Inclusion Story – Mechanisation enabling Northern peanut farmers’ self-reliance

Globally, agricultural mechanisation has increased farm productivity and helped farmers save the time and money spent on hard manual labour. However, it has also helped to ensure that fewer people are left behind. For decades, farmers with disabilities in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province have faced a difficult reality—relying entirely on others, hiring costly labourers, or giving up on agriculture altogether. An MDF- and confectioner David Gram Store-supported sourcing model has made groundnut farming more accessible for these farmers.