Two Case Studies in India by Thanal Trust: 

• Thanal, with the support of Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (PANAP), has been supporting and training 26 women farmer groups (399 farmers) in agroecology transition since 2022. From small-scale home gardening to community farming, raising a society, improving their livelihoods and making themselves self-sufficient in safe chemical-free food, these women are transforming their communities. Through capacity building programmes, hands-on trainings, knowledge exchange programmes and continuous field management support, these 399 women farmers have stepped into agroecology, building their confidence, enhancing their livelihoods, and advancing food sovereignty. 
• Thanal has been working as a certified regional council of Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Organic Certification under the Kerala Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare since 2017. As part of the certification procedure, regular farmer trainings, peer monitoring, mobile agroclinic facilities and farmer-to-farmer knowledge exchange programmes are being conducted, enabling farmers to shift completely to organic farming practices, thus reducing the dependency on pesticides and chemical fertilizers.