Food and Water
Making water use and distribution ecologically sustainable, making food accessible, safe and sustainable
Read More
Read Less
Making water use and distribution ecologically sustainable, making food accessible, safe and sustainable
Read More
Read Less
This section features initiatives towards producing and making accessible safe and nutritious food, sustaining the diversity of Indian cuisine, and promoting slow food. Along with this, it carries stories on making water use and distribution ecologically sustainable and equitable, achieving decentralised conservation, retaining water as part of the commons, and democratic governance of water and wetlands.
We would like to avoid featuring purely elitist food fads even if they pertain to healthy or organic food, and expensive technological water solutions that have no relevance for the majority of people.
Towards making Pune a no-waste city
The small steps taken in the form of individual projects can readily scale up to cover neighbourhoods across multiple cities
Barking up the right tree: a note on plant identification techniques and their relevance to knowledge
To instill value into the various ‘areas’ of knowledge, which are actually one and interconnected, beginning with the first steps in the identification of plants
Work Satisfaction for Delhi’s ‘Homeless’ Farmers
For farmers in the floodplains, even if income is less and uncertain, work satisfaction and quality of life rank high.
महामारी में फुटपाथ की जिंदगी (in Hindi)
दिल्ली के हाशिये पर रहनेवाले जरूरतमंद लोगों का दुख-दर्द साझा किया, उनके भोजन, राशन और इलाज में मदद की।
Millet farming brings nutrition, financial security for women farmers in Bihar
"At one time I couldn’t even ride a bicycle and now I drive a scooty,” she says with a gentle laugh.
सतपुड़ा की घाटी में हरियाली (in Hindi)
आदिवासियों की पेड़ लगाने की पहल से न केवल हरियाली बढी है, उनकी खाद्य सुरक्षा हुई है, आमदनी बढ़ी है। इससे महामारी में बड़ा सहारा मिला है।
How women from Bihar tackled COVID 19 by building food systems
Tribal communities have conserved native seeds, adapted to the soil and local climatic conditions.
Banswara’s migrant tribal labourers are now proud organic farmers
Tribal farmers are now becoming torch bearers of organic cultivation in the state where the government is pushing for zero-budget farming to increase farmers’ income and restore soil health and fertility.
पहाड़ी महिलाओं की आत्मनिर्भर खेती (in Hindi)
पलायन से उजड़ती खेती को महिलाओं ने पुनर्जीवित किया, खाद्य सुरक्षा के साथ आमदनी भी बढ़ाई। सामाजिक व खेती से जुड़े कई मुद्दों पर आवाज उठाई।