Abstract
The Andhra Pradesh Zero Budget Natural Farming project was implemented by India’s State of Andhra Pradesh in 2016 and renamed AP Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) in 2020. APCNF is recognised as a sucessful example of peasant-led agroecology by social movements, multilateral UN bodies, governments, and researchers. We offer more critical perspectives here, and argue that this agroecology model deepens inequality and dispossession. Despite claims to the contrary, APCNF is locked in an unchanged productivist paradigm controlled by capital in collaboration with the state. By co-opting agroecology, APCNF closes down options for a just transformation of the dominant agri-food regime.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1251-1273 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Journal of Peasant Studies |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 5 Mar 2024 |
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| Publication status | Published - 28 Jul 2024 |
Bibliographical note
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This work was supported by Coventry University [grant number CAWR 1342].Keywords
- ZBNF
- agroecology
- cooption
- inequality
- APCNF
- greenwashing