Understanding food systems: Need, types and drivers A food system is a holistic set of practices that contribute towards food production and consumption to meet dietary requirements of the population. Food production, distribution, processing and consumption form the backbone of food systems which require access to resources like labour, finance,
Women smallholder farmers comprise of 43% of the labour force in emerging economies. However, their productivity is less than male counterparts.
If you are an entrepreneur or an organisation looking to build a platform-based approach to solve a problem, then here are some reflections on making the shift in applying platform thinking to social impact.
India has one of the largest education systems catering to almost 25 crore children. Despite the scope and expanse of interventions, the issue of low learning levels persists. Only 21% of children from grade 3 can read grade 2 text and 26% of children from grade 3 can do basic
Atul Kotnala brings 12 years of rich experience in the social impact sector working with various philanthropic foundations. As the Associate Principal at Sattva, Atul leads the Bharat Collective to influence philanthropic capital, and build capacity of hyperlocal organistaion backward areas.
In this episode of Decoding Impact, Rathish Balakrishnan and Shraman Jha explore India’s existing water gaps, the nuances of water security, effectively using data, and how rural women are emerging as champions of water management.
Increasing effects of climate change, overexploitation of natural resources like water, decreasing quality of soil and nutrient quality of food due to consistent employment of
conventional farm activities have led to the emergence of a need to adopt more sustainable and healthier models of farm production.
Organic farming
This episode of Decoding Impact with Rathish Balakrishnan features an in-depth conversation with Shilpa Kumar to unpack why we need climate finance and how Development Finance Institutions are uniquely positioned to address it.
At Sattva, we helped a Ghanian enterprise identify a suitable go-to-market strategy to support local entrepreneurs, boost sales and reach their targets.