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Food and Nutrition
How kitchen gardens pick up pace in a rural MP village
Posted on 15 Aug, 2021 08:08 AMIn June 2021, UNDP felicitated 41 Women Water Champions for their rema
![Sagni Bai works on promoting kitchen gardens and water conservation which are doing wonders in this remote MP village (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/sagni-lead.jpg?itok=c8ANlAdQ)
Championing community mobilisation to conserve water resources
Posted on 16 Jul, 2021 12:59 PMWater security has been one of India’s biggest challenges, with millions of Indians not having access to clean and adequate supply of water.
![FES community resource person Pareshamma interacting with farmers on water conservation practices at Thamballapalle village in Chittoor district (Image: Foundation for Ecological Security)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/Pareshamma%20Field%20Photo_2.jpg?itok=TRYi47du)
Aspirational Districts Programme, a successful model of local development, says UNDP report
Posted on 30 Jun, 2021 11:09 PMUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India released an independent appraisal report on the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) recently. The report captures the progress of the flagship initiative and recommendations for further improvements.
![UNDP India released an appraisal report on transformation of 112 most backward districts recently (Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Village_pump_in_India.jpg?itok=KS0Uh4uQ)
When monsoon plays truant!
Posted on 29 Jun, 2021 07:43 PMA recent study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) found that very few (less than 4 percent) of Indian farmers have adopted sustainable agricultural practices and systems.
![When the monsoon plays truant (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Monsoon_0.jpg?itok=AOX1E0oG)
Social solidarity model in COVID-19 times
Posted on 03 Jun, 2021 07:28 PMThe COVID-19 pandemic affected the entire globe and unfolded the most challenging health risks and economic burdens on communities, women, men and children, who were already on the margins.
Community owned solutions strengthen rural resilience
Posted on 03 Jun, 2021 12:32 PMSituated in the north-central part of the country, Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. Agriculture forms an integral part of Uttar Pradesh’s economy and the lives of its people.
![Managing community grain banks (Image: Shramik Bharti)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Uttar-Pradesh-crop-2.jpg?itok=EVwXCKLb)
Crop diversification to address the water crisis in Punjab
Posted on 25 May, 2021 04:48 PMPunjab, sucked dry
![Unsustainable agricultural practices in Punjab (Image Source: IWP flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/Punjab1.jpg?itok=TxT5aR6b)
Rural realities amid second COVID surge
Posted on 17 May, 2021 10:44 PMThe second wave of COVID-19 has now spread to the rural pockets of the country at a much faster rate than it did during the first wave of the outbreak.
![There is a need to strengthen the capacities of ASHA workers, and other healthcare and grassroots workers. (Image: DMD, Government of Bihar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/bihar.jpg?itok=UqPRovQ2)
Migrant workers stranded yet again
Posted on 06 May, 2021 08:28 PMAs the death toll and positivity rate in the wake of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic stays alarmingly high, lockdowns and other restrictions have been instituted in many parts of the country.
![Jeevan Rath 2.0 helped people get back home in June 2020. Migrants from Chhattisgarh were stuck in Pune when CYDA came in contact with them and arranged their transportation and food through support of Jeevan Rath and SwissAid. (Image: Maha C19 PECONet Collaborative/IWP Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/jeevan-rath.jpg?itok=0aohK5Y4)