The Farmer FIRST Programme (FFP) is an ICAR initiative to move beyond the production and productivity, to privilege the smallholder agriculture and complex, diverse and risk prone realities of majority of the farmers through enhancing farmers-scientists interface. There are concepts and domains that are new in emphasis like resource management, climate resilient agriculture, production management including storage, market, supply chains, value chains, innovation systems, information systems, etc. The Farmer FIRST as a concept of ICAR is developed as farmer in a centric role for research problem identification, prioritization and conduct of experiments and its management in farmers’ conditions. The focus is on farmer’s Farm, Innovations, Resources, Science and Technology (FIRST).

Project site: Total five villages (1. Bakla, 2. Kharaha, 3. Bamhani, 4. Kharri, 5. Kurraha) from Kasdol block, Baloda Bazar district, Chhattisgarh.
Leading Center: ICAR-NIBSM, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.