Research Framework

The NOMI Framework

A Four-Pillar Approach to Food System Resilience
in Climate-Exposed Communities

🌊 Nutritional Stress 🔧 Operational Resilience 📊 Market & Livelihoods 🌱 Indigenous Knowledge

Developed through field research in the Indian Sundarbans — one of the world’s most climate-exposed food systems

Foundation

The Four Pillars

NOMI captures the interconnected dimensions of food system resilience through four complementary analytical lenses.

🌊

Nutritional & Salinity Stress

NSS

Explores how salinity intrusion and climate exposure compromise nutritional security, water access, and dietary diversity in coastal communities.

🔧

Operational Resilience

OR

Examines supply chain infrastructure, cold chain logistics, market access, and the operational capacity of food systems under climate stress.

📊

Market & Livelihood Ecosystems

MLE

Analyzes economic dimensions including market dynamics, livelihood diversification, and financial resilience of food system actors.

🌱

Indigenous Knowledge

IK

Documents traditional ecological knowledge, local adaptation practices, and community-based food safety strategies passed through generations.

Methodology

Application Workflow

Seven systematic steps to apply the NOMI framework at any climate-exposed field site.

1

Select Study Context

Identify a climate-exposed food system and define the geographic, ecological, and socioeconomic boundaries of the study site.

Field Setup
2

NOMI-Guided Data Collection

Conduct semi-structured interviews and ethnographic observation using the four-pillar interview protocol to capture multi-dimensional data.

Field Work
3

Apply Four-Pillar Coding Framework

Systematically code qualitative data across the NSS, OR, MLE, and IK pillars using the standardized NOMI codebook.

Analysis
4

Map Cross-Pillar Relationships

Identify and document thematic relationships that bridge pillars, revealing the interconnected nature of food system dynamics.

Analysis
5

Computational Community Detection

Apply Leiden algorithm community detection to reveal emergent thematic clusters and cross-pillar governance domains.

Computation
6

CQT Literature Validation

Cross-validate emergent themes against peer-reviewed literature using the Convergence-Qualification-Triangulation protocol.

Validation
7

One Health Policy Translation

Translate findings into actionable policy recommendations using the AMRP pathway and One Health governance lens.

Policy
Validation

Sundarbans Case Study

📍 Gosaba & Patharpratima, Indian Sundarbans

The NOMI framework was developed and validated through intensive field research in the Indian Sundarbans, one of the world's most climate-exposed deltaic food systems.

44
Respondents
317
Unique Codes
19
Emergent Themes
473
Relationships Mapped
45%
Cross-Pillar Connectivity
4,533
Evidence Records
0.770
Modularity (Q)
Research Tool

nomi-apply

A standalone CLI tool that operationalizes the NOMI framework for new field sites.

$ nomi-apply

From Framework to Field Application

nomi-apply bridges the gap between the NOMI conceptual framework and practical field research. Import codebooks, run community detection, validate with literature, and generate policy-ready outputs.

  • 📖 Codebook Import — Load and adapt the NOMI coding framework for your study context
  • 🔗 Community Detection — Leiden algorithm clustering with modularity optimization
  • ✅ CQT Validation — Convergence-Qualification-Triangulation literature protocol
  • 🎯 AMRP Pathway — Automated policy translation through the AMRP framework
  • 📊 Interactive Dashboard — Visualize pillar networks and cross-pillar relationships
  • 📦 Export Suite — Generate publication-ready figures and structured data outputs
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# Initialize a new NOMI study
$ nomi-apply init --site "Sundarbans"
  Created project: sundarbans-2026/
 
# Import codebook and run analysis
$ nomi-apply codebook --import nomi-standard.json
  Loaded 317 codes across 4 pillars
 
# Detect thematic communities
$ nomi-apply detect --algorithm leiden
  ✓ Found 19 communities (Q=0.770)
 
# Launch interactive dashboard
$ nomi-apply dashboard
  ✓ Dashboard running at localhost:3000
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Interactive network visualization
Reference

Publication

Original Research

NOMI: A Four-Pillar Framework for Food System Resilience Analysis in Climate-Exposed Communities. Dialogues in Health, 2026.

Samposhyam Foundation  |  Dialogues in Health

🏛  Samposhyam Foundation, Kolkata, India