Western Ghats landscape
Heritage × Science

Restoring India's
Ecological Heritage

Reversing the crisis in India's soil, cattle, and coastlines through scientifically rigorous, ground-deployed programmes across the Western Ghats.

The Crisis is Reversible

India's soil, cattle, and coastlines are in crisis. Pre-industrial Indian agriculture had functioning soil biology, which can be restored faster with science than without it.

Through Heritage × Science, we achieve 30–60x faster restoration than traditional methods alone, bringing measurable ecological recovery to the Western Ghats, village by village, district by district.

Five Mission Programmes

Each programme is fully unbundled, donor-grade, and measurably accountable

Measurable Impact

Every programme tracked with baseline-verified, donor-grade metrics

Our Differentiator

Heritage × Science

Pre-industrial Indian agriculture had functioning soil biology. Heritage practices alone restore soil organic carbon at 0.1% per year.

Our scientifically formulated bioproducts, developed by retired experts, accelerate recovery to 0.8–1.0% within 12–15 months—a 30–60x acceleration.

Heritage farming practices
30-60x
Faster restoration than heritage methods alone

Direct Ground Implementation

Four-tier ground force for embedded community work—ASF does not outsource execution

1

District Coordinator

Strategic oversight, district-level mission execution, donor reporting, government liaison

2

Taluk Coordinator

Mission execution and training, taluk-level program rollout, quality control

3

Bhoomi Sevaks

Embedded community workers in farming and fishing communities, demonstration plot management, farmer enrollment

4

Griha Bhoomi Mitras

Household activation through door-to-door outreach for chemical input reduction, cattle health, kitchen gardens

Western Ghats region
Geographic Footprint

Western Ghats Corridor

Deliberately built around Western Ghats ecology, focusing on Core, Non-Core, and Fringe areas. We do not deploy outside this corridor.

126
Assembly Constituencies
Across 24 districts in 3 states
63
Karnataka ACs
27
Maharashtra ACs
36
Goa ACs

Donor-Grade Impact Metrics

Baseline-tracked, third-party-verifiable outcome metrics for the largest CSR and multilateral donor reporting standards

Soil

% SOC, microbial activity

Land

Acres restored

Cattle

Mastitis reduction

Coastal

Mangrove survival rate

Agro-Forestry

Tree survival rate

Household

Households activated

Livelihood

Income uplift

Quarterly Reporting
With annual independent verification
Partnership Opportunities

CSR & Strategic Partnerships

Selective engagement across six donor archetypes: Corporate CSR, Family Foundations, Multilateral Institutions, Government Convergence, Scientific Partners, and Community Cooperatives.

Section 8, 12A, 80G, CSR-1 Registered
Unbundled programme architecture
Donor-grade quarterly reporting
Third-party verification available

Corporate CSR

Fully CSR-compliant programmes

Family Foundations

Long-term restoration partnerships

Multilateral

Institutional-grade metrics

Scientific Partners

Research collaboration

Institutional Governance

Every methodology, bioproduct, and field protocol is reviewed and approved by our Scientific Advisory Board before deployment. This ensures ASF's scientific rigor.

Section 8
Companies Act, 2013
12A
Tax Exemption
80G
Donor Benefits
CSR-1
CSR Eligible

Join the Restoration Mission

Partner with ASF to restore India's ecological heritage. Village by village, district by district, at measurable scale.