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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Naveen: Agri policy will boost farmers income
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the programme for agriculture development in the State should be based on growing population and food requirements of the people.
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Panel meet tomorrow to expedite decision
After facing the Opposition-sponsored cut motions on urea price and fuel price hike during the recently concluded Budget session of Parliament, the government has now decided to speed up the process of implementing nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) regime.
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Profiting from food and famine
Zoe Williams As the world is hit by a food crisis, the markets see nothing immoral in skimming off a profit.
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Low nutrition districts to be mapped for surveillance
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Union Women and Child Development Ministry will map the high-risk and vulnerable districts to strengthen nutrition surveillance. It will also set up a working group for surveillance in health and nutrition at the Central level under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS).
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India Shining or India Starving?
INDIA BECAME independent soon after the Great Bengal Famine that claimed two million lives. An independent and free India reclaimed her food sovereignty and food security.
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NREG, PDS & nutritional deprivation
ITH spiralling food price inflation and sluggish employment growth in both rural and urban areas, the spectre of hunger and nutritional deprivation looms large for millions of households.
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Citys nutrition rate worse than Sub-Saharas: Experts
Delhi with a malnutrition rate of 47% among the urban poor and an overall rate of 35% in the city, is much worse than even Sub-Sahara at 33%, stated experts at a consultation on
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Saving Madhya Pradesh children with nutrition centres
Shivpuri: Kartar Adivasi, a one-year-old, weighed just 6.342 kg when he was admitted to the nutritional rehabilitation centre (NRC) at Narwar in Madhya Pradesh. Born to Banwari and Binia of village Kiranpura (Barkhadi), the child was kept at the NRC for 14 days and then under followup care at his house, with the result that his weight increased to 9.3 kg by the time he was 15 months old.
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Seasonal variations in adaptational strategies of Beta vulgaris L. plants in response to ambient air pollution
Seasonal variations and effects of ambient air pollutants on palak (Beta vulgaris L. var. Allgreen) plants were investigated with respect to root, shoot length, number of leaves plant-1, leaf area and root and shoot biomass at a suburban site situated in dry tropical area of India, experiencing elevated levels of ambient air pollutants.
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Status of food and welfare schemes in Madhya Pradesh: a report
Recent report on the status of food and welfare schemes that are being monitored by the Supreme Court of India under the Right to Food case (no. 196 of 2001). It shows what is missing, what is moving & what has to be done and where in various state welfare programs to ensure that people at margin enjoy their entitlements with dignity.