Andhra Pradesh

Our work in Andhra Pradesh is anchored in state-level, multi-stakeholder partnerships with key government institutions, including the Andhra Pradesh Tribal Welfare Department, the State Forest Department, and the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), along with the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP).

We aim to build a sustainable forest economy rooted in secure tenure, strong community institutions, and market-linked bamboo and seasonal forest product (SFP) value chains.

We facilitate the acquisition of tenure rights for local communities through technology-enabled, large-scale implementation of Community Forest Rights (CFR). We also support aggregation at scale and strengthen bamboo value chains within CFR landscapes to connect forest-dependent communities directly with government and industry partners.

Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR)

In collaboration with the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department, we conducted a data collection exercise in ASR district to inventory bamboo resources, generating gold-standard ground-truthing data for a state-wide inventory. Two forest-based Producer Companies (PCs) have also been formed in Paderu division to support collective enterprise development around bamboo and SFPs.

Polavaram

In Polavaram district, across the Rampachodavaram and Chintur divisions, three forest-based PCs have been formed to aggregate bamboo, strengthen community enterprises, and enable direct market linkages within CFR landscapes.