Food and Water
Making water use and distribution ecologically sustainable, making food accessible, safe and sustainable
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Making water use and distribution ecologically sustainable, making food accessible, safe and sustainable
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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.
VIKALP SANGAM GENERAL ASSEMBLY RELEASED A PEOPLE’S MANIFESTO 2024
The Manifesto, aimed at political parties, government agencies, and civil society organisations and movements at various levels, lists key strategies and actions that need to be taken for just living conditions.
Yusuf Meherally Centre: Fostering the Rural in an Urbanizing India
“We learned this from our mistakes. If you just work for one section, say Adivasis, then there is a risk of antagonizing the non-Adivasi population living in the same area”, says G.G Parikh.
जीवन शिक्षा के साथ पर्यावरण रक्षा (In Hindi)
आत्मनिर्भर, टिकाऊ और स्वावलंबी समुदाय बनाने की पहल की जा रही है
पौष्टिक खेती की ओर लौट रही हैं भीली किसान (In Hindi)
लुप्त हो रही देसी बीजों की खेती और उसकी संस्कृति को फिर से प्रचलन में लाने की कोशिश की जा रही है
What do the Forest Dwellers Want to Say?
A forest-dwelling community that fosters coexistence and conservation, and practices activism to secure rights as protected under the law.
Press Release: 25 Organisations Meet to Discuss Development Alternatives in India
About 40 members of 25 organisations from 12 states of India met at Farmer’s Share, Shoranur, as the General Assembly of the Vikalp Sangam.
What can Traditional Fishing Communities Teach us about Sustainability?
Several experiences can be lost with the loss of just one fish. This saddens me because the present generation has not been able to witness what I experienced as a child.”- Mahendra
The art of foraging: How indigenous people can be the influencers we need
Foraging, which is a part of the received wisdom of many indigenous communities, can offer a sustainable solution to the inevitable food crisis.
Dongria Kondh Tribals Take on Corporate Goliaths to Save Forests
The Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti and the MSS are demanding the immediate recognition of Community Forest Rights and Individual Forest Rights of tribals to their forests, as mandated under the FRA 2006.