Centre for Sustainable Agriculture works in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura and Punjab towards establishing economically and ecologically sustainable agriculture The Centre for Sustainable Agriculture started with a vision to make agriculture productive, environmentally/ecologically sensitive, and capable of preserving social fabric of rural communities. The intensive work of sustainable agriculture desk of Centre for World Solidarity (which evolved into CSA) and CSA’s own research on Non Pesticidal Management helped in scaling up to more than 14 lakh acres (0.56 m ha) through Federations of Women Self Help Groups in partnership with Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty of Government of Andhra Pradesh and 100 odd NGO partners for field level facilitation. CSA is also recognized as a professional organization enriching the debates on unsustainable practices and their regulation like chemical pesticides and GM crops. The core strength of CSA is in evolving sustainable practices in crop management and establishing them in areas caught in severe economic and ecological crises.