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The SAGE Impact Leaders will be both Indian and International students registered at participating institutes. For information on the Junior and Senior Ambassadors, please see: https://sites.google.com/echonetwork.in/sagereport2023/home. The PhD SAGE Fellows will be selected through National and International calls in early 2024. The projects will be supported for three years (a typical PhD fellowship period).
Host Institute: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
Host Academic Supervisor: Sagar Pandit, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
Co-Project Supervisors:
Hans Jørgen Lyngs Jørgensen, Associate Professor, Section for Plant & Soil Sciences, Dept. Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Sudharsan Jayabalan, Chief Executive Officer, IIIRPD RoboTech
Y.D.Imran Khan, Senior Researcher and Thematic Lead - Ecology, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
Saurabh Purohit, Senior Researcher - Ecology, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
Advisors:
Aditya Parekh, Independent Consultant
Jyotsna Krishnakumar, Director - Community Wellbeing Programme, Keystone Foundation
Kesavan Subaharan, Principal Scientist (Entomology), Division of Germplasm Conservation and Utilisation, ICAR - National Bureau of Agricultural Insects Resources (NBAIR)
Sivaramakrishnan B, Principal Strategist, Forum For The Future
Contributors:
Markendeya Gorantla, Chairman & Managing Director, ATGC Biotech Pvt. Ltd.
Søren Hvilshøj, Senior Market Director, NIRAS
Aim
Aim
A “Food Systems Roadmap” offering opportunities for a supportive institutional ecosystem for transitioning to and upscaling nutrition-positive ecosystem-based agriculture in local communities.
Key Objectives
Key Objectives
Identification of the critical institutional barriers in the agricultural value chain
Assessment of institutional abilities, needs, risks, and benefits associated with incentivizing regenerative agriculture in communities.
Formulate institutional design strategies that can incentivize holistic regenerative agriculture locally
Roadmap outlining opportunities for a supportive institutional ecosystem for transitioning to and upscaling nutrition-positive ecosystem-based agriculture in local communities.
Key Outcomes
Key Outcomes
Institutional ecosystem map for a targeted agricultural value chain
Policy and practice recommendations for incentivization of sustainable practices and inclusion of benefits
Resources Needed
Resources Needed
Entry Participants
Entry Participants
Organisations working on ground with access to communities
Local government
Agricultural institutions (local and national level)
FPOs
Farmers
Entry Resources
Entry Resources
Access to communities in targeted sites
Local datasets
Primary research for Value chain mapping
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