As supply chains across the globe expand and evolve, the effect their operations have on the 3P’s – People, Planet and Profits, becomes increasingly complex. The effects on livelihoods are immense as more than 450 million people today are employed as a part of global supply chains, with
Primary health care (PHC) is defined as a whole-of-society approach to health to ensure a high quality level of health and well-being and its equitable distribution, by focusing on people’s needs and as early as possible. This is intended for across the care continuum, from health promotion and disease prevention,
What prevents financial inclusion of SHGS? National and state rural livelihood missions have enabled the formation of more than 86 lakh women’s Self Help Groups (SHGs) in India, and their linkages with financial institutions. SHGs represent a distinctive approach that allows access to low-cost financial services with a process of
By their design and intent, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) have great potential to address several constraints of smallholder farmers and can prove crucial in doubling farmer incomes. However, they are a relatively nascent concept with limited success to date.
Introduction: Regenerative agriculture is an emerging need and has a potential to be scaled up.Unsustainable land use practices in agriculture are resulting in a critical depletion of natural resources. To mitigate and recover from such damages, several alternatives to traditional agriculture have emerged and evolved over time. Regenerative Agriculture (RA)
Abhinav leads Sattva’s Innovation and Blended Finance practices. In Innovation, he works to close India’s translational funding gap, helping move promising research out of the lab and into use at scale by convening capital, academia, industry, and government. Through Blended Finance, he structures capital that makes hard-to-fund problems financeable and
Amongst the most crucial causes of India’s agrarian crisis and subsequent economic slowdown is the structural inability of its small and marginal farmers to access small-sized, affordable and timely credit. The Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN), an upcoming digital protocol, displays immense potential in challenging this situation, by shifting how
We worked with the team from a German development agency to help assess and optimise their training programs, across three countries.
Gender Equality and Women Empowerment is recognised as a critical component of sustainable development and is an area where Sattva has worked on extensively. We present a quick overview of the gap in wages earned by men and women in India.
The latest session in the SKI Touchpoint series was conducted by the Livelihoods Practice Area, on the topic of ‘Rethinking the ways of measuring women’s labour’. The session was facilitated and moderated by Sattva Knowledge Institute’s Tripti Naswa (Principal and Lead, Livelihoods Practice Area), and Sadhana Sanjay (Consultant, Livelihoods Practice