ILDC 2017 - Shyam Khadka (FAO)

07/04/2017

Interview with Mr. Shyam Khadka (FAO) at the India Land and Development Conference (ILDC) in 5-6 April 2017 in New Delhi, India. Transcript

Interview with Harsh Mander about the State's obligations on the right to adequate food in India

15/12/2015

Interview with Mr Harsh Mander (Director of the Centre for Equity Studies, New Delhi, India) providing an overview on the main issues debated during the development and passage of the India’s National Food Security Act (2013), focusing on the State's obligations on the right to adequate food.

What are pulses and why are they important crops for food security

11/11/2015

The International year of Pulses 2016 (IYP) aims to heighten public awareness of the nutritional benefits of pulses as part of sustainable food production aimed towards food security and nutrition.

Costs and benefits of the Green India Mission for mitigation

15/09/2015

N H Ravindranath speaks at the Economics of Climate Change Mitigation Options in the Forest Sector international online conference. Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in February 2015, the conference explored how a wide range of different interventions in the forest sector might help to mitigate climate change

BioVillage India (TeleFood 1998)

08/05/2013

Biovillage Project is run by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, a local non-governmental organization in Chennai, with funding and technical assistance from the Government of India and international agencies including FAO, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Agriculture Water Solutions in West Bengal, India

22/11/2012

In West Bengal, more than 4 millions rural household would benefit from investments in agriculture water management. The introduction of small rainwater harvesting reservoirs has resulted in benefits, including cultivation of fallow land, higher crop intensity due to cropping in the dry season, new crops, more livestock and aquaculture.