Bharat Krishak Samaj

Bharat Krishak Samaj (BKS) is one of India’s leading non-partisan farmer’s organisations that is an advocate for farmer prosperity along with healthy, sustainable, inclusive and equitable food systems that benefit farmers, consumers, our country and the planet. Established by Dr Panjabrao S. Deshmukh on April 3, 1955, BKS is a common meeting ground where everyone interested in strengthening the food systems can meet and put their intelligence, resources and energy to good use to help those engaged in producing more from their land. Farmers feed the world and responsibly manage much of the world’s natural resources – soil, water, and energy. Yet rural families are amongst the world’s poorest, most malnourished and most vulnerable to climate change. BKS makes evidence-based food and agriculture policy recommendations based on farming experience, as well as multi-stakeholder research, partnerships and events such as dialogues, workshops and conferences.