Agriculture & Rural Development

Call for Code founding partner IBM and its creator, David Clark Cause, announced the winner of the fourth annual Call for Code Global Challenge. The top prize this year went to Saaf Water, an accessible water quality sensor and analytics platform created, in particular, for people living in rural localities. In Bihar, nine members of...

Continental India initiated a large-scale sustainable water conservation project at Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru, as part of its ongoing integrated rural development programme. The water conservation projects include the construction of a mini reservoir, four check dams and 500 water absorption trenches at the Pearl Valley catchment area in Anekal Taluk. The project envisages the conservation...

In March 2020, when the lockdown was announced in India, millions of migrant workers, including women, most of whom were part of the informal workforce, were left stranded with no food or shelter. A year later – during the second wave of the COVID-19, the most vulnerable informal workers suffered the repercussions of the...

Procter & Gamble (P&G) India today announced a ₹500 Cr ‘P&G Rural Growth Fund’ to accelerate inclusive growth in the Indian rural market. This fund will provide external partners an opportunity to collaborate with P&G on business solutions customized for meeting the needs of rural consumers. This will include solutions on superior communication, media...

Few people know, for example, that the first mainframe computer to come to India was provided by UNDP, upon request from an Indian government that was already saying, back in the 1970s, that “computers are the future of India.” But the computer itself was just a tiny seed. It was the hard work and...

There is a saying that ‘Sharing and Giving are the ways of God’. On the occasion of Bijoya Dashmi, Dabur Honey announced a new CSR initiative to support the livelihood of honey collectors of Sundarbans, who have witnessed their livelihood being impacted due to multiple cyclones and massive floods in the region over the...

While millions of people go hungry, vast quantities of food are lost every day, either spoiled during production or transport or thrown into the waste bins of households, retailers or restaurants. Squandering food is also a waste of the precious resources used to produce it. Up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions are...

IFAD was one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. The conference was organized by the United Nations in response to the food crises of the early 1970s, when global food shortages were causing widespread famine and malnutrition, primarily in the Sahelian countries of Africa. World leaders realized that food insecurity...

The pandemic, the aftermath of the first two waves and the continuous fear of a third wave have gripped the nation with many challenges. The economy took a big hit during the first wave and while we were just recovering from it, the second wave and lockdown happened. Despite agriculture being the lesser impacted...

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us that despite several policies oriented towards rural growth and development, the widening socio-economic disparities have posed a huge challenge for the critical health care sector, especially in the rural areas. A study by National Health Profile–2019 observed that there are only 0.55 hospital beds in government hospitals per...

The state of Uttar Pradesh is on a fast-track to sprucing up its rural, agri, education and skill development quotient this month. For starters, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will distribute 20 lakh free gas connections under the Central government's Ujjwala 2.0 scheme today. A government spokesperson informed the media: “Under Ujjwala 2.0, migrant...

The maverick Satish Satpute's vision brought him from Sangli district of Maharashtra to the city of Mumbai. After completing his graduation, as with any Indian youngster, his mind was also curious about what to do next in life, where to go and what profession to choose. Someone cherishes the dream of becoming a doctor. Someone...