AME Foundation has a registered office at Bangalore and the seven Area Units are located at Raichur, Bellary and Bijapur in Karnataka, Madanapalli and Mahabubnagar in Andhra Pradesh and Tiruchirapalli and Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu. Prior to being registered as Foundation, AME was operating as a project.

Andhra Pradesh

AME has been working in Andhra Pradesh since 1995, beginning with a watershed-training programme with APRRM, in Chittoor district. Presently, AMEF works in 3 districts, with 10 Eco Network Partners (ENPs), and over 1000 farmers. The present focus is enabling farmers to adopt sets of combination of practices of in-situ rainwater management,

soil fertility enhancement and modified cropping practices. The approach is to start with improvements in the existing cropping systems of groundnut, castor and paddy and move towards integrated farming systems and Sustainable Agriculture.

Karnataka

AME has been working in Karnataka since 1997. Presently, AMEF works in 5 districts, with 11 ENPs and over 1400 farmers. The work on dry land groundnut, cotton IPM in Northern Karnataka and pesticide free paddy has generated all round interest and enthusiasm. The focus now is to enable farmers to adopt sets of combination of practices of in-situ rainwater management, soil fertility enhancement and modified cropping practices. The approach is to start with improvements in the existing groundnut, onion, sorghum, cotton, tomato, paddy, pomegranate,

Dry Land Horticulture (DLH) and sericulture cropping systems and move towards integrated farming systems and Sustainable agriculture.
Tamil Nadu

AME had begun working in Tamil Nadu as early as 1986 at Pondicherry, providing innovative training in ecological agriculture and alternative methods of farming. At present, AME works in 4 districts, with 9 ENPs and over 900 farmers. The focus is to enable farmers adopt sets of combination of practices of in-situ rainwater management,

soil fertility enhancement and modified cropping practices. The approach is to start with improvements in the existing groundnut, maize, paddy, vegetables cropping systems and move towards integrated farming systems and Sustainable Agriculture.
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