignty Alliance India, Hyderabad

52.  Dr Sanjay Mangala Gopal, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), Thane, Maharashtra

53.   Dr Santhosh Kumar Murugesan, Pudhucherry

54.   Dr Sathish Babu, Gandhian School of Natural Farming, Bengaluru, Karnataka

55.   Dr Shajehan S, Trivandrum, Kerala

56.   Dr Sharad Sawant, Manav Sadhan Vikas Sanstha,                Kudal, Maharashtra

57.   Dr Shreekumar Sangatya, Udupi, Karnataka

58.   Dr Siva Muthuprakash, Tamil Nadu Iyarkai Velan Kootamaippu, Chennai

59.   Dr Soma Marla, (Retd. Principal Scientist) ICAR NBPGR, Hyderabad

60.   Dr Srinivas Bhaskar, Bangalore

61.   Dr Suchitra Ramkumar, Private practice, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

62.   Dr Suhas Kolhekar, National Alliance of People’s Movements, Pune, Maharashtra

63.   Dr Sujata Lakhani, Worldwide Association for Preservation and Restoration of Ecological Diversity, Madikeri, Karnataka

64.   Dr Suman Sahai, Gene Campaign, Darima, Uttarakhand

65.   Dr Thomas Jacob, Peermade Development Society, Peermade, Idukki, Kerala

66.   Dr Uma Shankari, Farmer, Venkatramapuram, vallivedu p.o., Andhra Pradesh

67.   Dr Usha R, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

68.   Dr V Rukmini Rao, Gramya Resource Centre for Women, Nalgonda District, Telangana

69.  Dr Vijoo Krishnan, All India Kisan Sabha, New Delhi

70.   Dr Vinoth Kumar, Tamil Nadu

71.   Dr Yogananda, S.B, Shivalli, Mandya, Karnataka

72.   A S Chandrashekaraiah, Agriculturist, Jakkali village, Kollegala Tq, Chamarajanagar, Karnataka

73.   A S Sathish Kumar, Forest Touch Pvt Ltd, Shivanahalli Village, Bangalore

74.   Abhay Singh, Farmer, Kichha, Udhamsingh Nagar, Uttarakhand

75.   Abhijith , Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh

76.   Abhishek V.T, Hagaribommanahalli, Karnataka

77.   Adarsh Murali, Bengaluru

78.   Adarsh Raveendra, Bangalore

79.   Adhiraj Dutt, Mirzapur

80.   Aditya Kumar, Uganiya, Kollegal, Chamarajanagar, Karnataka

81.   Afzal Zafrullah, Chennai

82.   Ajit Maruti Chavan, Koyana Vasahat, Karad, Satara, Maharashtra

83.   Ali Asghar Shabbir Ali, Mumbai

84.   Amarinder Kaur, Bangalore

85.   Ambika Yadav, NAPM Agriculture group, Ichagarh, Jharkhand

86.   Amit Patil, Athani, Karnataka

87.   Anand Yadwad, Kontev Bobalad, Jath Block, Sangli District, Maharashtra

88.   Aneetha K, Hyderabad

89.   Anil Mahajan, Chaatak Nature Conservation Society Jalgaon, Maharashtra, Varangaon Maharashtra

90.   Anita Shyamkumar, Chennai, Tamilnadu

91.   Anita Talreja, Mumbai

92.   Annappa Gurappa Gouli , Madabavi, Vijayapura, Karnataka

93.   Annapurna MS

