Food and Water

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.

आदिवासियों के पौष्टिक अनाजों की खेती (in Hindi)

यह पौष्टिक अनाज लोगों को पोषणयुक्त भोजन देंगे। मिट्टी पानी के संरक्षण वाली देसी खेती बचेगी, लुप्त हो रहे देसी बीज बचेंगे, छत्तीसगढ़ की कृषि संस्कृति बचेगी, खाद्य सुरक्षा होगी।

From idea to community-owned enterprise: the journey of the Mukteshwar Farmers’ Producer Company (MKPC)

Based in Uttarakhand’s fruit belt, MKPC is a homegrown enterprise - started by a local NGO, but taken over by the farming community

Woman Collects Fish Waste From Stalls, Turns It Into ‘Fertifish’ to Grow Organic Veggies

When we have a solution to clear up our mess that is killing marine life right in front of our eyes we need to implement it

Waste dump near Kochi is now home of new rice brand

"The major task was waste removal. We had to spend Rs 10 lakh just to get the fields cleared of waste dumped over the years,’’

This Bengaluru Couple Save 1 Lakh Litres of Water Every Year. Here’s How

The capital cost of building an eco-friendly house is 10 per cent lower. It also reduces the overall carbon footprint and water wastage.

MILLETS – The Miracle Grains

Millet farming saves nearly six million litres of water per acre - they can stand up to the crisis of climate change.

Jal Sahelis quench the thirst of parched villages in Bundelkhand

Jal Sahelis across 200 villages in U.P., M.P. are reviving water harvesting structures and traditional water bodies through community participation.

Call to promote desi seed

Only millet varieties and desi seed could adapt to climate change and enable farmers address climate change.

Agroecology leading the fight against India’s Green Revolution

Women's collectives are organising to restore traditional foods and farming methods, resulting in lower costs, higher yields, improved nutrition...