What is the Solution Exchange for the Food and Nutrition Security Community? 

The Food and Nutrition Security Community supports India’s food and nutrition security goals by promoting sustainable improvement in food production, reducing malnutrition and poverty, improving implementation and impact of food related social safety net programs, food safety and prevention of food borne disease and dietary diversification.

Solution Exchange connects members of this Community and increases the effectiveness of their individual efforts, helping them share and apply each other’s knowledge and experience. Through Solution Exchange, colleagues can turn to their peers across India for solutions to the day-to-day challenges they face.

What are some of the issues covered by this Community?

• Sustainable food production, production resources, post-harvest practices, and livelihood and income generation
• Food and nutrition security in areas such as food processing, marketing, distribution, food quality and safety
• Enhancing production and consumption of fruits, vegetables and pulses through farm and dietary diversification
  
• Efficacy of current agriculture, food and nutrition programs and policies
• Malnutrition and undernutrition including micronutrient deficiencies, and nutrition awareness and remedies

• Field workers and administrators from government, donors, NGOs and the private sector
  
• Local level administrators, leaders and activists
•  Educators in agriculture, rural development, home science and medical colleges
• Policy-makers and programme planners
• Researchers and scientists
• Other professionals interested in food and nutrition security

Membership Profile

Since its start in June 2005, the Food and Nutrition Security Community has grown to 1,800 members, joining at an average of 12 persons a week. 22% of the members have posted one or more messages. Based on quarterly sample surveys of members, the benefits gained from membership averages out at 4.1 out of 5 "stars"

32% of the members work in NGOs, 14% in Government agencies, and 24% in policy or research institutes or academia. 13% work in the private sector or are independent consultants. 17% work for UN or other donor agencies, programmes and projects, or professional associations. Regionally, membership balances out between 33% in Delhi and 11% in the East; 4% come from outside India.