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Urmul Seemant Samiti: Championing Livelihoods in the Border Villages of Western Rajasthan

April 22, 2025
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Since 2016, Urmul Seemant Samiti’s work has largely revolved around improving pastoral food production and farm-based production systems. Photo by Maxwell Ian Agacy.

This not-for-profit organisation not only advocates for the rights and livelihoods of those inhabiting villages along the desert landscape of the Indo-Pakistan border in Rajasthan, but also addresses the challenges endured by its local communities.

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Know Your Desi Ingredients

Elephant Foot Yam

April 21, 2025
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Thriving in India’s tropical climates, this tuber is enjoyed in hearty sabzis, creamy mashes and stir fries.

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Organisations

Khaana Chahiye Foundation: A Pandemic-Induced Initiative Still Combating Hunger in Mumbai

April 21, 2025
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Currently, Khaana Chahiye supports two community kitchens: one in Kurla, run by a women’s self-help group, and the other in Ulhasnagar, driven by a transgender persons’ collective. All photos by Khaana Chahiye Foundation.

Khaana Chahiye Foundation began as a citizen-led crisis-management operation focussed on combating hunger in Mumbai during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, it is an NGO that continues to feed those in need within the city through community kitchens and grocery kits.

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Producers

Kuninda: Flavours and Fermentation From A Family Farm in Uttarakhand

April 10, 2025
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(From left to right) Meena, Indira, Poonam, and Santoshi, outside Kuninda’s production unit on Hasanpur farm. All photos courtesy of Radhika Singh.

A seven-decades-old family farm reimagining produce from Uttarakhand.

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Understanding Millets and the Green Revolution

February 27, 2025
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A session that looked to uncover just how nuanced and interlinked the history of the Green Revolution and millet cultivation in India is.

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Understanding Millets and Marginalisation

August 13, 2024

Understanding Millets and Marginalisation addressed a host of exclusions,from new forms of agriculture that sideline indigenous knowledge, to diets that are far less diverse, and who can really access and afford certain grains now.

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Producers

Maaticha: Bringing the Best of Konkan through Seasonal, Small-Batch Products

February 27, 2025
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Maaticha is a farm owned by the Kazi family that grows local, seasonal produce in the Konkan region.

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Producers

Aranya: Improving Crop Yields and Farmer Livelihoods Across Gujarat

February 4, 2025
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Founded in 2016, Aranya is a Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) comprising a group of smallholder farmers belonging to the forests of the Aravalli Hills in eastern Gujarat.

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Making Millets Desirable: Millets in Food Establishments

March 21, 2024

What are the challenges and opportunities surrounding millet consumption in rural and urban India? How can restaurants and businesses potentially work with the grains to make them exciting and accessible to consumers? This discussion attempted to address just that.

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Millets: Reimagining the PDS for Food Sovereignty

January 30, 2024

A session focussed on understanding localised and decentralised approaches to the Public Distribution System in India that incorporate millets to better achieve food security and sovereignty.

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