The Nature Conservancy, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), the Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA), and the Council on Energy, Environment & Water (CEEW) organized the workshop that focused on the challenges of adopting and scaling up the use of the Happy Seeder technology, to reduce crop residue burning. The goal of this workshop was to recommend the ideal mix of financial tools to incentivize farmers towards transitioning to soil incorporation/no till practices. Based on the results and discoveries from this workshop and the stakeholder meetings held in Delhi and Punjab, the host organizations hope to launch a set of activities to strengthen the use of the Happy Seeder technology in India.

CECFEE members participated in the stakeholders meeting and are involved in finalizing the workshop report.