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.

Food & Water: Books, Reports & Newsletters

Resources Home Resources for Food & Water: Books, Reports & Newsletters Books: Indian (affordable, conditionally permitted) edition…

Food & Water: Alternative Products

Resources Home Resources for Food & Water: Alternative Products & Services Annadata – Citizens Movement for…

Food & Water: Networks

Resources Home Resources for Food & Water: Networks Millet Network of India – MINI is…

The Culture of Eating Right

As diverse as the country, as numerous as its people, a special food festival celebrates the rich and plentiful Adivasi culture

Towards Food Sovereignty: Millets based bio-diverse farming system

The seed-scarce community has moved towards seed sufficiency within one cropping season. Tribal communities in Kandhamal have broken the barrier of mono-cropping by reverting to millet based bio-diverse cropping systems.

Food & Water: Tools

Resources Home Resources for Food & Water: Tools A guide to rain water harvesting by Centre…

Food & Water: Websites

Resources Home Resources for Food & Water: Websites Shunya organic and permaculture farm (Himachal Pradesh) –…

Food & Water: Visual & Audio

Resources Home Resources for Food & Water: Visual & Audio (Includes Presentations & Slideshows) India’s New National Water Policy…

The Delhi Seed Festival (March 8-9, 2014)

The Delhi Seed Festival (March 8-9, 2014) saw the display of over 2,500 seed varieties of cereals (rice, wheat, millets), pulses, vegetables, tubers, medicinal plants, and uncultivated/forest foods!