Leveraging digital tools for adaptive food systems in India during the COVID-19 lockdown
A look at how digital tools and technologies have been and could be used to overcome coronavirus-related challenges to agricultural supply chains. Read more...
Preparing for the ‘New Normal’ – Agriculture amid the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 continues to claim lives and disrupt livelihoods around the world. While strengthening immediate relief activities Arun Balamatti recommends a few priorities Read more...
Double burden of COVID-19: Declining livelihood opportunities and aspiration failure among poor people
The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a health crisis but an economic crisis too. In particular, the anxiety and fear COVID-19 has Read more...
New protein study reveals power of millet-legume blends for enhancing human health
Two billion people around the world are suffering from protein and micronutrient deficiencies. The results of a new study by the ICRISAT may be Read more...
Access to improved varieties and warrantage services helps Malian farmers save for children’s schooling
Double yields from improved varieties, access to storage facilities and timely credit through the warrantage system has kept sorghum farmers in Mali Read more...
Stronger local food value chains can leave Eastern and Southern Africa more resilient post COVID-19
COVID-19 has seized the drylands of Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), home to some of the world’s most vulnerable people. Mitigation efforts Read more...
Eating well: If instructions won’t work, perhaps music and dance will
Information alone does not change eating habits. Together with the Billian Music Family in Mathare, we experiment with trend-setting music. You probably place a lot Read more...
Impact of COVID-19 on women working in the domestic sector in Hyderabad
The recently extended lockdown in India, now in force until 3 May, is a necessary measure to slow the spread of COVID-19 Read more...
The coronavirus pandemic exposes a global hunger crisis as well as a health emergency
The direct consequences of a novel disease outbreak like Covid-19 are immediate and obvious: rising numbers of illnesses and deaths. But the Read more...
8 food security implications of the COVID-19 crisis
From disrupting agricultural input supply chains to carving out new crisis response roles for social media, the pandemic’s impacts on the state Read more...