Challenge
Climate shocks become livelihood crises for small farmers.
Approach
Redesign each farm as a resilient ecosystem with a farm-specific plan.
Goal
Resilient farm + sustainable livelihood.
About the Model
We support climate-resilient farms.
Integrated model: soil, water, climate-smart crops, agroforestry, livestock, circular practices, renewables and income diversification.
Each farm gets a Farm-Specific Climate Resilience Plan across eight pillars.
Eight practice pillars
Core practices in every farm plan.
01
Soil Restoration
Soil health & moisture retention
02
Water Resilience
Harvest, conserve, use efficiently
03
Resilient Cropping
Diversified local crops
04
Agroforestry
Biodiversity & farm ecology
05
Livestock
Livelihood & nutrient cycles
06
Circular Agri
Residues into farm inputs
07
Renewables
Lower resource dependence
08
Income Mix
Diversified livelihoods
One clear journey
Learn → Demonstrate → Implement → Sustain → Scale
Replication path
Who this model is for
A
Farmers & farmer groups
Farm plans, training, demo-farm learning.
B
FPOs & cooperatives
Cluster replication & knowledge centres.
C
NGOs & community orgs
Programme design, field capacity, M&E.
D
Gov & development programmes
District models, impact & scale-up.
Focus: dryland & aspirational districts
Demonstrate at farm & village level, then replicate — locally adapted, nationally scalable.
From climate vulnerability to climate resilience
Shivar Foundation — climate-resilient farms and sustainable livelihoods.
Support the work