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Studies Completed During 2022
Agriculture Nutrition Pathways for Convergent Framing a “Future-ready Digital Farmer
Action to address India’s Nutrition Challenges Services”
(TRIF Led Consortium with PwC India for BMGF) The scoping study brought together diverse
Team completed study taking a 360-degree stakeholders to shape the future of agriculture
approach with focus on unlocking systemic systems in Bihar with the Digital Farmer Services
governance and delivery structure to respond to
drivers of a convergent effort towards dietary state’s (a)unique agro-ecology and evolving
diversity with emphasis on proper procurement, land-people dynamics (b) state’s emerging
marketing and distribution. The proposed economy and sector composition (c) emerging
approach drawn from extensive consultation with agriculture sector reforms and private sector
senior government officials, NITI Aayog, ICAR and engagements and (d) the young rural
private sector and domain experts is to demography with digital access and aspirations.
complement GoI’s special focus on addressing
nutritional challenges - POSHAN TRIF with SFSA, Dhwani Rural Information
System, & PwC India brought deep expertise,
Abhiyan/NNM/NLM.
insights and right skills to develop an
implementation understanding of Small Scale
Producers and engagement with government
Local Food System to improve Dietary Diversity systems specifically Bihar’s agriculture
Prioritizing fruits and vegetables, animal-sourced department and Jeevika, including their expertise
food and local varieties of low cost, hyperlocal and connect with Agtech and socent space. The
nutritious foods. With emphasis on innovative study focused to increase wellbeing from the
institutional processes strengthening the supply perspective of gender inclusion, nutrition and
chain infrastructure by forging partnerships
between the community-based institutions and livelihoods security, access to public investments,
private sector players for retaining local produce private sector and cooperative system linkages to
for local consumption to enhance dietary increase market/demand-linked opportunities.
diversity. The scoping study undertook deep dive into the
agricultural landscape of the State facilitated by
Gender Mainstreaming Across Food-care primary & secondary research, convened studies,
System consulting multitude of stakeholders involved in
Framework with the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana the agriculture and allied sector.
- National Rural Livelihoods Mission is a platform
for bridging and unlocking agriculture- nutrition
pathways by addressing food and nutrition
security concerns of women and children had
been laid out. Driven by ideas such as low-cost
cold storage facility, affordable transportation
and mini food -processing infrastructure, the
idea was to create closed local loops for
production-procurement-distribution to spur
production and consumption.
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