India
Indian partners have actively collaborated with the Paniya, Kattunayakan, Kurichiya, Pahari Korwas , Paharias and Baiga Indigenous peoples in 3 communities since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Country Context
Food Systems Characteristics
Communities who have been self-reliant for food using a combination of gathering uncultivated foods, hunting and gathering from the fallow lands and forests. Communities use the forest as a safety net and gather plants, honey, fish which supplements their food plate with diversity
Climate & Environmental Stress
Pastoral grasslands are invaded with invasive species causing habitats to be degraded and as a result less pasture land for traditional communities.
Social Stress
Key Collaborators
Partner organisations from Eastern and Western Ghats
Organisations from North East India will also be invited as part of this case study