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.

Can farming mean a permanent renewal of life?

For the past three decades, the practice of permaculture has found acceptance from not just rural communities in India but also from urbanites

Seed festival throws up millet cultivation as best option

More than 10 varieties of millets and 60 varieties of vegetable seeds were also on display for the farmers in the district.

Indigenous Seed, Food and Biodiversity Fair – 2017

Protection and Conservation of Culture is necessary for Poison-free Farming, Self-resilient Farmers and Building Prosperous Village

Water to the power of four

In the Four Waters concept, the central focus is on using rain water, surface water and groundwater, and maintenance of soil moisture at a high level.

How a village in Phek dist. revived millets and became gender wise

Like millets and paddy, men and women should work and produce together.

Celebrating Food in Sarmoli

The idea behind Saut Shaumal was for the people of the region to come together and celebrate food and what it meant to them, i.e. cooking and eating together

Go organic to beat drought, says seed reviver

"Farmers need spend only a little on input costs and can get good returns on their investment if they grew traditional varieties of paddy"

How a Kerala Farmer Facilitation Centre Is Ensuring Direct Marketing

The Farmer Facilitation Centre provides scientific information on crop management, etc. and a venue for marketing produce directly at prices that farmers decide upon.

Seed stories: A festival that brings urban youth closer to their roots

Farmers across the country brought their stories to the forum, along with their seeds, getting to know traditional agricultural practices of other states.