There's a way

How do we bring economy, and equity, to water supply?

Let people do it

Involve communities in the distribution process

Check wastage

Put a price to water

A partial success

Private sector-community collaborations need more inputs

Make it different

For the rich and for the poor

Be cautious

Privatisation can do more harm than good

It's often a disaster

South Africa's experience with privatisation

Limited

The private sector's role

Pariahs, no more?

Zimbabwe's urban farmers are finally being seen as answers to its development ills

Urban agriculture needs to be climate smart, say experts at African Conference on Agricultural Technology

Urban, peri-urban agriculture important for food security but greenhouse gas emissions need to be kept in check

Grown on waste

Farms in cities

A case for urban agriculture in India

Aanandaa Farms: The joy of growing a food forest

Manisha Lath Gupta, who was an executive vice president in a private bank, decided to grow healthy food for herself and her family in 2011. She …

Over 100 global experts to exchange ideas at 13th International Permaculture Convergence

The conference will bridge the gap between the small and the big farmers, and also bring to light the importance of women farmers

The great divide

For the urban Indian, upwardly mobile on auto-power, livestock means products like milk and meat. For 75 per cent of India living in villages, it …

How to Manage and Compost Kitchen Waste at Home : Explained in Five Easy Steps

Priyanka Bhasin, from Roots and Wings, is a partner with Daily Dump. She explains what is organic waste, how to segregate the waste and compost …

How To Have Your Own Kitchen Garden: Explained in 10 Minutes

Fazal and Kapil from Edible Routes tell you the exact steps on how to have your own kitchen rooftop garden. Growing your own food is the best way …

Strawberry fields aren't forever

Vertical farms, the successful marriage of agriculture with industry, are the farms of the future

Urban-rural links to ensure food security, benefit rural producers

Weak link between smallholders and urban consumers is the main hurdle in improving food security in both rural and urban areas in developing …

Cultivated idea: Urban farming in India requires holistic policy support; here is why

In India, urban farming has seen some traction across states; but rapid development and the need to make urban agriculture viable mean the …

Union Budget 2023-24: India’s farmers can take to organic agriculture with proper support

Meagre allocations to organic/natural farming is negligible compared to huge funding towards chemical-based farming

Going to town with agriculture

Helped by a proactive government, residents of Havana resort to urban agriculture to solve their food crisis

Africa’s food systems are being shaped by climate crises, rising population

Report identifies six megatrends affecting development of agrifood systems in the continent

Handful of agrifood giants control global food markets, warns report

Food barons report finds China, India & Brazil are reordering global food chain; but retaining global North's extractive models

Urban agriculture: Towards an inclusive approach to make Delhi an ‘edible city’

Much of urban farming in Delhi either a livelihood strategy or means of self-supply of organic vegetables