Festival Background (Local Food Systems Festival 2025)

A Local Food System is a nexus linking different components, from production to consumption, from farmers to consumers “from farm to fork”, to use the expression in Western countries, or “from farm to fingers”, as it is said in India.  A Local Food System also corresponds to a network of stakeholders, often in cooperation, sometimes in conflict, who act within the marketing chain, or within the same area, or at different scales from the field to the State.

The 7th edition of the Local Food Systems Festival sought to deal with all of the elements of an LFS holistically by meeting with key stakeholders, from women entrepreneurs to fishermen, and exploring areas such as Pondicherry, Madurai and the Jawadhu Hills. 

Event Background

Under the festival day's theme of From Sea to Hills, HAB Academic Director Aarti Kawlra, and IFP partners Hélène Guétat-Bernard, and Delphine Thivet participated in the Exploring the Jawadhu Hills: Insights from Collaborative Research research panel to discuss the community-engaged research methodology of HAB in the context of Jawadhu Hills. 

Event Schedule

Exploring the Jawadhu Hills: Insights from Collaborative Research

1. Social Determinants of Health in Jawadhu Hills: Dr. Anuradha Rose, Community Health and Development (CHAD) Project, CMC Vellore, and Father Vinod, Don Bosco Jawadhu Hills:
2. Millets in the Jawadhu Hills: a lure or a driver of development?: Bertrand Sajaloli (Orléans university), Laura Verdelli (Tours university)
3. The A.S.I.E NGO: A strong partnership with the DHAN Foundation for scientific culture, citizenship and solidarity in Tamil Nadu: Noémie Atek, ASIE
4. Soil analysis in the Jawadhu Hills: Cécile Grosbois, Sébastien Salvador (Tours University)
5. Methodology of the approach Humanities Across Borders: the example of the millets survey in Jawadhu Hills: Aarti Kawlra (IIAS, Leiden), Delphine Thivet (IFP), Hélène Guétat-Bernard (ENSFEA, Toulouse/IFP)
6. Presentation of the booklet Words from Jawadhu hills, a collaborative project of IFP & IIAS: Philippe Peycam (IIAS, Leiden), Aarti Kawlra, Hélène Guétat-Bernard, Delphine Thivet

You can download a PDF copy of Words from Jawadhu Hills here.