Micro Food Forests (MFF)

Transforms fallow land to thriving food forests

Is versatile in nature, taking into account the slope of the land

Regenerating Land for Resilient Futures

Fallow land in India – almost 10% of all farmland – represents a major opportunity for regeneration through MFF


Generates substantial farm income, while sequestering carbon

Improves family nutrition and contributes to food security for the farmer


Improves soil moisture, biodiversity and adds to groundwater recharge

Rooted in Women Agency

Women move from labour contributors to authorised decision-makers in agriculture through signed agreements and power of attorney


Agency is built across multiple dimensions – livelihoods, health and nutrition, financial decision-making, and long-term ecological stewardship

Women come together to adopt best practices, aggregate their produce, and sell collectively – strengthening incomes and shared leadership

Delivered via a 5-stage codified process

Baseline / Opportunity: A tech-enabled assessment estimates the number of eligible farmers in a Circle who can potentially adopt MFF across GPs


Scope of Engagement: a decision model is used to finalise clusters of GPs, achieved through a denominator-cum-mosaic approach that overlays multiple inputs to arrive at an optimal, implementable scope

Confirm Community: To ensure quality of MFF investment, a community confirm process ascertains key commitment aspects via an on ground engagement with communities


Deliver Operations: MFF operations are delivered through a tech enabled process across 4 phases –

  • a) Preparing Land
  • b) Planting saplings
  • c) Planting of intercrop and nutrition patches
  • d) Harvesting – each having their pre-ops, ops, and post-ops

Impact Already Taking Root

Raah Foundation leads the Micro Food Forest solution, empowering women and farmer communities to drive ecological restoration and climate-resilient livelihoods across the Western Ghats


In the adjacent Vaitarna Circle (Palghar), Raah has enabled MFF adoption across 3,000+ acres, demonstrating regeneration at scale

As these MFFs mature, they are poised to generate ₹30 crore in additional net income for nearly 3,000 farmers


Under the CAP1 project, MFF will expand across four Circles to deliver 12,000+ Resilience Units over the next five years, with 25% of this target already achieved by 2026

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