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Food and Nutrition
Responding to the second wave of COVID-19 in rural India
Posted on 06 May, 2021 11:52 AMAs healthcare systems in urban cities across India grapple with the second wave of COVID-19, smaller towns and v
![As healthcare systems in urban cities across India grapple with the second wave of COVID-19, smaller towns and villages too are facing devastating consequences. (Image: ©Gates Archive/Saumya Khandelwa)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/rcrc.jpg?itok=v8PqMBEJ)
43 percent of water bodies in Meghalaya are polluted
Posted on 01 May, 2021 03:09 PMMeghalaya is faced with environmental challenges and serious natural resource degradation such as forest, land and water. This along with climate change has serious implications for natural resource-based livelihood systems on which the majority of its population depends.
![Spring chamber with recharge pits (Image: Meghalaya Community Led Landscapes Management Project)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/Spring-Chamber-with-Recharge-pits_.jpg?itok=jCuBbomL)
Self-help is the best help
Posted on 26 Apr, 2021 06:18 PMThe world is hit by a global pandemic, taking everyone by storm and severely impacting various regions. COVID-19 has disrupted the economy throughout the world with small farmers being particularly vulnerable as they lack base capital to tide over the lull in the economy.
![Farm on wheels initiative in Mawhiang village (Image: Janak Preet Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/leisa1.jpg?itok=I1dOKjxB)
Why our food systems need to be changed?
Posted on 25 Apr, 2021 11:29 AMCOVID-19 pandemic and the associated policy responses highlighted and often exacerbated weaknesses and inequalities in our food systems. Many vulnerable people faced threats to their immediate food security, health, and nutrition restrictions.
![Vegetable stand at a market in India (Image: ILRI/Mann; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/food_0.jpg?itok=4ODPJU5-)
Support migrant workers through an inclusive recovery process: Rozgaar survey report
Posted on 20 Apr, 2021 03:39 PMA recent study on the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers in India indicates that almost 75% of the surveyed workers did not have any source of income after the lockdown and almost 45% reported difficulty due to food shortages.
![Workers apprehensive of migrating back to destination states to look for work (Image: ILO Asia-Pacific)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/ILO.jpg?itok=Qv242ywd)
Conservation of water commons through community fishery
Posted on 08 Apr, 2021 02:00 PMLocated in the Bichhiya block of Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, Changariya is a small village comprising 265 households.
![The efforts have resulted in the revival of the ponds. (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/Changariya%20Common%20Pond.jpg?itok=shLMy3Ii)
COVID-19 and social protection: Impact in the agriculture sector
Posted on 01 Apr, 2021 01:10 PMCOVID-19 induced significant economic and social disruptions in India. Rural households, including smallholders, were affected by loss in migrant income, livelihood and farm and non-farm income.
![Access to credit increased farmers' expenditures on farm-related activities. (Image: Pixy.org)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/farm-woman-on-the-field-in-india.jpg?itok=-m9p4q_h)
Study detects high levels of arsenic in cooked rice in Bihar
Posted on 03 Mar, 2021 08:01 AMExtensive evidence of elevated arsenic in the food chain, mainly rice, wheat and vegetables exists.
![Median excess lifetime cancer risk of 2 per 10,000 from food arsenic exposure in Bihar. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/Arsenic_Poisoning_0.jpg?itok=nULY11Qq)
Managing groundwater demand: the way forward
Posted on 02 Mar, 2021 07:25 AMGroundwater reserves are depleting at rapid rates in India, which is one of the world’s largest consumer of groundwater with it providing 60 percent of the irrigation needs of the country.
![Groundwater, a valuable resource! (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-03/20150902_100433.jpg?itok=vrutxFuL)