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.
Link biodiversity with the Pleasures of Food
What do Global Agrobiodiversity Hotspots have to do with Indigenous People?
Gujarati women excel as breeders of camels and buffaloes
Herder Meera Bhen, from the Kutch region, is making history throughout India, as her idea of marketing camels' milk takes off
Low-cost Solar Powered Air-Cooler-cum-Fridge
How expensive might an air-cooler-cum-fridge be?
Meghalaya: Sparks of Hope
Two villages in Meghalaya revive their farming traditions, conserving biodiversity and securing their livelihoods.
Greening of Barren Land
How twenty five acres of a barren piece of land were converted into a self sustainable green farm, through rainwater harvesting
Phulwari programme by Jan Swasthya Sahayog
Village-based creche program run by JSS in Chhattisgarh ensures good care and nutrition for children between 6 months - 3 years
Sustainable form of Jhum cultivation in Khonoma
Unlike the more popular 'slash and burn' form of jhum cultivation, here the trees are not felled but pollarded at a certain height.
Cultivating Biodiversity: Peasant Women in India
Over 60,000 women peasants of the Deccan have received recognition from around the world.
Saving for Rainy Days
People of West Bengal’s Sunderbans region are setting up grain banks to safeguard against food crisis