First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Nutrition
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Decommodification’ may be key to solve food crisis
‘Co-existence with ecosystem helps agriculture; begets healthy food’ ‘Decommodification’ of food could hold the key to an effective solution to the food crisis that is waiting to blow in the face, said Cariyappa, a progressive farmer, here on Sunday.
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Pakistan’s population to reach 210m by 2020
: Pakistan’s population will reach 210 million in the next nine years by 2020 – a situation that will burden its limited resources making it difficult for them to meet the requirements of additional people.
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India’s human development index up 21%, but nutrition still a big blot
Inter-State inequalities have significantly narrowed in the last decade, but nutrition and sanitation are still a big concern, says the Human Development Report 2011. The findings of the report are
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Limit food security to the needy, says Pawar
New Delhi: Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said the proposed food security Act should target only needy sections of society for nutritional cover, citing an adverse impact on economy in
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Solutions for a cultivated planet
Increasing population and consumption are placing unprecedented demands on agriculture and natural resources. Today, approximately a billion people are chronically malnourished while our agricultural systems
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Use of pentavalent vaccine after expert study, says Health Minister
Campaign launched to bridge gap in coverage of immunisation programme Health Minister Adoor Prakash said here on Tuesday that an expert committee had been appointed to study the proposal for use of
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Climate change downsizing fauna, flora: study
Climate change downsizing fauna, flora: study Climate change is reducing the body size of many animal and plant species, including some which supply vital nutrition for more than a billion people already
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Flood-hit areas: Unicef appeals for $50.3 million to cover needs of children, women
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) has appealed to international community for $50.3 million to cover the immediate needs of children and women hit by the recent flood in the
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Achieving the MDGs targets in nutrition: does inequality matter?
The prevalence of malnutrition in Bangladesh is one of the highest in the world. Millions of children and women suffer from one or more forms of malnutrition including low birth weight, wasting, stunting,
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Food, agriculture and cities: challenges of food and nutrition security, agriculture and ecosystem management in an urbanizing world
This paper examines the interaction of urban and rural food systems, not as separate systems, but as two complementary sides of the food systems everywhere that are a continuum between urban and rural