Timeline | Interview         by Savvy Soumya Misra   Photographs by Meeta Ahlawat & Sopan Joshi           G. Ramanjaneyulu Extension scientist and Executive director Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) Ramanjeneyulu traces the beginnings of NPM in the Agricultural crisis of Andhra Pradesh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following farmer suicides, a new government is elected to power and NPM gains momentun through Punnukula ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The State Department of Agriculture remains sceptic of NPM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " NPM can't be spread through a centalized approach..."         Khairunnisa Begum "There is no fear of suicides, now. People will not consume the biopesticides made from cow dung and urine..." Vattam village, Mahabubnagar | Age- 45 years | Family- 10 members | Land owned- 6 acres | NPM supplier Ex-treasurer of Mahila Mandal Samiti of Vattam village | Owns one NPM shop Anusuyya Amma "No pesticides...No debts..." Barravaripalem village, guntur district Age- 45 years | Family- 4 members | Land owned- 1 ½ acre | Land taken on lease- 4 ½ acre | Practicing NPM since 2006 Srinivas Reddy "Seeing the demand for NPM vegetables, I am planning to bring all my land under NPM..." Manchal village, Manchal mandal, Rangareddy Age- 26 years | Family- 9 members Land owned- 20 acres | Sells NPM vegetables at HACA bhavan, Hyderabad   Konda Reddy "Yield increase is not the main aim of NPM, its about bringing down the costs..." Age- 28 years | Qualification- MSc. Agriculture science A practicing farmer | Promotes NPM | Works for Integrated Rural Development Organisation (IRDO) | Work experience- 6 years D.V. Raidu "Women proposed NPM projects for their villages..." State Project Advisor for NPM Society for Eradication of Rural Poverty (SERP) Andhra