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Sustainable agriculture and food systems: Channeling CSR investments to promote science backed development in agriculture sector

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/11325/
 
Title Sustainable agriculture and food systems: Channeling CSR investments to promote science backed development in agriculture sector
 
Creator Pillai, L R
Kane-Potaka, J
Dixit, S
 
Subject Smart Foods
Sustainable Agriculture
Agricultural Marketing
Food and Nutrition
Sustainable Development
Corporate Social Responsibility
Food Security
Indian Agriculture
Poverty
Value Chains
 
Description The investments to sustainable agriculture and food systems contributes directly to reducing hunger, poverty and malnutrition o f the targeted population and positive contribution towards environmental welfare. The issues affecting Indian agriculture spread across the entire agricultural value chain right from soil and water conservation to market connectivity and social concerns associated. This paper maps three major focus areas under agriculture where in the CSR investments can be channelized. This include addressing the Environmental constraints, Improving Access to Markets and Social engineering and various sub-elements for financing being suggested under these suggested focus areas. The paper seeks to explore opportunities for promoting responsible investments in agriculture and food systems through CSR investments. This paper takes a case study approach and analyses in the context of the various development work done by ICRISAT and using the impacts as a guiding factor for proposed investment suggestions.
 
Publisher Khama Publishers
 
Date 2019-10
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11325/1/Sustainable%20agriculture.pdf
Pillai, L R and Kane-Potaka, J and Dixit, S (2019) Sustainable agriculture and food systems: Channeling CSR investments to promote science backed development in agriculture sector. In: Corporate Social Responsiblity: A Development Perspective. Khama Publishers, India, pp. 37-44. ISBN 9-788185-495552