08 January 2025, 06:30 pm
Indian Soil in Revolution
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC main building
Indian Soil in Revolution
(55 min; 2023; English)
Directed by Renuka George who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
In 2015, with the support of the state government of Andhra Pradesh, senior civil servant T. Vijay Kumar introduced natural agriculture on a large scale. The aim: to convert 6 million farmers to chemical-free agriculture. Through meetings with farmers and with T. Vijay Kumar, this film is an insight into the success of these new methods and the vision behind the world’s largest agroecological transition experiment