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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State of world hunger 2011: our common interest - ending hunger and malnutrition
<p>The 2011 Hunger Report covers the role of the United States in mobilizing global commitments to increase investments in agriculture, food security, and nutrition in developing countries. A dramatic rise in hunger and poverty in the wake of volatile food prices in 2007 and 2008 led to Feed the Future, a bold initiative from the U.S. government.
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Training on food safety and quality
COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University will conduct a two-day training on
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Raw and processed fruit and vegetable consumption and 10-year coronary heart disease incidence in a population-based cohort study in the Netherlands
Prospective cohort studies have shown that high fruit and vegetable consumption is inversely associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). Whether food processing affects this association is unknown.
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Interest groups lobby Sonia over food law
<p>Ahead of the crucial National Advisory Council (NAC) meeting on October 23, public interest groups have sought the intervention of its chairperson Sonia Gandhi to make the proposed National Food Security Act “comprehensive and meaningful”. The NAC has been debating various scenarios to cover the maximum number of beneficiaries under the proposed law.
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Another scheme after Indira
Defying the directive issued by Cabinet Secretary K.M.
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India ranked lower than China, Pakistan in new Global Hunger Index
Gargi Parsai India has been ranked 67, much lower than neighbouring China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal in the 2010 Global Hunger Index (GHI) Report released on Monday by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a United States-based policy think tank.
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India trails Pak, Lanka in hunger index
New Delhi: Despite witnessing high economic growth during the last few years, India has been ranked below many of its neighbouring countries like China and Pakistan, a global hunger index published on Monday by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), said. One of the few economies to register healthy growth while large parts of the world see a recession, India has been ranked 67th
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Opportunities galore for food technologists
How important is the role of food technologist in food industry? Food technologist play a pivotal role in food industry. They ensure the quality of food stuff and implement new innovations. The fast paced life especially in big cities has changed the consumption pattern of the people.
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Right to food and nutrition watch 2010
The Right to Food and Nutrition Watch is a powerful tool to put pressure on policymakers at the national and international level to take the human right to food and nutrition into account.
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Bioindustrial horticultural watersheds
The only hope of feeding India's future population of 1500 million lies in the sea food and horticulture. National Commission for Farms and Farmers under chairmanship of Prof. M. S. Swaminathan says that