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Since Independence, one of the primary objectives of India’s agricultural policy has been to improve farmers’ access to institutional credit and reduce their dependence on informal credit.

Eastern India is waiting for Green Revolution to improve food security and reduce poverty. A large fraction of the population in this part of the country is dependent on agriculture for food and livelihood security.

SAFANSI Roundtable: A Focus on Government Action for Nutrition in South Asia is planned to be organized on September 7-8, 2017 at Hotel Yak and Yeti, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Call for abstracts for a conference on “Green Revolution in Eastern India: Constraints, Opportunities and Way Forward” on Oct 09-10, 2017 at NASC, Pusa, New Delhi, India.

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) organized a two day, Regional Dialogue on Agricultural Mechanization in South Asia on July 20-21, 2017 in New Delhi, India.

he International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences, and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research began a two-day international conference in New Delhi on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through agriculture in India.

The food systems in South Asia have been undergoing significant transformation. This transformation in South Asia poses several challenges.

It has now been a decade since the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) cleared the halls of Parliament. MGNREGA’s principal aim is to improve livelihoods, mostly in the rural areas, by guaranteeing 100 days of work every year.