94.   Aravind, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu

95.   Archana Kumar, Chengalpat, Tamil Nadu

96.   Arjun Kapur, New Delhi

97.   Arun S Savadatti, Karnataka

98.   Arun Wakhlu, Foundation for Peace and Compassionate Leadership, Srinagar

99.   Aruna Rodrigues, Mhow Cantt.. Madhya Pradesh

100.                   Arundhati David, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

101.                   Arup Rakshit, Mahatma Gandhi Gramodyog Seva Sanasthan, Purulia, West Bengal

102.                   Arvinda H K, Farmer, Tumakuru, Karnataka

103.                   Asha Kilaru, CIVIC, Bangalore, Karnataka

104.                   Ashish Kothari, Pune

105.                   Ashish Mhatre, Panvel, Maharashtra

106.                   Ashish Sehgal, Bangalore

107.                   Ashok Prakash, Rashtriya Kisani Manch, Aligarh, U.P.

108.                   Ashoka V, Chintamani, Chikkaballapur, Karnataka

109.                   Ashwin Lobo, Bangalore

110.                   AstrySankay Rao, Mumbai

111.                   Avik Saha, Jai Kisan Andolan, Kolkata, West Bengal

112.                   Ayaskant Dash, Odisha

113.                   B G Santhosh, Bangaluru, Karnataka

114.                   Balachandar, Farmer, Velappagoundanpalayam, Tirupur, Tamilnadu

115.                   Bandi Jaya Narayana, Tamil Nadu Agricultural Workers Union, Gummidipoondi, TN

116.                   Banumathy, Tamil Nadu

117.                   Basavesh Kori, Madhugiri, Karnataka

118.                   Benny Kuruvilla, Focus on the Global South-India, Kochi

119.                   Bharat Dogra, Delhi

120.                   Bhuvaneswari. K, TNIVK, Vellore, Tamil Nadu

121.                   Bramhaiah Naidu, Karnataka

122.                   Brian Fernandes, Carmona, Salcete, Goa

123.                   Brindha K, Chennai

124.                   Chandana BR, Gandhiji Sahaja Besaya Ashrama, Tumakuru, Bengaluru

125.                   Charles Deepak, Chillmill foods,   Bangalore

126.                   Chethan K R, Banavara

127.                   Chethan Puttegowda, Hunsur, Mysore, Karnataka

128.                   Chhaya Datar, MAKAAM – Maharashtra, Mumbai, Maharashtra

129.                   Col. Sasanka Shekhar Swain, Kalyani Agro Coop Society, Alabol, Balikuda, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha

130.                   D S Variava, Mumbai

131.                   D Sukumaran, Chennai

132.                   Daleep Aloi, New Delhi

133.                   Daragaiah Mendam, Peace Rural Development Society, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh

