In 2014, the government of the state of Indian Punjab amended its existing system of public distribution of food grains by launching the “new atta-daal (wheat-pulses) scheme”. Instead of distributing...
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Large proportions of the Indian population consume worrying low levels of fruit and vegetables.
Income and price are key drivers of household consumption.
Caste...
The paper seeks to explain how technologies can be used to include smallholder farmers into the broader agri-food systems; this includes how smallholder farmers can be...
Understanding nutritional outcomes through gendered analysis of time-use patterns in semi-arid India
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A gendered analysis of time-use patterns in agriculture suggests time use a transformative indicator of gender equality.
Age, education and social groups have varied effects...
The World Bank supported Government of Assam to organise an ‘Eat Right Mela’, the first of its kind in any districts of India, at Barpeta, one of the seven Aspirational Districts...
Through this book we have bought together a series of chapters that provide scientific insights to possible implications of climate changes for different important types of crop and fisheries...
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A synthesis of five years of research on agriculture and nutrition in South Asia.
A systems approach is needed to understand agriculture’s contribution to nutrition.
Political commitment needs...
Agricultural subsidies have long been a consistent feature of government policies; they are granted in order to influence the use of resources in the pursuit of different policy goals...
This report presents selected achievements and lessons from the growing portfolio of fisheries and aquaculture investments supported by IFAD. The introduction summarizes key issues and gives an overview of IFAD-supported actions...
The Structural Migration Profiles present fundamental information on the country’s structural characteristics, with a yearly and historical perspective and with a map of critical areas linked with the international framework (SDGs). “Must-Know”...