Diversified food consumption is important for improving the nutritional status of the population in all age groups. Several factors like price, availability, traditional tastes and preferences play a key role in determining how households allocate their food budget to different food groups and food items. …
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How the TARINA program is tracking the role of local markets in smallholder diets in India
The Farmers’ New Friend
The knowledge that Nandini Devi gained through adopting new farming methods, agricultural training, and recommended cultivation practices were put to good use when she became Krishi Sakhi (community agriculture care service provider) two years ago….
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Artificial Insemination—A Path to Breed Improvement in Goats
In order to enhance rural incomes as well as affordable nutrition, TARINA is focused on adding goats into the production system of the farmers in India. The rapid rise in the demand of the urban middle class for dairy and meat products has provided a …
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Shopping for Information: Our Visit to Dharamgarh Livestock Market
We knew we were close when the noise of the car was overtaken by the sound of bleating goats. Suddenly, we stopped near a makeshift gate that enclosed a dirt field. “This is it,” said my colleague, Naveen Sridhar Kottayil, at the sight of throngs …
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Gender and Nutrition Issues in the Context of Sustainable Agriculture—Lessons from TARINA
Need for Recognizing and Embedding Gender and Nutritional Outcomes into our Food System Approach : Over the years, the food system approach has largely focused on activities involved with production, distribution, and consumption of food. This includes …
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Compiling better data on mycotoxin incidence and identifying control options: Utility of participatory research
Norman Borlaug, plant scientist and founder of the Green Revolution that shaped India’s modern agricultural economy, stated that “Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.” I believe that it is also a basic right, that every individual should have …
Interacting with value chain actors: What to do when your research subjects have work to do
