The term ‘sustainable food systems’ essentially refers to a process and system of producing food sustainably, keeping in mind issues and concerns such as livelihoods of producers and farmers, environmental well-being, climate change and its impacts, and nutrition and public health. A large proportion of India’s population depends on agriculture for its livelihood. This population is acutely vulnerable to economic and environmental threats and challenges, such as declining soil health, lack of adaptive capacity and resilience, unsustainable production practices, nutritional deficiencies, extreme weather events, crop losses and exploitative market conditions.
But all is not lost. There are initiatives and practices in the country that can guide the scaling up of sustainable agriculture, and can help address these multiple challenges. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) announces a threeday National Conclave on Sustainable Food Systems to discuss the challenges this sector faces, and explore the solutions and the future roadmap
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For more information, please write to:
Gauri Arora
Sustainable Food Systems programme, CSE
gauri.arora@cseindia.org
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| CSE’s new report on Sustainable Food Systems presents a roadmap for making agriculture climate-resilient | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National Conclave on Sustainable Food Systems By: Sunita Narain Director General, CSE |
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| Improving Soil Organic Carbon in Indian soils By: Dr. Mahesh C Meena |
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| Enhancing soil health through state rural livelihood programmes By: Shanlang F Lyngdoh |
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| Soil biological health and soil organic carbon By: Sultan Ismail |
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| Conserving millets and rice in tribal areas: Nirmaan’s perspective By: Akash Badave |
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| Seed conservation initiative of Sahaja Samrudha By: AnandaTeertha Pyati |
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| Building Sustainable Seed Systems through Collectivization By: Dr. G V Ramanjaneyulu |
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| TAPCOs’ initiatives to conserve rice varieties: Learnings and impact By: Rajesh Krishnan |
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