India Research Center
The India Research Center, based in Mumbai, serves as a hub for Harvard Chan School’s research projects, educational programs, and knowledge translation and communication work across India.
Email
irc@hsph.harvard.edu
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Location
Dextrus, 6th floor,
Peninsula Towers,
Peninsula Corporate Park,
Lower Parel, Mumbai 400013
India
National Consultation on Food Atlas
February 2020
- To launch the “Bhartiya Poshan Krishi Kosh”, Lindsay Jaacks and the India Research Center, in partnership with the National Nutrition Mission, held a national stakeholder consultation with NITI Aayog, the Ministries of Women and Child, Agriculture, Food and Public Distribution, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, the National Institute of Nutrition, and development partners including BMGF, IFPRI and PHFI, amongst others.
- The scope of the consultation was to discuss the proposed Poshan Atlas and its policy implications for agricultural production, crop diversification and climate resilience. Additionally, participants discussed the plans for crowdsourcing India’s nutritional dietary diversity and mobilization of key stakeholders for uptake of the “Poshan Atlas”.