134.                   David Amalanadane, Karaikal

135.                   Deepa R, Farmer, Kollegal, Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka

136.                   Deepak Bhanushali, Hajapar, Taluka Abdasa, District Kachchh, Gujarat

137.                   Devendra Yadav, Jaipur, Rajasthan

138.                   Dharam Singh, Haryana Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Hissar, Haryana

139.                   Dhivagar S, Peramangalam, Trichy, Tamilnadu

140.                   Dilip Talreja, Mumbai

141.                   Dinesh Kothari, Takali, Indore

142.                   Dinesh Manchegowda, Bengaluru

143.                   Dinesh S Gowda, Bengaluru

144.                   Dipankar Jana, Heritage Of India, Village & post Bamankhali

145.                   Dippak Basavaraj, Bengaluru/Karnataka

146.                   Divya Sriram, Chennai

147.                   Divyansh Gupta, Awaken India Movement, Bengaluru, Karnataka

148.                   Ekadashi Nandi, Freelancer, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

149.                   Elangovan Parimannan, Periyagoundapuram Village, Salem District, Tamilnadu

150.                   Elizabeth David, Ecological Designer, Bengaluru

151.                   Futane Vasant, SANWAD, Wardha, Maharashtra

152.                   Ganesan Sundararaj, Coimbatore

153.                   Gayathree, Chennai

154.                   Gerard Ribeiro, Citizen of India, Vasai

155.                   Giridharan Palamalai, Chennai

156.                   Girish G , Bengaluru

157.                   Girish Kumar, Davanagere

158.                   GJ Sukumar, Bangalore

159.                   Gnandish, Tiptur, Tumkur, Karnataka

160.                   Goverthan V, Kettavarampalayam, Kalasapakkam, Tiruvannamalai

161.                   Gowtham Krishnan S, Tamilnadu

162.                   Gulam Murtoza Mir, Retired from MECON Ranchi, Kolkata

163.                   Gururaja Rao K S, Nittur village, Kunigal Taluk, Tumkur district, Karnataka

164.                   H A Gopal Krishna, Bangalore

165.                   Hans Laushik, Chennai City, Tamil Nadu

166.                   Harikrishnan R, Virudhunagar

167.                   Hemalatha, Tamilnadu

168.                   Hemanth Kumar S, Bangalore

169.                   Imran Shariff, Chennai

170.                   Indra Sathiamurthi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

171.                   Jacob Verghese, Farmer, Puthuppally, Kottayam, Kerala

172.                   Jagadish Patel, Sustainable Living, Rural Bangalore, Karnataka

173.                   Jaimala Iyer, Gandhinagar

174.                   Jaison J Jerome, J J J Farms Crafter, Periyakulam, Theni district, Tamil Nadu

175.                   Janak Singh, Dehradun

176.                   Jayshri, Chennai

177.                   Jeevith Kumar, Mysore

178.                   Jeyaprakash Narayanan, Bangalore

179.                   Joanita Figueiredo, Mumbai Maharashtra

180.                   K P Akilan, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu

181.                   K Suresh Kanna, Organic Farming promoter, Trichy, Tamilnadu

182.                   K V Kumar, Bengaluru

183.                   K. Sridharan, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu

184.                   Kala Venteshwar, MFPL, Chennai, Tamilnadu

185.                   Kalaiyarasi P, Bangalore, Karnataka

186.                   Kalyanrao Kumbar, Kalaburagi, Karnataka

187.                   Kameswaran Ramachandran, Velachery, Chennai, Tamilnadu

188.                   Kamlesh Narandas Fofandi, Dhruv Aquafarm, Veraval, Gujarat

189.                   Kanthamani H S, Independent responsible farmer, Kodihalli kestur, Tumakuru, Karnataka

190.                   Karthik Anjanappa, Bengaluru

191.                   Karthik G, Tamil Nadu Iyarkai Velan Koottamaipu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

