8-Aug-2020: Food Vision 2050 Prize for Naandi Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation has selected Hyderabad-based non-profit, Naandi Foundation, as one of the ‘Top 10 Visionaries’ in the world for the Food Vision 2050 Prize.
The award recognised the application of the Arakunomics model in regions of Araku, Wardha and New Delhi.
Arakunomics model leads to Food Vision 2050 that follows an “ABCDEFGH” framework centering on:
- Agriculture
- Biology
- Compost
- Decentralised decision-making
- Entrepreneurs
- Families
- Global Markets
- Headstands or turning current approaches on their head.
Naandi’s vision titled “Arakunomics” was based on work with tribal farmers in Araku for nearly 20 years.
It is a new integrated economic model that ensures profits for farmers, quality for consumers through regenerative agriculture.
The model is a tribute to the tribal farmers of Araku region for the world-class coffee produced and launched in Paris in 2017, as well as for the high carbon landscape transformation they did in over 955 villages, thereby planting 25 million trees.