Tag: Uttar Pradesh
New food for better health: Introducing orange sweet potato to Uttar Pradesh
Decoding open defecation: Relevance of early findings for field and policy
In my previous blog,
I described the prevalence and predicaments of open defecation (OD) in India. For
my PhD thesis, I am working with GDS to make villages open defecation free
(ODF) by investing in construction of toilets as well as bringing about a
behavior change and …
Field visit to study market diversity in Eastern Uttar Pradesh
On the 4th of July, I traveled to the Maharajganj
District of Eastern Uttar Pradesh with three other TCI colleagues to study
market diversity in the Pharenda Block. Our objective was to observe the
variety of foods available in four markets and then convert this information
into quantitative data ... Read more
Combating open defecation through a community-led sanitation approach in rural India
Every year, 188,000 children under five in India die due to diarrhea-related illnesses. This catastrophic burden on children’s health is largely due to the fact that over a third of the Indian population defecates in the open. Open defecation (OD) also has strong ... Read more
