Food and Water

Making water use and distribution ecologically sustainable, making food accessible, safe and sustainable

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.

Amid hype for superfoods, Indian tribals save nearly-extinct crops

They produced 6,700 kg of 722 landraces of rice, cereals, pulses, oilseeds and established 27 in-situ centers in the 92 villages

Auroville’s innovators

The mystery of Auroville - celebrating a few initiatives and individuals

Techies write new code for farming success

For farmers, the investments by the IT professionals are like an interest-free loans.

‘Study needed on millet inclusion under PDS’

Deccan Development Society is moving from food security to nutritional security, and millet farmers will play a key role in this process.

महिला किसानों का अन्न स्वराज (in Hindi)

खेत में अनाज का उत्पादन, भंडारण और वितरण का काम महिला किसानों ने किया है, जो पूरी तरह स्वावलंबी है। खाद्य सुरक्षा के साथ जैव विविधता का संरक्षण भी!

Bhimashankar villagers multiply indigenous seeds

They pack one kg of a variety of indigenous seeds in cloth bags and sell them at exhibitions to encourage more farmers to cultivate them.

More Videos for Vikalp Sangam by Video Volunteers, 2018

These videos were made for Vikalp Sangam by Video Volunteers 1. A ‘Medicine-Free’ Way of Life, Maharashtra…

More videos for Vikalp Sangam by Srishti Institute of Art and Design, 2018

These videos were made for Vikalp Sangam by Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology 1. Ibadat, Kachchh, Gujarat…

Hunger has no religion: Hyderabad man feeds hundreds of hungry people

They started with 30-35 people and today more than 150-200 people are provided food in Hyderabad on a daily basis