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.

The forest on their plates

The new forest policy had led to malnutrition in their communities and they got down to get back what they had lost - millets and seeds.

Rural group bats for traditional farming

Farmers erect 'T' shaped bamboo poles in the paddy fields to provide birds with perches so that they can feed on the larvae of leaf-eating insects

Tribal crops find a haven

A tribal settlement in a Wildlife Sanctuary has turned into a treasure trove of traditionally grown, highly pest-resistant and protein-rich crops.

At the Age of 50, This Man Decided to Give up His Successful Business to Take up Farming

From having a successful business to giving it up at the age of 50, from selling furniture to becoming a farmer – the amazing story of Suneet Salvi.

Gurgaon Residents Have a New Weekend Hobby: Grow Their Own Vegetables on Land Leased from the Govt

"... growing one’s own vegetables is the best way to eat healthy”

From droughts & chemical fertilisers to thriving organic agriculture: Kedia’s journey with Greenpeace

"People know that Kedia uses organic materials, fertlisers, so the demand for Kedia's products has increased,"

Many colors of groundwater in a tiny Western Ghats village

The diversity and independence of water management in Konkan is remarkable ... where communities own, maintain and manage their own water.

The Chizami model of development

How women in a remote Nagaland village are bringing about transformation rooted in traditional Naga practices

The miracle of Kolkata’s wetlands – and one man’s struggle to save them

The wetlands are Kolkata's free sewage works, a fertile aquatic garden and, most importantly, a flood defence – but they’re threatened by developement.