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How to fight malnutrition and increase diversity of choice for lower-income households? Improve traditional supply chains! – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Addressing malnutrition requires a multisectoral approach that includes complementary interventions in food systems, public health and education. This approach also facilitates the pursuit of multiple objectives, including better nutrition, gender …

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Video | The Expendable People: Adivasis

The film focuses on a moment of hope, the government bringing in the Forest Rights Act (2006) to right ‘historic wrongs’ only to betray that promise, so as to protect …

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Book review | “India’s environmental pioneers: The forgotten story”

Source: “India’s environmental pioneers: The forgotten story”, Book review by Yuvan Aves, Frontline, 13 January 2025URL: https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/speaking-with-nature-indian-environmental-pioneers-ramachandra-guha/article69057477.eceDate visited: 20 January 2025

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State wise population of Scheduled Tribes (ST) and their percentage to the total population in the respective states and to the total STs population

Source: State/UT wise population of STs and their percentage to the total population in the respective states/UTs and to the total STs population in the Country,  as per Census 2001 …

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Video | Health and the nutritional value of indigenous grains, seeds and millets: “The tribal food basket has always been ­diverse and nutritious”

Excerpt from “Rage Of A Silent, Invisible Killer Called Malnutrition – Why Shining India Is In Grip Of An Epic Calamity” by Damayanti Datta | Read the full article >>Despite …

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“We are nothing without the forest, and the forest is nothing without us”: Kattunayakans in the Nilgiris, one of the last few remaining honey gathering communities of the world – Tamil Nadu

Living in the Nilgiris, the Kattunayakans are one of the last few remaining honey gathering communities of the world. Over many generations they have mastered the skills required to tap …