Young farmers’ in the village advised me to stay away from farming and my parents don’t like to see me as a farmer. If any educated person is engaging in farming, the villagers will start creating pressure on the family with rumors and gossips related to job incapability. These are the different experiences I have been facing from childhood. I was born in a tribal village called Duginepally that is situated on the banks of the Godavari River in southern part of India, Telangana. Unsustainable farming practices pulled Telangana farmers into debts that lead to suicides. The never-ending agrarian crisis and farmers’ suicide are creating lot of wrong perception about farming and also causing urban migration. The massive farm dropouts, declining food production and growing population is pressing the need of crisis management plan for future. Towards addressing negative impacts of unsustainable farming practices; and extreme weather conditions, this lead to the inception of a non-profit organization called tharunam to promote ecologically feasible and economically viable farming models. ———Lingala Naresh; Founder | Director
Who we are?
vision
we are envisioning to see a nation where people are proud be a farmer for preserving the nature; and feeding the nation.
Mission
we are working on a mission to use food as a medium for social change ; and make it universally accessible and affordable.
Concept
Through ‘Food Literacy’, we empower individuals to grow their own food while understanding its impacts on health, environment & sustainable economy.
What we do?
Food Literacy Training programs in Schools
We are working on a mission to empower at least every school in India to adopt ‘Food Literacy’ skills are part of their schooling curriculum through different level interventions.
Millet for All
Millet for All is a flagship project of the tharunam to encourage farmers to grow ecologically feasible; and economically viable millets crops which also has rich nutrition properties.
Agro Forestry
We promote ecological agro forestry farming practices in Telangana through hands on training programs and on field implementation.
Support Us
Food Literacy training per school
Organic Millet Seed for One Farmer
Agro forestry Training per farmer
Food for Social Change
Millet for All
Our Impact
Food Literacy training & outreach:
5000+ students
Millet for All project
500 farmers
Agro forestry awareness program
2000 farmers
Registered under the Indian trust Act ‘Reg 34/2019, Date 09/05/2019, Narapalli, Hyderabad.
Donations to tharunam are tax exempted in India under 80G Income Tax Department, India & CSR Registration certificate approved for tharunam
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