Regenerative Production Landscape Collaborative

Regenerative Production Landscape (RPL) Collaborative is an innovative jurisdictional model being implemented in Madhya Pradesh, India to foster agricultural ecosystems that conserve and enhance natural resources and build community resilience whilst enabling businesses to source responsibly.

Originally founded by Laudes Foundation, IDH The Sustainable Trade Initiative and WWF India, the Collaborative aims to invite other organizations to catalyze and scale a model where:

• Producers grow agri-commodities using natural and regenerative farming principles that restore natural resources and reduce emissions from farming systems.
• Smallholder farmers and communities thrive through improved economic stability, enhanced livelihoods and greater participation in decision-making
• Businesses can source responsibly while creating inclusive supply chain relationships

To achieve this, the Collaborative will support locally-driven, multi-stakeholder governance structures that drive market transformation – bringing together government institutions that enable sustainable and green growth, companies that commit to sourcing responsibly, community and producer organizations for more inclusive decision-making, and impact investors and funders who seek scalable solutions that deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals.

The programme is being implemented in nine cotton-growing districts of Madhya Pradesh, India. Eight of these districts lie in the western part and the remaining district, Chhindwara, lies in the southern part of the state. By 2026, RPL Collaborative will cover all cotton-growing regions in Madhya Pradesh through a combination of in-field interventions, value-chain development, institutions, governance building, and concerted public-private engagements to address the smallholder resilience in the landscape holistically.