“We are what we eat, and plants give us what we feed.” Dr. Ramanjaneyulu is waging a war against use of pesticides in agricultural activities and has challenged farming methods. Apart from running the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture as the Executive Director, he also runs an outlet, Sahaja Ahaaram, which stocks pest-free products from farmers. After giving up his full-time employment with the government, Dr. Ramanjaneyulu dedicated himself to the benefit of farmers and his campaign, ‘India for Safe Food’.

An Author, Innovator, Painter, Researcher, Campaigner and an Agriculture Scientist, his current focus of work lies in:
• Working towards establishing models of agriculture which are local resource and knowledge based and economically and ecologically sustainable.
• Networking people and people’s organizations towards universalising agro-ecological approaches to farming rather than as exclusive production.
• Working on policy issues and building grassroot experiences into global campaigns and global issues into grassroot campaigns.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

“We are what we eat and plants give us what we feed.” Dr. Ramanjaneyulu is waging a war against use of pesticides in agricultural activities and has challenged farming methods. Apart from running the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture as the Executive Director, he also runs an outlet, Sahaja Ahaaram, which stocks pest-free products from farmers. After giving up his full-time employment with the government, Dr. Ramanjaneyulu dedicated himself to the benefit of farmers and his campaign, ‘India for Safe Food’. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx