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Contraception as a pathway to better child nutrition and health
India is home to one-third of the world’s stunted children, and half of all under-five mortality can be attributed to undernutrition. Existing literature has shown an association between larger famili...
- Mehreen Mookerjee Manini Ojha Sanket Roy
- 22 November, 2024
- Articles
Impact of the Food Security Act on Public Distribution System
‘Leakages’ from the Public Distribution System – that is, grain released by the Food Corporation of India that fails to reach consumers – stood at around 42% in 2011-12 at an all-India level. Passed i...
- Reetika Khera
- 03 October, 2024
- Perspectives
Grain subsidies and junk food purchases among low-income individuals
While governments rely on expensive food subsidy programmes to address malnutrition among low-income communities, their impact is unclear as only self-reported data on food purchase decisions are avai...
- Ali Aouad Kamalini Ramdas Alp Sungu
- 23 September, 2024
- Notes from the Field
Why are canteens important when 800 million people get free grains?
Over the past decade, canteens have been established in various parts of India to provide subsidised meals and enhance food security. Based on a survey of canteens conducted across three states, Reeti...
- Reetika Khera
- 02 September, 2024
- Notes from the Field
The ‘cereal gap’: Looming issues in India’s foodgrain policy
Cereal production in India recently crossed 300 million tonnes for the first time. In this post, Drèze and Oldiges point out that a major gap has emerged between the net availability of cereals and ho...
- Jean Drèze Christian Oldiges
- 18 April, 2024
- Perspectives
Growth, well-being and distribution in the last decade – II
In the first part of this two-part series, Balakrishnan and Parameswaran presented an assessment of the performance of the Indian economy on macroeconomic indicators. In this post, they focus on well-...
- Pulapre Balakrishnan M. Parameswaran
- 22 March, 2024
- Perspectives
Exploring urban perceptions around freshness of vegetables
With urban Indians increasingly seeking healthy lifestyles, the demand for fresh produce has escalated. In this note, Raj, Purushothaman and Sadashiva discuss findings from their survey in Bengaluru, ...
- Anjali V. Raj, Seema Purushothaman, Vidya Puttur Sadashiva
- 27 February, 2024
- Notes from the Field
Odisha Millets Mission: An update at the end of IYM 2023
In the sixth and final post of the e-Symposium on ‘Carrying forward the promise of International Year of Millets’, Banerjee and Kundu discuss the extent to which policies implemented as a part of the ...
- Pritha Banerjee Shomita Kundu
- 23 October, 2023
- Notes from the Field
Making the most of Indian millets: Lessons from the International Year of Quinoa
In the fourth post of the e-Symposium on ‘Carrying forward the promise of International Year of Millets’, Pallavi Agrawal reflects on the success story of quinoa, and how the International Year of Qui...
- Pallavi Agrawal
- 20 October, 2023
- Perspectives
Mainstreaming millets right: Dangers of promoting ultra-processed products
In the fifth post of the e-Symposium on ‘Carrying forward the promise of International Year of Millets’, Reshma Roshania argues that instead of relying on the ‘Big Food’ industry to increase the produ...
- Reshma Roshania
- 20 October, 2023
- Perspectives
Going beyond the International Year of Millets to achieve decade-long action
In the third post of the e-Symposium on ‘Carrying forward the promise of International Year of Millets’, Ashwini Kulkarni considers how the increased focus on millets during this year is just the begi...
- Ashwini Kulkarni
- 19 October, 2023
- Perspectives
Farm to fork: An overview of millet supply chains in India
In the second post of the e-Symposium on ‘Carrying forward the promise of International Year of Millets’, Kumar, Das and Jat discuss the potential to increase cultivation of millets, and outline some ...
- Shalander Kumar et al. (View all)
- 18 October, 2023
- Perspectives