Naandi Foundation chosen for Food Vision 2050 Prize

Recently, the US-based Rockefeller Foundation has selected Naandi Foundation as one of the top 10 visionaries in the world for the Food Vision 2050 Prize. The award carries a cash prize of $200,000.

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The Rockefeller Foundation award recognised the application of the Arakunomics model in the regions of Araku, Wardha and New Delhi by Naandi Foundation.

This model leads to the Food Vision 2050 that follows an ‘ABCDEFGH’ framework — Agriculture, Biology, Compost, Decentralised decision-making, Entrepreneurs, Families, Global Markets, and ‘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.

Arakunomics is a new integrated economic model that ensures Profits for farmers, Quality for consumers through Regenerative Agriculture (PQR).

The economic 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 there by planting 25 million trees.