The Agami Project.
Villages of Opportunities. Spaces of Possibilities.
Talent is universal, but opportunity is not.
In Hindi, Agami means what is yet to come: a future full of hope and potential.
Four in ten families have seen a loved one leave for lack of opportunity in the Indian villages where we work. The Agami Project exists to make staying a choice. We work alongside rural families to turn the regeneration of land and infrastructures into dignified local livelihoods and renewed aspiration.
216 million people could be forced to migrate within their own countries by 2050 due to the impacts of climate change. Fragmented action deepens this tragedy.
Synchronised action
Instead of spreading thin across many villages, we go deep and focus on one location. Through participatory design, we listen first, understanding the community’s real needs and structural barriers before we act.
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Villages of Opportunities
We identify local threats and opportunities through participatory processes to renew hope and inspiration. Coordinated climate action becomes a source of sustainable livelihoods, through small, decentralized, cooperatively owned ventures.
SDG 1 · 2 · 8 · 13 · 15
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Spaces of Possibilities
We question assumptions to spark regenerative innovation: construction waste as a precious resource, invasive species financing forest restoration, and ancient mud houses retrofitted by local women who are redefining gender roles.
SDG 5 · 8 · 11 · 13
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Coalitions of Purpose
The Agami Project takes root in the quality of the relationships it builds: with the local community first, and with the experts and funders who join forces for lasting change.
SDG 1 · 5 · 8 · 10
Selected work
Five principles
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Participatory Design
We start by listening. Every venture is shaped around the community’s real needs and barriers, not assumptions.
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Convergent Infrastructure
Energy, water, land, and infrastructure practices are sequenced together, not siloed, multiplying impact instead of spreading it thin.
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Small, Local, Scalable Ventures
Decentralised and cost-effective by design, each venture can adjust and scale under the cooperative, keeping value creation local while strengthening solidarity.
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Integrated Cooperative Ownership
Farmers hold the majority of shares in a single cooperative, ensuring decisions and profits stay in community hands, not ours.
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Capital Matched to Risk
Blended finance, commercial capital, and carbon-market instruments are matched to each venture’s timeline, de-risking growth without sacrificing patience where it’s needed.
Our Network
SDG 17 · Partnerships for the Goals
Let’s build what comes next.
Newsletter
Letters from the field
Every other week we write about what we are building, what the villages are teaching us, and where you can help.
Sources
250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050: World Health Organization, Climate change and health fact sheet · Up to 13% GDP loss and a 16% drop in agricultural output in India by 2050: Deloitte India, The state of climate response in India (2025) · 40% of families affected by distress migration: The Agami Project, own figure for the Balaghatta cluster · 216 million people moving within their own countries by 2050, up to 80% avoidable with concerted action: World Bank, Groundswell Part 2 (2021)