Cultivating Sustainable Food & Farming Transformations
ABOUT US
The Consortium for Agroecological Transformations (CAT) is a collaborative platform working to enable agroecological transformation at scale across India.
Through coordinated, place-based efforts, CAT seeks to enable a sustained shift toward agroecology-driven farming practices supporting fair, resilient, and equitable food systems that benefit farmers, communities, and consumers alike.
ABOUT US
The Consortium for Agroecological Transformations (CAT) is a collaborative platform working to enable agroecological transformation at scale across India.
Through coordinated, place-based efforts, CAT seeks to enable a sustained shift toward agroecology-driven farming practices supporting fair, resilient, and equitable food systems that benefit farmers, communities, and consumers alike.
Our Vision
A future where agroecology enables resilient livelihoods, healthy ecosystems, and equitable food systems, rooted in local landscapes and driven by farming communities.
Our Approach
Empowering Farmers through Landscape-based Agroecological Transformation
CAT places farmers and communities at the heart of its work through a landscape-based approach. By working at the scale of landscapes, CAT supports the coordinated services, institutions, and systems required for large-scale agroecological change over a sustained period of at least seven years.
This approach brings together diverse stakeholder groups and aligns long-term resources, ensuring that agroecological transitions are viable, durable, and locally rooted.
CAT is currently developing landscape-level investment and implementation plans across 11 landscapes. Each landscape corresponds broadly to a block-level
administrative unit and has been selected based on ecological, social, and institutional criteria.
From these efforts, a common framework for agroecological transformation is emerging grounded in place-based learning and systems thinking.
Our Levers for Change
CAT enables agroecological transformation by aligning three key levers-Policy, Markets, and Finance-to support community-led adoption and long-term transitions.
The Landscape Framework
Coordinating action across interconnected systems.
CAT’s landscape approach is anchored in a systems framework that identifies the key elements required for agroecological transformation. Transformation depends not on individual interventions, but on how these elements interact and reinforce one another over time.
Change emerges through coordinated action within landscapes — across farming systems, institutions, and livelihoods—and across landscapes, through shared learning and the diffusion of knowledge across diverse contexts. This requires multiple stakeholders to align their efforts across interconnected parts of the system.
OUR SUPPORTERS
CAT is guided by a network of supporters comprising organisations and individuals with deep experience in agroecology, policy, and systems change.
Resources
CAT develops and curates knowledge products, landscape reports, and tools to support practitioners, funders, and policymakers working toward agroecological transformation.
Contact Us
To learn more about CAT’s work or explore opportunities for collaboration, please get in touch.
Our commitment to SDGs
CAT’s work contributes to multiple Sustainable Development Goals related to food security, climate action, biodiversity, and livelihoods.
Our commitment to SDGs
CAT develops and curates knowledge products, landscape reports, and tools to support practitioners, funders, and policymakers working toward agroecological transformation.
