Farmers · Communities · Ecosystems

Regenerating soil,
water & biodiversity

enabling & scaling what works

Agroecological transitions are already underway across farms & landscapes. Farmers are reviving soil, rejuvenating water, & restoring biodiversity. Communities are strengthening climate resilience in their own landscapes.

Krishi Janani supports & connects these efforts.

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Farmers regenerating land

Why & How

Landscapes are
unraveling.
Communities are
responding.

Across rainfed & irrigated regions, farmers are seeing changes they cannot ignore: soils that do not yield as they used to, water that is less predictable, & fields that are steadily losing biodiversity.

Communities are not waiting for external solutions. They are experimenting, adapting, & learning from each other.

This work does not follow a fixed model. It evolves locally:

Through practice, not prescription Locally evolved methods that work with nature, not against it.
Through shared learning, not isolated effort Knowledge that moves across farms, seasons, & communities.
Through continuous change that builds over time What emerges is regeneration rooted in place, shaped by people, & sustained by community.
Stubble Burning on Farm

Stubble Burning: A broken system

Farmer-to-Farmer Learning

Knowledge & Adaptation: Farmer-to-farmer learning

Smallholder Farm & Dairy

Farmyard Manure: Rebuilding ecological cycles

Our Work on the Ground

This is where
it comes to life.

Our work takes shape through ecological restorations & regenerative crop transitions across different landscapes. We work with communities to adapt practices to their agroecologies & priorities.

As resilience builds, these efforts become visible in practice across farms & communities. Shared learning deepens impact within ecosystems and across regions.

Grain Rangoli

Grain Rangoli: Celebrating harvest diversity

Soil Learning Lab

Soil: Learning lab-less testing

Crop Diversity'

Agroecology: Coconut diversity

Farmer Field School

Learning: Bioinput field school

Biodiverse Farm

Biodiversity: Mixed crop system

300,000+
Native saplings distributed
to farmers & children
23
Ecosystem restorations &
crop transitions projects
10+
Years of community-led
regeneration work

Bridging Corporates & Communities

JCAP: Janani Climate Action
Platform

JCAP connects corporate climate commitments with community-led ecosystem restorations & regenerative crop transitions.

Enables resource flow to when, where, & to whom they matter most
Brings visibility & accountability without centralizing knolwedge & control
Ensures transparency & continuity over time, building for the seventh generation

This turns climate intent into measurable regeneration & resilience across landscapes.

See the Platform in action
JCAP Platform Visual

JCAP: Connecting communities & corporates
to scale regeneration

Partnerships

Scaling regeneration
with patient capital.

Sustaining & expanding this work calls for aligned, long-term partnerships.

Corporate ESG / CSR teams & foundations can support measurable, landscape-level regeneration, grounded in real communities & context-specific work.

Scaling local, community-led efforts calls for trust & patient capital.

Partners make it possible to:

Support communities as they strengthen & expand their work
Enable learning & exchange across regions
Extend these efforts to more landscapes without losing their local character

If you are looking to support climate resilience through real, grounded action, let us talk.

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Farming Community Gathering

Farming Community Gathering

Brainstorming Regen Coconut & Jasmine

Brainstorming Regen Coconut & Jasmine

Corporate & NGO Partner Gathering

Corporate & NGO Partner Gathering

"What begins as a small change in one farm often spreads across others. With the right support, these can become structured efforts that are measured, contextualized, and scaled across landscapes."

People

Team & Governance

Working across landscapes, platforms, & partnerships.

Leadership
Usha Devi Venkatachalam
Usha Devi Venkatachalam
Founder & CEO
Leadership
Vishnupriya Mani
Vishnupriya Mani
Operations Director
Leadership
Ara Ramalingam
Ara Ramalingam
Fractional CTO
Board
Lakshmi Suresh
Lakshmi Suresh
Board Director
Board
Sibi Gnanasundaram
Sibi Gnanasundaram
Board Director
Board
Rakhee Goyal
Rakhee Goyal
Board Director
Advisor
Sharon Chang
Sharon Chang
Strategy
Advisor
Michael Cervino
Michael Cervino
Fundraising
Advisor
Bagyarani Vijayan
Bagyarani Vijayan
Finance
Usha Devi Venkatachalam

What can nature teach us?

"Ecological crisis. Agrarian distress. Climate change. These may seem global & complex. But at the end of the day, they are lived locally, within communities & ecosystems. The solutions then must also be found there."
Usha Devi Venkatachalam Founder & CEO, Krishi Janani

Contact

Let's start a conversation.

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