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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Report on the state of food insecurity in urban India
<p><span id="itro1">This new report on the state of food insecurity in urban India by MSSRF shows that the period of economic reforms and high GDP growth has not seen an unambiguous improvement in urban food security across all States.</span></p>
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Food security in India: performance, challenges and policies
This paper examines performance, challenges, and policies in food security in terms of availability, access, and absorption or nutrition.
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Improving governance for food security and nutrition
The eighth Policies against Hunger conference discussed the subject of
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Global poverty and the new bottom billion: what if three-quarters of the worlds poor live in middle-income countries?
<p>This paper argues that the global poverty problem has changed because most of the world’s poor no longer live in poor countries meaning low-income countries (LICs).
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Supplementary nutrition to women and children - A situational analysis of anganwadis in tribal areas of Gujarat
<p>This article reports findings from a survey of anganwadis, undertaken in the tribal region of Gujarat. It was found that services were poorer in the more backward and distant hilly areas than in the plain areas of the region. The coverage of population by anganwadis was not uniform and was disproportionately divided even within the same village.
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Universal Vitamin A supplementation programme in India: The need for a re-look
<p>Vitamin A is an essential nutrient needed in small amounts for normal functioning of the visual system, growth and development, maintenance of epithelial cellular integrity, immune function and reproduction.
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Fruit and soil quality of organic and conventional strawberry agroecosystems
<p>Sale of organic foods is one of the fastest growing market segments within the global food industry. People often buy organic food because they believe organic farms produce more nutritious and better tasting food from healthier soils.
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Is hunger in the world on the rise?
In its latest report on food insecurity, the FAO asserted that 915 million people were undernourished in 2008, and the figure is estimated to rise to 1.02 billion in 2009. The alarming numbers raise the twin questions of how the estimates are derived and how reliable they are.
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What can we learn from nutrition impact evaluations?
This report reviews recent impact evaluations of interventions and programs that seek to reduce child malnutrition as measured by low anthropometric outcomes. The objective is to distill lessons on effective approaches and to improve the relevance of nutrition impact evaluations of World Bank
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NAC pares down its wish list on food security
Smita Gupta New Delhi: For the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC), drafting a Food Security Bill that will pass muster with the government is proving harder than it appeared at the outset. At the NAC's fourth meeting on Monday, informed sources said, Ms.