<p>In India the COVID-19 pandemic compelled millions of precarious workers to return to their ancestral villages. Many of those who returned vowed never to go back to the cities and chose instead to remain in their village and pursue agriculture using sustainable farming practices. However very little is known of how they have fared two years into the pandemic. Why did they adopt sustainable agriculture? What support did they receive from the government or communities if any? How did agriculture build their resilience in terms of absorbing the shock of the pandemic, adapting to the shock and transforming their lives? With the assistance of the NGO, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (Telangana, India) this study will answer these questions both through focus group discussions and interviewswith various different participants across 3 states in India: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.</p>
