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Backyard poultry production system is mostly found in rural, resource-poor areas that often suffer either from food/nutritional insecurity. Family or rural poultry farming provides households with income and access to nutritionally-rich food sources. In the present study, improved poultry birds of Giriraja, Vanaraja, Swarnadhara and Rhode Island Red (RIR) varieties, that are phenotypically similar to existing poultry population in the area, were distributed amongst 25 tribal households across...
Cotton harvesting is a laborious task performed mostly by women farm workers. Farm Science Centre, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, Maharashtra has designed cotton harvesting bags as per standard anthropometric measurements. The ergonomically designed bag is ready to use and promotes ease in tying, picking, load carrying and emptying in comparison to traditional back and front loading cotton harvesting bags. A study to assess efficiency and comfort in use of the bag was carried...
Some of the key pathways linking agriculture and nutrition run through women’s work, yet the evidence on these links are weak. Using time-use data from two Indian districts, this paper seeks to fill this gap. In principle, women’s agricultural work could have positive and negative implications for nutrition, through increased control over incomes or intensifying work burdens. The emerging evidence points to the nuanced ways in which social identity, seasonality, and context mediate women’s work...
Rapid economic growth, urbanization, and globalization have resulted in dietary transformation in India. Triple burden of malnutrition remains a significant concern, with high pre- valence of undernutrition, widespread micronutrient deficiencies, and rising obesity. This article reviews the dietary transition in India by analyzing trends in food consumption across time and space. Household consumption survey data from 1993 to 2012 are analyzed to examine both national- and state-level...
Multiple forms of malnutrition (MOM) are a public health concern that requires strong and collaborative policy action. One common thread across MOM is inadequate consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV). An underlying reason is inadequate supply that manifests as problems in accessibility. Using India as a case study, our aim was to understand how the FV supply-chain functions, to identify related policies that affect it and to explore opportunities for strengthening existing policies and...
The challenge to food production posed by climate aberrations has been seeing increased attention to reviving millet-based farming systems. Millets are climate-resilient and nutritionally equivalent or superior to most other cereals, making them a favourable crop to address the prevalence of malnutrition. Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) is among the major crops cultivated in the undulating terrains of Koraput district of Odisha, India. It is consumed as a staple food and drink by the local...
Despite the global recognition of women’s central role in the provision, management, and utilisation of water for production and domestic use, and despite the close links between production choices, the security of water for consumption, and gendered social relations, the implications of these interlinkages for health and nutrition are under-explored. This paper seeks to fill this gap. It unpacks the gendered pathways mediating the links between water security in all its dimensions and...
The objective of this note is to examine issues that have arisen as a result of the introduction of millets into the public distribution system (PDS) in Karnataka. These include problems of production, procurement, storage, pricing, the supply–demand gap, and consumer preference.
India became self-sufficient in food because of the Green Revolution in the 1960s. However, both the technological innovation and policy support have been biased toward cereals. It is expected that cereals are the major source of proteins in the diet. In recent years, the consumption of cereals is declining in spite of increasing output due to declining preference. Therefore, the country needs to increase production and consumption of pulses to meet the nutritional...
The overwhelming and consistent preference for grain over cash is striking, especially since this preference was expressed by both men and women, irrespective of class, age, or community. It is useful to examine reasons for this sharp preference for grain over cash against the background of national debates about cash transfers.

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