Sundeep Kamath
Biodynamic advisor
E-Mail: AllisWell@Bio-Dynamic.World
All Agriculture based on Biodynamic principles
I work in
Bhutan, China, Croatia, India, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Portugal, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam
I communicate in
English
Hindi, Konkani & Marathi (Spoken & written), Kannada
Area of expertise
Coconut, cotton, medicinal mushrooms, millets, pistachio, tropical vegetables, rice, herbs, spices (saffron & cumin) & tea
Certification experience
Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS), Third-party certification, Certification experience with smallholder farms/small-scale businesses, Certification experience with large estates/agribusinesses, Demeter Certification – Farm Conversion, Demeter certification – processors and wholesalers, Advice on organic certification
My services
Individual consulting,
Group consulting,
Organisational consulting,
Coaching,
Project management,
Supervision,
Lectures, Tutorial, Workshop,
Education, Training,
Project development,
Fundraising,
Mentoring,
Farm conversion,
Practical training for advisors,
Community development
Bring an expertise to the projects in biodiversity management by following a structured approach consisting of a baseline assessment, setting PACT goals along with the producers, to prioritise consistent, controllable output over fixed outcomes for long-term growth. Co-creating a dynamic conversion plan (four fold and seven life processes), as part of an emerging future of advising.
Do you want to know more about my working approach?
My advisory concept: My advisory methodology is based on the concept of coaching/accompanying the members of the project’s team to be advisors & trainers themselves to empower them to manage the project on Biodynamic Principals & Practices with the goal of the project becoming a self-sufficient farm organisation.This approach starts with a viability study on the market of the produce and an attempt to build a mutually beneficial relationship based on Associative Economics principle with prospective purchasers/markets of the produce locally & internationally, at the start of the project itself.
Check out my latest projects and references:
References:
Joy Daniel - Founder Director, Lipok Social Foundation,
Vishalakshi Padmanabhan - Executive Director, Participatory Guarantee Systems, Organic Council (PGSOC),
Choitresh Kumar 'Bablu' Ganguly - Founder, Timbaktu Collective & Vive President IFOAM Organics International,
Jennifer Chang - Executive Director, IFOAM Asia & Vice President, IFOAM Organics International,
Julia Lernoud - Vice President IFOAM Organics International,
dR Ashok Kumar Yadav - Founder Director, National Center of Organic Farming (NCOF) & Advisor Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India &
dR Mahesh Chander - Board Member, International Society of Organic Agriculture Research
Projects: Several projects & initiatives in Asia, to name a few - Malaysia Demeter Association's Demeter advisor for multiple projects already certified & in conversion for Durian, Vegetables, tropical fruits etc. Multiple projects certifed & in conversion in China, Thailand, Vietnam, Croatia, Portugal herbs for traditional Chinese medicine, millets, rice, beans, tropical fruits & vegetables. Successfully advised the first Demeter certified project for production & processing in the ASEAN region (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) for a coconut farm (350 ha) & another vegetable farm (12 ha) in Thailand, multiple projects in North Eastern Thailand for Demeter jasmine rice in conversion on 2240 ha with around 500 farmers, project on the first organic cotton project in Tamil Nadu, in conversion to Demeter. Another project is as the official advisor for an organic municipality in Philippines having 7814 hectares of Agriculture land with 1437 farmers planning to convert to biodynamic practices & principles in the entire municipality. Am also advising the Ministry of Agriculture & Forests of Bhutan on their plans to get equivalency for their national organic standard, upgrade their local PGS program & set up their accreditation systems.
This year you can meet me here:
Biodynamic Preparation making workshops
Asia Pacific Biodynamic Conference (co-facilitating a workshop)
Biodynamic Federation Demeter International's member's assembly
Latin American Trainers conference
XXXVI Latin America Biodynamic Conference (sharing a contribution)
Agriculture Conference Dornach (cofacilitating a workshop)
Biofach Nürnberg (sharing a contribution)
Biofach India (organising the conference part of this fair)
Annual General Body meeting of the Biodynamic Association of India
Agriculture Conference in Dornach (co-facilitating a workshop)
Biofach China (sharing a contribution)
Biofach Thailand (sharing a contribution)
Info and contact details:
Active membership :
Former Secretary & Managing Committee Member of the Biodynamic Association of India.
Asian Fellowship of Preparation Makers
Convenor Biodynamic Silk Road
Webpage/Social Media: https://asia.ifoam.bio/sundeep-kamath-board-member/
Phone: 00919448067088
E-Mail: AllisWell@Bio-Dynamic.World
Address:
20 2nd A Cross 16th C Main road 4th Block Koramangala Bangalore 560034 India
Peer Review
(09/05/2023)
Regina Haller
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