KHETI VIRASAT
CONTACTS: 9872682161, 01635-231415
ADDRESS: Kheti Virasat Mission, House Number-72, Street Number- 4, R V
Shanti Nagar, PO Box # 1,
JAITU - 151202 Faridkot, Punjab
ABOUT THE NGO
Kheti Virasat Mission is a non-profit & conscious civil-society organization, established in
March 2005 and registered as a trust with our head office at Jaitu town of district Faridkot.
KVM works directly with the farmers of Punjab, a region known throughout the world as the
pride of the Green Revolution. KVM works to address the destruction caused by the Green
Revolution's chemical and hybrid agriculture, promoting sustainable, ecological farming
practices as well as the conservation and regeneration of natural water resources, to re-
establish the traditional wisdom and practices related to water. KVM works for awareness
of environmental health issues and Eco-sustainable rural development.
THE MISSION
"The mission of KVM, forged by the pain and agony caused by the Green Revolution, is
founded by a conviction and commitment for voluntary work. The formation of KVM has
evolved as a result of constant efforts and dedication to re-vitalize our society; to make our
motherland prosper with imperishable abundance and sustainable life systems. KVM is
obligated to the future generations of Punjab to protect its ecology. We are a civil-society
movement with a deep compassion for Nature as a Whole; our concerns include ecological
sustainability & environmental health, and the safe food and livelihoods nature can provide
especially for those who are socially and economically marginalized."
THE VISION
"While the Green Revolution has brought economic prosperity on one hand, it has had
seriouslydestructive effects upon the ecology of Punjab and the health of its people on the
other.This Grain Machine has started to rust and the repercussions have started to show like
scars on the landscape of this Land of Five Rivers. It is the Vision of Kheti Virasat Mission to
apply organic farming as the appropriate remedy. It is the need of the hour to motivate the
farmers of Punjab to gradually switch over to organic farming practices to save the ecology
of Punjab and the health of its people. The situation is alarming and the signs are ominous.
We seem to be quite close to a stage which can rightly be called "agriculture chaos". The time
to act is now. Given the present circumstances, organic farming practices and sustainable
technologies-- those that are in-tune with nature and its ecosystems-- are perhaps the only
alternatives which will help the people of Punjab to emerge from this agricultural, ecological,
economic and civilizational crisis."
WORK AT GRASS ROOT LEVEL:
Kheti Virasat Mission is committed to protecting farmers’ right to land, income security,
good livelihood & agriculture sovereignty as well as protecting consumers’ right to safe and
healthy food. KVM recognizes that in order to achieve these goals, we must put the health of
the ecosystem .
KVM is working at the grassroots with decentralized participatory methods covering the vast
arenas of sustainable agriculture, conservation of ecology and natural resources,
environmental health, cultural aspect of ecology and other issues related to globalization,
livelihood, environmental and social justice. By involving the very first stakeholders-- the
farmers, especially the most marginalized-- KVM had undertaken various activities to
enhance their capacities, enabling them to undertake the endeavor of sustainable development
and sustainable use of natural resources. KVM has a dream to make farmers, especially the
small and marginal farmers, debt-free and living within a non-exploitative system; self-reliant
while nurturing their genetic resources and conserving their knowledge system.
CONTACTS:
PHONE NO. :9872682161, 01635-231415
ADDRESS: Kheti Virasat Mission, House Number-72, Street Number- 4, R VShanti Nagar, PO Box # 1,JAITU - 151202 Faridkot, Punjab