Research Uptake organised a media interaction on March 24, 2015 for journalists based at Nagpur and in Wardha district. Around 15 district and state correspondents registered.

After a briefing on LANSA's research priorities and on the Farming System for Nutrition study underway in Wardha, journalists were taken on a field trip to witness first-hand how agricultural interventions on the ground could impact the nutrition status of the community. 

National and regional press persons were shown the Village Knowledge Centre in Saheli village, and the Community Nutrition Garden in Borgaon village.

They interacted freely with the farmers and local community, and also spoke to MSSRF scientists. Several news articles were published as a result of this exercise.

The media is an important stakeholder to disseminate LANSA research and this effort has encouraged a few journalists to look at the issue of nutrition seriously.