Project overview
The project is part of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Special Initiative “Transforming Agricultural and Food Systems” (TAFS). Under the initiative, Agricapita Innotech Private Limited is supporting GIZ India and MANAGE in developing a Massive Open Online Course on Natural Farming. The course is designed to make high-quality education on agroecological principles accessible to learners ranging from extension professionals to farmers.
Global and national context
The MOOC sits within GIZ’s “Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security” (ProSoil) project, which is active in seven countries including India. In India, ProSoil promotes climate-smart, sustainable soil management and works with more than 54,000 farmers in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. The course scales that field experience through digital education and national capacity building.
Project objectives
- Develop a comprehensive, high-quality Natural Farming MOOC for India’s agricultural education ecosystem.
- Strengthen agricultural extension systems through accessible, evidence-based digital content.
- Extend proven agroecological practices at scale to students, professionals, and farmers.
- Mainstream scientific and field-based knowledge developed through ProSoil across institutional platforms.
Project deliverables
- Transcript development: collect, review, and finalize more than 35 expert-session transcripts delivered by domain specialists.
- Training material compilation: develop comprehensive materials for 15 Natural Farming topics, covering theory, practices, and case studies.
- Final submission: integrate multimedia-ready content into a structured format for MANAGE and GIZ review and implementation.