ABSTRACT
This paper shows how circular economy principles are expressed in nutrition-sensitive agriculture, and how this can be utilised to address malnutrition among endogenous communities of India, addressing Sustainable Development Goal 2 ‘Zero Hunger’. With the support of Linking Agriculture with Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA), the civil society organisation VAAGDHARA undertook this research of applying principles of the circular economy for the revival of the traditional nutrition-sensitive farming system with endogenous communities in India. Participatory tools were developed by different agencies, and participatory learning and action (PLA) tools were customised and applied to 30 groups of 20 farmers in 30 villages of Banswara district. Based on this research, we developed a framework to apply approaches of circular economy principles to agriculture in order to support sustainable lifestyles and livelihoods.
