About Us
CSFD is a registered not for profit foundation promoted jointly by Cornell University, USA and Sathguru India. CSFD works to facilitate sustainable social development for enhancing capacities, knowledge creation, promoting entrepreneurship and encouraging gender equality. CSFD brings in expertise from diverse fields and institutions like Cornell University and state agriculture universities to advance technology, innovation and agribusiness in India. Itis guided by eminent board members and the expert team includes prominent professionals from the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Cornell University and Sathguru.
Our Expertise
- Catalyzing contemporary agricultural education and global exposure across 11 State agricultural universities in India
- Creating experiential education platforms for farmers across South Asia, South East Asia and Africa
- Helping develop cross cultural exchange of ideas for agricultural professionals, students, academics and farmers
- Creating modern farm infrastructure through renewable energy sources such as solar fence etc
- Providing information technology tools for farmers to combat impact of climate change on agriculture
- Improving access to modern technologies to farmers for enhancing agricultural productivity

Pathways towards sustainable social development – New Beginnings
Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development (CSFD), an NGO promoting sustainable agriculture in India is excited to ally with NUGENES a value-based, research-driven and customer-oriented leading seed company. This alliance will focus on improving the socio-economic conditions of small farmers in Telangana!!
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Youth training valedictory session at PJTSAU
A youth training program on agriculture and allied sector was concluded on 29th February at PJTSAU. The young
CSFD Facilitates Rural Youth to Pursue Agriculture as a Profitable Profession
~Training program for rural youth of Sangareddy district during 24-29 Feb 2020~ Hyderabad, 21st February 2020: Cornell Sathguru
Improving agricultural production of small and marginal farmers paniyal medak dist telangana
Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development has undertaken a project to help improve agriculture production of small and marginal
Farmer Capacity Building
CSFD aims to empower farmers through capacity building. Many of the programs at CSFD are designed to improve
Gene Editing the Brave New World
Gene Editing & the Brave new World: In November 2018, a Chinese Scientist Hi Jiankul shocked.the.world.with his claim
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CSFD strongly believes accentuating social development using latest high-end technology. In the current projets that is being undertaken,