192.                   Karthik K, Peresandra, Chikkaballapur, Karnataka

193.                   Karthik  Pothigai, Eco Conserve Organisation, Sivagiri, Tenkasi District, Tamilnadu

194.                   Karthika, Sankarankovil, Tenkasi district

195.                   Karuppiah Kannan, Sivagiri, Tenkasi Dt, Tamil Nadu

196.                   Kasal Manjunath, Bangalore

197.                   Kathyayini Chamaraj, Bengaluru, Karnataka

198.                   Kaushik S S, Sanabadakoppalu, Pandavapura taluk, Mandya district, Karnataka

199.                   Kavitha Kannan, Chennai

200.                   KC Venkatesha, Natural farmer, Vijayanagar, Bangalore

201.                   Kiran Kumar, Bangalore

202.                   Kiran Kumar, Whitefield, Bangalore, Karnataka

203.                   Kiran Martis, Awaken India Movement, Mumbai

204.                   Kiran, Obalapura, Baguru, Hassan, Karnataka

205.                   Krishnakumar Komandur, Hamara Media, Chennai, TN

206.                   Kumar Hurkadli, Agriculture /Private sector, Hubli

207.                   Kumaravel R, Avoor, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

208.                   L Mahalakshmi, Chennai

209.                   Lakshman Rammohan, Chennai

210.                   Lakshmikanth, Horuncha, Yadgir, Karnataka

211.                   Lalitha Sankaran, Chennai, Tamilnadu

212.                   Latha Baskar, Chennai, Tamilnadu

213.                   Latha Sekar, Kurayur, Madurai, Tamilnadu

214.                   Lingadevaru, Edenahalli, Karnataka

215.                   Linkesh VS, Madipakkam, Chennai

216.                   Lohit Roshan Murthy, Anthroposophic Society of India     Chennai, Tamil Nadu

217.                   Lokesh Goud Dabbi, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

218.                   M Ayyadorai, Varathiyan Gramam, Ayikudy P O, Tamilnadu

219.                   M Sridhara Murthy, Nelamangala

220.                   M Suryaprakash, Chennai

221.                   Maalavan, Selvam Agencies, Pollachi

222.                   Madhavi, Bangalore

223.                   Madhu B Vali, Bangalore

224.                   Madhu Singh, Awaken India Movement, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

225.                   Mahadeva Swamy, Gundlupet, Karnataka

226.                   Majmundar P, Hiriyur, Karnataka

227.                   Mallikarjunaiah BS., Karnataka Rashtrasamaiti Paksha, Chickkanayakanahalli Tq, Tumkur, Karnataka

228.                   Malsani Rahul, Telangana

229.                   Malvikaa Solanki, Swayyam, Gundlupet

230.                   Mamatha, Kadike Trust, Udupi

231.                   Mangalabhavani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

232.                   Mani, Thanipadi, Tiruvannamalai

233.                   Manish Chadda, Andaman and Nicobar Island

234.                   Manjunath Murthy, Korenahalli, Karnataka

235.                   Manjushree Tadvalkar, Know How Foundation- Inora, Pune, Maharashtra

236.                   Manohar Patel, Bairanayakanahalli, Tiptur, Karnataka

237.                   Manohar, Mysore, Karnataka

238.                   Manoj Kumar, Bangalore

239.                   Manoj M, Theni, Tamil Nadu

240.                   Manorama Singh, Berojgar Mahila Sewa Samiti, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh

