India

  1. Women Advisory Service Providers in Food Processing Sector: Case of Punjab, India
    Inclusion of rural women in scientific and technological endeavours and realizing women’s intellectual potential is a big challenge in developing countries. Women play a decisive role in many facets of agricultural sector. Creating multiple opportunities for women in agribusiness enterprises…
  2. Update: GFAR Global Foresight Hub in 2013 - Activities and achievements
    The Medium Term Plan of Action of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research entails now a specific outcome (Outcome 1) aiming at “Farmers and national stakeholders empowered and informed to better negotiate their own agricultural futures”. In order to achieve this outcome the MTP targets the…
  3. Homestead farming- An avenue for women entrepreneurship in south 24 Paragans district of West Bengal, India
    Due to malnutrition and severe poverty 22% of Indian population remains undernourished while 29.8% of rural population were below poverty line. Though women play a pivotal role in building the backbone of a nation’s economy but the literacy gap in India which is 65.46% for females while for males…
  4. Livelihood Innovation of Rural Women
    Let us present here the success story of a group of women belonging to families with poor economic status. They have defied dogmas of the community and came out of shell with drive and determination to turn around things. In 1999, 13 motivated rural poor women formed a Women Self-help Group (…
  5. Agricultural Information and Knowledge for All
    APAARI has recently published the Proceedings of the Regional Consultation on Collective Actions for Opening Access to Agricultural Information and Knowledge in the Asia-Pacific Region, a meeting co-sponsored and co-organized by GFAR. The proceedings are available here.   The…
  6. Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative - A Profitable Enterprise for Sugarcane Farmers
    Sugarcane is an important crop of India and it is a livelihood for 35 million farmers. Tamil Nadu ranks first in sugarcane productivity. Water is one of the major constraints affecting the productivity and profitability of sugarcane. Approximately 2,500 kg of water is needed to produce 1 kg of…
  7. Agriculture, Farming, Food, Nutrition and Technology:
    From the “green revolution” to the “Ever Green Revolution”: The Case of India
  8. Proceedings of the Informal DARE/ICAR Retreat to discuss India’s role and place in International Agricultural Research
  9. GIAHS International Forum and Joint Meeting of the Steering and Scientific Committees
    The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Initiative came out of a common understanding at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 of the importance of conserving and enhancing agroecosystems with exceptional agrobiodiversity, local knowledge and socio-cultural…
  10. Ensuring Nutritional security by Rural Business Enterpreneurship at Madurai District
    Background – what was the drive behind the new development Rice was the main crop grown in the Madurai District of Tamil Nadu, India. Due to the problem of inadequate irrigation water due to ground water depletion, farmers started giving up rice. Millet is highly suitable for promotion as an…
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