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September 6, 2024
Millets for malnutrition: A women-led initiative
A millet-based approach to combating malnutrition in Odisha
Mixing of ingredients for preparation of ragi mix by women self-help group members (Image: WASSAN)
December 27, 2022
Traditional agroforestry takes over jhum cultivation in Arunachal Pradesh
This study finds that traditional agroforestry (TAF) presents a number of advantages over jhum cultivation in Arunachal Pradesh and is gradually replacing jhum cultivation in the hills.
The hilly landscapes of Arunachal Pradesh (Image Source:Chakraborty.jishu Via Wikimedia Commons)
December 6, 2022
The water that you eat
Need to shift to a more sustainable diet without compromising on major nutrients and calories
Historically, India has been a net exporter of virtual water (Image: PxHere)
August 21, 2022
Floods – a boon than a bane!
Floods are not feared, but rather welcomed by the Mishing communities from Majuli island in Assam as they bring bountiful fish- a rich source of food, nutrition and livelihood for the community.
The Majuli island, a haven for fish (Image Source: Usha Dewani, India Water Portal)
June 19, 2022
Hidden treasure: Adivasi’s traditional food diversity
Odisha Millets Mission is trying to bring back the glory of millets in tribal areas
A range of millet recipes and ready to cook items are sold by Millets on Wheels in Jashipur block in Mayurbhanj district. This initiative is supported by Odisha Millets Mission (Image: Odisha Millets Mission)
April 16, 2022
Towards food system transition
The report looks at what the transition could look like in ten specific foodscapes
Foodscapes for people and nature (Image: TNC)
Floods – a boon than a bane!
Floods are not feared, but rather welcomed by the Mishing communities from Majuli island in Assam as they bring bountiful fish- a rich source of food, nutrition and livelihood for the community.
Kh. Neil Young
Posted on 21 Aug, 2022 11:15 PM

Floods are often perceived as a destructive force in Assam and other parts of India.
The Majuli island, a haven for fish (Image Source: Usha Dewani, India Water Portal)
Hidden treasure: Adivasi’s traditional food diversity
Odisha Millets Mission is trying to bring back the glory of millets in tribal areas
Abhijit Mohanty
Posted on 19 Jun, 2022 01:15 PM

Often overlooked in food security policies, indigenous uncultivated wild food and traditional crops is a major source of dietary diversity for tribal communities since millennia.
A range of millet recipes and ready to cook items are sold by Millets on Wheels in Jashipur block in Mayurbhanj district. This initiative is supported by Odisha Millets Mission (Image: Odisha Millets Mission)
Crop diversification and nutritional outcomes: The linkages
Promoting crop diversification at the policy level can not only improve regional disparities in nutrition as this study shows, but also reduce vulnerability of smallholder farmers to climate shocks.
A. R. Anuja
G. P. Shivaswamy
Mrinmoy Ray
K. N. Singh
Posted on 26 May, 2022 06:11 PM

Ending poverty and hunger
A millet crop ready for harvest in rural India (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Towards food system transition
The report looks at what the transition could look like in ten specific foodscapes
The Nature Conservancy
Posted on 16 Apr, 2022 06:50 PM

Marking its fifth year of formal presence in the country The Nature Conservancy (TNC) India held a special event in New Delhi in which Suresh Prabhu, Former Union Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament, and Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, Niti Aayog were

Foodscapes for people and nature (Image: TNC)
Budget briefs by Accountability Initiative: Highlights from key programmes
MGNREGS: Even after the inclusion of additional funds amounting to Rs. 25,000 crores via supplementary budgets, allocations were 12 per cent less than the previous year's revised estimates
Accountability Initiative
Posted on 30 Jan, 2022 12:45 PM

Using government reported data, the briefs analyse trends in allocations, public expenditures, outputs and outcomes of key social sector programmes. These briefs are published in the run-up to the Government of India budget in February every year.
A school boy from Tilonia drinks from a tap from a rainwater harvesting tank (Image: Barefoot photographers of Tilonia)
Dietary diversity – key to tackle malnutrition among children
The recent NFHS-5 data finds that stunting and wasting among under five children in the country is on the rise. Why is this so? What could be the way out?
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 18 Jan, 2022 10:31 PM

The recently published NFHS- 5 data presents a grim picture of the nutritional status of children in India.
Millets for dietary diversity (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Water contamination grips the country: Centre
News this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 08 Dec, 2021 10:53 AM

Country’s water contaminated with lead, arsenic, fluoride: Centre
Water contamination continues to remain contaminated (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Global hunger index: Intersection of conflict and hunger
Without achieving food security, it will be difficult to build sustainable peace
Welt Hunger Hilfe
Concern Worldwide
Posted on 15 Oct, 2021 04:53 PM

The 2021 Global Hunger Index (GHI) points to a dire hunger situation in a world coping with multiple crises. Progress toward Zero Hunger by 2030, already far too slow, is showing signs of stagnating or even being reversed.

India slips further in global hunger index (Image: Parij Borgohain, Pixabay)
The smallholder's dilemma
The economic unviability of smallholder agriculture and the consequent agrarian distress
Vibhusha Gupta
Ananya Mukerji
Posted on 11 Oct, 2021 09:20 PM

Roughly 85 percent of the farm households in India are small or marginal farmers, that is, they have less than 2 hectares of land, with 70 percent having less than 1 hectare of land. The average landholding is only 0.5 hectares per household (NSO, 2021).
Smallholder farmers are pivotal to transforming the food systems (Image: Mahila Jagat Lihaaz Samiti)
Community videos: By the community, for the community
Community videos as a tool to influence behaviour change and adoption in rural communities
Oorna Mukherjee
Ronali Pradhan
Posted on 01 Oct, 2021 07:55 AM

The Paudi Bhuyan tribe in Odisha are one of the most primitive and vulnerable communities in the count
Community videos are produced by farmers themselves and feature local participants and agents from the rural communities themselves (Image: Digital Green)
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