241.                   Mathew Thomas, The Fifth Estate Trust, Bengaluru

242.                   Mipandeep Singh Oberoi, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh

243.                   Mohan Raghuram, Bengaluru

244.                   Monesh Dedhia, Neral, Karjat, Raigad, Maharashtra

245.                   Monika Mehta, Pune

246.                   Monty Shah, Bangalore

247.                   Mummudi Maruthai, Kulithalai, Tamilnadu

248.                   Muruganantham N, Udumalpet

249.                   Nachiket Udupa, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, Bhim, Rajasthan

250.                   Naga Prashanth Simha K, Kallambella, Sira Taluk, Tumkur District, Karnataka

251.                   Nagaraj Jalihal, Hubballi

252.                   Nagarajan Krishnamurthy, Bangalore

253.                   Nagesh SK, Mysore, Karnataka

254.                   Nambirajan, Thiruvannamalai

255.                   Nandinidevi Pant Pratinidhi, Pune

256.                   Narasimhamurthy B.T, Farmer, Byatappanapalya, Gubbi taluk, Tumakuru district, Karnataka

257.                   Narayanan Radhakrishnan, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

258.                   Naveen Kumar PR, Madhugiri, Karnataka

259.                   Neel Kamal, Bathinda, Punjab

260.                   Neetha Ramakrishnan, Chennai

261.                   Nevil Dadrewalla, AIM, Mumbai

262.                   Nikhil Pawar, Shivanahalli

263.                   Nikhil Raj Shetty, Mithra Organics and Naturals, Hyderabad

264.                   Nikita Naidu, Hyderabad, Telangana

265.                   Niranjani Iyer, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

266.                   Nisarga M, Gandhi School of Natural Farming, Tumkur

267.                   Nisha Talreja, Mumbai

268.                   Nivetha Sivaraj, Kulithalai

269.                   P Srinivas, Bengaluru

270.                   Padam Jain, Prem Samriddhi Foundation, Bundi, Rajasthan

271.                   Palanisami Nachimuthu, Chennai

272.                   Paras Kumar Roy, Lanka, Assam

273.                   Parminder Kaur, Bathinda, Punjab

274.                   Pasya Padma, Telangana State Ryotu Sangham, Hyderabad

275.                   Pavan Kumar, Bangalore

276.                   Pawan, Kamanakere, Karnataka

277.                   Pervin Jehangir, Mumbai

278.                   Poovarasan, Coimbatore

279.                   Prabhu H S, Farmer, Hullamballi, Malavalli Taluk, Mandya

280.                   Prachi Mittal, Pune

281.                   Pradeep S, K Shankaranahalli, Arsikere, Hassan, Karnataka

282.                   Prahlad C Bhasme, Yuva Brigade, Dharwad

283.                   Prasad HV, Bengaluru, Karnataka

284.                   Prasad P, Huskur, Bengaluru

285.                   Prasana R, Kayarambedu village, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu

286.                   Prashansa, Kengeri

287.                   Prashanth Kumar M, Mysore

288.                   Pratap Marode, Palshi Zashi, Buldana, Maharashtra

289.                   Prathap J, Palakkad, Kerala

290.                   Preetee, Pune

291.                   Prem Mallappa, Bengaluru

292.                   Pritam Mohanrao Nanvate, Bangalore, Karnataka

293.                   Priyadarshan,      Hyderabad

294.                   Priyanka Kala, Mumbai

295.                   Puneeth S, Tiptur, Tumkur district, Karnataka

296.                   Purushottam Dhakar, Satanwara, Shivpuri, MP

297.                   Pushkar Kulkarni, Pune, Maharashtra

298.                   Puttanarasamma B S, Bangalore, Karnataka

299.                   Puttaraju D M, Bengaluru Rural

300.                   R.Srinivasan, Chennai

301.                   Rachana S, Karnataka

302.                   Rachit Tiwari, Khutar, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh

303.                   Radhakrishnan, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.

304.                   Raghavendra J, Bangalore

305.                   Raghuvendra Singh, New Delhi

306.                   Rahul Kohli, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand

307.                   Rajasekar, Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu

308.                   Rajasekaran, Pondicherry

309.                   Rajesh Krishnan , Farmer, Wayanad, Kerala

310.                   Rajesh Reddy Nandimandalam, Bengaluru

311.                   Rajesh Sundaran, Bangalore

312.                   Rajeshkumar Mummudi, Kulithalai

313.                   Raju Parasuram, Theni District Subash Palekar Natural Farmers Association, Tamil Nadu

314.                   Rakshith Pawar, Bangalore

315.                   Rama Subramanian, Samanvaya, Chennai

316.                   Ramaa Ramakrishnan, Tiruttani

317.                   Ramandeep Singh Mann, Delhi

318.                   Ramesh Chandran, Farmer, Valliyoor, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu

319.                   Ramesh Kumar B, Siddaiahnapur village, Gundlupet, Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka

320.                   Ramprasad Sana, Kakinada, AP

321.                   Rashmi Kumar, Bengaluru, Karnataka

322.                   Raspinder Singh, Sherpur Kalan, Jagraon, Ludhiana, Punjab

323.                   Ravi Raj, Raichur, Karnataka

324.                   Ravinderkumar Ahuja, Ahuja farm, Gurgaon, Haryana

325.                   Ravindra Kumar HG, Bangalore

326.                   Raviteja KM, Rastriya Kissan Sangha Karnataka, Kunabevu

327.                   Rekha Joshi, Pune, Maharashtra

328.                   Richa Audichya, Abu Road, Rajasthan

329.                   Ritash, RANG Foundation, Bengaluru, Karnataka

330.                   Rosamma Thomas, Pala Town, Kerala

331.                   Rushil Tamboli, Awaken India Movement, Bhavnagar, Gujarat

332.                   S Ashalatha, Hyderabad

333.                   S Natarajan, Mannmuqi Village, Thiruvandavar village, Uthiramerur taluk, Kancheepuram, TN

334.                   S Sampathkumar, Ayini Integrated Organic Farm, Sirupairpondy, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu

