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...
Is a pandemic the time to think about genebanks?
Perhaps you think that the middle of a global pandemic is not an appropriate time to be discussing seed banks. Think again. Read more...
Seeds of rural recovery: States must consider accommodating returnee migrants in small-farming
Small and marginal farmers remain the dominant food producer and major workforce in India, and the country would rely on them to Read more...
Agri experts debate key points to bolster agriculture and horticulture in COVID-19 context
Agriculture experts, policymakers and representatives from private and public sector companies brainstormed online recently to enumerate challenges arising out of the coronavirus Read more...
Don’t forget about the impact of COVID-19 on the rural poor and on food security
The Scaling Up community of practice discusses challenges and opportunities for an improved “new normal” for agriculture, research and development. While all Read more...
It is time for a new normal for resilience of food systems
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, how do we ensure sustained resilience of our food systems’ going forward? The World Food Prize Foundation brings together distinguished food systems experts to discuss the issue in its first-ever Digital Dialogue: Perspectives on Food Systems Resilience in COVID-19...
Lockdown spurs Indian seed industry to explore leaner business models and plan door deliveries to farmers
COVID-19 might have ushered in social distancing but it did bring together Indian seed industry companies to meet virtually, think of ways Read more...
Produce more coarse grains to meet pandemic nutrition challenge
India will provide free food grains to more than 800 million poor people during the COVID-19 lockdown. However, nutrition security is more Read more...
Lockdown: Centre, States helped agricultural sector, but a lot yet to be done to ensure growth
While these measures will begin to help, the impact witnessed by farm sector and other vulnerable groups requires more intervention The disruptions Read more...
India is facing a critical situation for its agrarian future: MS Swaminathan
You have drafted the recommendations that are termed as India’s agrarian policy bible, did you ever think about the current situation? The Read more...