Prakheti is a community-led collective for seed sovereignty, agroecology and climate justice, working alongside farmers.
Prakheti began with two people volunteering on farms and at research institutes across South India, listening to the rural challenges farmers were carrying, often alone. What grew from those conversations wasn't a business plan. It was a question: what if farmers held the power over their own seeds, soil and markets again?
Since our first field visit in 2021 at Sanctity Ferme Ventures in Shoolagiri, Tamil Nadu, that question has taken root. We formalised as Prakheti Agrologics LLP in 2022. Today we stand alongside more than 5,000 farmers across Kerala, and with communities in Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh, conserving seeds, restoring biodiversity and building collective power together.
We try to show up, learn and stay, with remote support between on-the-ground visits that follow the seasons rather than a project calendar.
प्राकृतिक (Prakritik, meaning natural) and खेती (Kheti, meaning farming). It's less a brand name than a description of the practice.
"Natural farming was never a product to us. It's knowledge farming communities have carried for generations, the kind industrial agriculture spent a century trying to make people forget."On what Prakheti means to us
A way of working that stays close to the land, and to the people on it.
Every community, farm and forest we work with is different. But the way we show up stays consistent: we listen first, and we try to build power that stays with the community long after we've left the field.
We begin with the land and the people already on it, learning their challenges and their knowledge first.
Indigenous varieties are conserved in our community seed bank and freely exchanged with farmers.
Chemical-free, low-input natural farming, practised and demonstrated alongside communities.
Micro-forests and biodiversity habitats bring back rare, endangered and threatened native species.
Farmer producer organisations and youth training carry the work forward, beyond any one visit.
To build seed sovereignty, agroecological knowledge and climate resilience with farming communities, so the right to grow food on one's own terms is never lost to a handful of corporations or hybrid seed markets.
A future where every farming community holds its own seeds, its own knowledge and its own power, where climate and food justice are lived every day, not just hoped for.
The two people behind Prakheti's field work, seed bank and everyday community organising.
Imran's journey began volunteering on farms and at research institutes across South India. Today he works at the intersection of grassroots agroecology and global youth advocacy. He's part of YPARD's policy working group and the Youth Food Lab Steering Committee, and serves as a YOUNGO consultant to the FAO, alongside facilitating youth workshops and helping strengthen farmer producer organisations on the ground.
First roots. Field visits and volunteering with farmers begin, including our first plot at Sanctity Ferme Ventures, Shoolagiri, Tamil Nadu.
Formalised as Prakheti Agrologics LLP, Bengaluru, turning field volunteering into a standing collective.
The seed bank grows. Past 450 indigenous crop varieties conserved and freely exchanged with farming communities.
5,000+ farmers, Kerala. A growing community transitioning to agroecological practices, with support on soil health and market access.
Western Ghats restoration. Micro-forests and butterfly habitats for rare, endangered and threatened native species, from Wayanad to Shoolagiri.
More seed-keepers, more forests. We're always glad to hear from farmers, volunteers and students who want to grow this with us. Get in touch.
