A case study on the practice of Ethnoveterinary Medicine in India in the context of Nature Positive Food Systems

Summary

Transforming food systems to be more nature-positive requires actions that both minimise harming the environment and actively contribute to biodiversity restoration and enhancement. Given the food system’s complexity — including environmental impacts, social dynamics, technological processes,
infrastructure, and institutional frameworks — a shift towards nature-positive food systems (NPFS) requires a collaborative, multi-stakeholder approach.
To deepen our understanding of the NPFS concept and the transition toward such systems across diverse spatial, environmental, social/cultural, and economic contexts, two agricultural practices were selected as case studies: one in Kenya and another in India. In this report, we focus on India,
specifically the use of ethnoveterinary medicine (EVM) among smallholder dairy farmers in Anand, a district in Gujarat state, India.