Tagged with "India"

IDH’s climate resilience project in Maharashtra creates impact on smallholders’ livelihood through water management and market linkages

With inspiring results from the first year of intervention, IDH’s ‘Securing Smallholder Livelihoods in Rainfed Maharashtra’ program has entered into its second phase. The project was launched in 2019 with…

Palm oil demand in India

Recent news reports show palm oil production-side challenges and supply chain disruptions in the wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic, which are set to significantly impact prices and/or volumes available…

Helping India reduce its deforestation footprint

Cotton Yearbook 2019

Cotton is one of the most significant crops in the global textile industry. From cultivation to processing, 250 million smallholder farmers are dependent on the crop for…

COVID-19: Supporting farmers and communities in India

Multiple initiatives in India subsidize hospital transport, share information or help deliver essential items to farmers.  We have seen considerable changes in India with the spread of the coronavirus across…

Bridging the gender gap in India

Gender discrimination is one of the biggest challenges for workplace equality in the Indian agriculture sector. Despite the crucial role women play in agriculture in India, they are generally…

IDH Partners for the First South Asian Conference on Sustainability in Textile and Apparel Industry

IDH was a partner at the First South Asian Conference on Sustainability in Textile and Apparel Industry held on March 3, 2020 in New Delhi, India. The conference…

Bridging the Gender Gap

Gender discrimination is one of the biggest challenges for workplace equality in the Indian agriculture sector. Despite the crucial role women play in agriculture in India, they…

LABS Helpline launched in India and Vietnam

Life And Building Safety (LABS) Initiative has launched a Helpline in Vietnam and India for the factories associated with the program in both countries. The Helpline provides direct access to…

Artificial Intelligence to help Indian aquaculture farmers to tackle shrimp diseases

Aquaconnect, IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative, and Professor Kenton Morgan partner in a project to predict shrimp diseases by using machine learning. The project aims to benefit 13.000 ha of…