335.                   S.J.Peter, Reddearpalayam, Pondicherry

336.                   S.Mugundan, Thiruvalluvar Farmers Club, Sagasrapadmapuram, Tamil Nadu

337.                   S.Saroja , Consumer activist, Chennai

338.                   Sachin Kumar Verma, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Budhiyadih, Giridih

339.                   Samyuktha J, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

340.                   Sanaj, Gandhi School of Natural Farming, Tumkur

341.                   Sandip Nanasaheb Pachfule, Aurangabad

342.                   Sankalp Gupta, Vishva Shakti Party, Mumbai

343.                   Sankar A, Chennai

344.                   Santhosh M, Bengaluru

345.                   Santhoshkumar, Chennai

346.                   Santosh Koulagi, Melkote, Karnataka

347.                   Saravanan K, Doddaballapur, Karnataka

348.                   Saravanan, TNSF, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu

349.                   Saravanaperumal, Chennai

350.                   Satish Kumar S K, Chennai, Tamilnadu

351.                   Satish Kumar, Organic Farmer, Perambalur, Tamilnadu

352.                   Seema Agrawal, Mera Farmer, Pune

353.                   Selva Amala A, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

354.                   Selva, Vanagam – Nammalvar Ecological Foundation, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India

355.                   Senthamil Selvan, Tamil Nadu Science Forum, Kalampattu, Vellore, Tamil Nadu

356.                   Seshadri, Chennai

357.                   Shahul Hameed, Alangiam Dharapuram Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu

358.                   Shankar A, Chennai

359.                   Shankar Srinivasan, Denkanikotta, Tamil Nadu

360.                   Shankar Venkataraman,  Bhoomi Farms (Bhoomi India Agtech pvt ltd.), Kakkadasam, Tamil Nadu

361.                   Shanmuga Subramanian V.A., Chennai

362.                   Shantha Krishna, Industrialist and organic farming, Mysore, Karnataka

363.                   Sharmila Ribeiro, Chennai

364.                   Shashi Bhushan, Apis Agronomics, Delhi

365.                   Shashikala Satyamoorthy, Ruha Sustainable Livelihood Foundation, Solur Hobli, Magadi, Karnataka

366.                   Shashikumar S,  JSB Pratisthana,  Kollegal, Karnataka

367.                   Shashwat Anandrao Deshmukh, Wardha

368.                   Sheelu Francis,   Kalanjium Women Farmers’ Association, Tamilnadu

369.                   Shirpaa Manoharan, Tiruvannamalai

370.                   Shivakumara V, Jowku, Bellary Dist, Karnataka

371.                   Shivam Kumar, Sangtin Kisan Majdoor Sangh Uttar Pradesh, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh

372.                   Shridhar Tembadmani, Permaculture Karnataka, Belagavi

373.                   Shrikant Mohanta, Gulmohar Colony, Trilanga, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

374.                   Shrinidhi RV, Natural farmer, Bangalore, Karnataka

375.                   Shruthi K N, Bengaluru, Karnataka

376.                   Sindhu Rao, Bengaluru

377.                   Sivabalan Athilingam, Kovilambakkam

378.                   Sivaramakrishna Maddipoti, Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh

379.                   Smriti Phatak, Hyderabad, Telangana State

380.                   Soumik Banerjee, Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

381.                   Soumya Dutta, Movement for Advancing Understanding of Sustainability And Mutuality (MAUSAM), Delhi NCR

382.                   Sowmya, Bangalore

383.                   Sreedevi L, Anantha, Coimbatore

384.                   Sreyarth Krishna, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu

385.                   Sreyas M, Bangalore

386.                   Sri Bhaskar, Bengaluru

387.                   Sridevi Subramanian, Tamilnadu

388.                   Srikanth Gade, Hyderabad

389.                   Srinath Vellure, Ahobilam, TN

390.                   Srinivas G, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

391.                   Sripriya Varadheeswaran, K Pudur, Madurai, Tamilnadu

392.                   Subhajit Das, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Tamlauk, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

