Creating Prosperous, Climate-Resilient Farmer Collectives
The Satyamev Jayate Farmer Cup is a competition between farmer collectives in Maharashtra to do the best work in sustainable agriculture. Through this competition, Paani Foundation is creating an ecosystem to improve farmer livelihoods at scale via climate-harmonious agricultural practices. Participating farmer collectives learn best practices from top experts and work collaboratively to lower costs, implement best practices, improve productivity and increase profitability.
Taluka List
2022 Winners
2023 Winners
1,500
IN 2022
No. of Participating
Collectives
3,000
IN 2023
No. of Participating
Collectives
43
IN 2022
No. of All-Women
Collectives
780
IN 2022
No. of All-Women
Collectives
Why this Competition?
The dream of a drought-free Maharashtra cannot be achieved by water conservation alone. It is also critical to work on smart water management, especially in agriculture. However, transitioning from traditional farming methods and adapting to water-efficient crops isn’t easy for farmers. The key to unlocking this transformation lies in making water-smart agriculture not just sustainable, but remunerative. The Farmer Cup creates an ecosystem for farmers to do just this.
Equipped with best cropping practices and a network to navigate challenges, farmers find strength in numbers. They use their collective strength to slash cultivation costs, engage in shared labour and command better prices for their high-quality produce.
The Pathway to Prosperity
Digital Farming Schools
Weekly cropwise live sessions
with top scientists
Collective Input Purchase and Sale
Getting bulk discounts on
inputs + better markets
SOPisation
Best practices which boost
yield quality and quantity
Collective Labour
Working on each other’s
farms to save costs + address
labour shortage
Natural Pest Management
Growing safer food + minimising
pesticide costs with bio-pesticides
and natural pest traps
Unity and Friendship
Joy or crisis, farmers stand
together. Their unity triumphs
all challenges.
Farmer Cup 2022 Impact
As achieved by the top 128 groups of the competition