393.                   Subhash C. Sharma, Mudiya Kheda, Morena MP

394.                   Sudeep Upadhya, Bengaluru

395.                   Sudha M, Bangalore

396.                   Sudha N, Bengaluru, Karnataka

397.                   Sudhakar Damodaraswamy, SS Kulam

398.                   Suganya T, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

399.                   Suhasini K, Gandhi Ashram for Natural Farming, Tumkur  Bengaluru

400.                   Sujay, Bangalore

401.                   Sukanta Chakraborty, Durgapur, West Bengal

402.                   Sukumar J, Pullalur Village

403.                   Suma Josson, Film-maker, Maharashtra

404.                   Suman S, Gowribidanur, Karnataka

405.                   Sumanth A S, Nayandahalli, Bengaluru

406.                   Sundari Madasamy, Kalpakkam

407.                   Sunil H, Davangere, Karnataka

408.                   Sureshkumar, Chennai

409.                   Swathi Raj S, Mysore, Karnataka

410.                   Swati Yogesh Kerkar, Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra

411.                   Swethadri, Madhugiri

412.                   Sylvia Mary Royan, Chennai

413.                   T A Sridhar, Adambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

414.                   T Srinivasan, Farmer, Namakkal

415.                   Tamara Law Goswami, Environmentalist, Guwahati, Assam

416.                   Thamarai Selvi V, Navalpattu, Trichy, Tamilnadu

417.                   Thirunavukkarasu S, Chennai

418.                   Thiruselvan D, Lakkampatti Karattadipalayam, Gobichettipalayam, Erode, Tamilnadu

419.                   Tripti Khanna, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh

420.                   Trupti Kedari, Mumbai

421.                   Ujwala Chandragiri, Arissa GrowthFarms Pvt Ltd, Telangana State

422.                   Uma Shunmuganathan, Tamilnadu

423.                   Uma Srinivasan R, ELMA, Namakkal, TN

424.                   Usha S, Save Our Rice Network, Trivandrum

425.                   Uzramma Bilgrami, Decentralised Cotton Yarn Trust, Hyderabad, Telangana

426.                   Vadivel, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

427.                   Vasavi Pochaboina, Hyderabad

428.                   Vasudev Chakravarti, CISLS, JNU, Kalamassery, Kerala

429.                   Vasudevan, Chennai

430.                   Veerakumar S, Navalpattu, Trichy, Tamilnadu

431.                   Veeraragavaprabu Ponraj, Kattiyampandhal, Uthiremerur

432.                   Veeravel, Navalpattu, Trichy, Tamilnadu

433.                   Venkataramani K, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, Tamilnadu

434.                   Venkatesan V, Real Organics, Madipakkam, Chennai

435.                   Venkatesh HG, Tumkur, Karnataka

436.                   Venkatesh K, Bangalore

437.                   Venkatesh Kumar R, Bangalore

438.                   Venkatesh, Good Earth Malhar, Bangalore

439.                   Vibhuti Mangal, Jaipur

440.                   Vidya Sridharan, Bangalore

441.                   Vignesh, Sankarankovil, Tenkasi district

442.                   Vijay Kumar K, Ganjalaguntte village, Hiriyur taluka, Chitradurga dist, Karnataka

443.                   Vijay Panneerselvam, Tamil nadu

444.                   Vijay Urs, Bilugali, Biligere, Nanjangud, Karnataka

445.                   Vikram Sindhu, Rohtak, Haryana

446.                   Vinay, Kodihalli, Hiriyuru, Karnataka

447.                   Vinu Karthik, Gollahali, Chintamani, Karnataka

448.                   Vipul Shaha, Baramati, Maharashtra

449.                   Vrunda Shete, Indian citizen, Pune, Maharashtra

450.                   Yash Agrawal, Fridays For Future Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

451.                   Yogesh Bangadi, Bengaluru 

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