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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Engendering agricultural research
This paper makes a case for gender equity in the agricultural R&D system. It reviews the evidence on exactly why it is important to pay attention to gender issues in agriculture and why it is necessary to recognize women
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Banana and its by-product utilisation: an overview
Banana serves as an ideal and low cost food source for developing countries where most of the population rely mostly on bananas for food. Banana plant parts are useful as insecticide, antioxidant, colour absorber, in preparation of various functional foods, wine, alcohol, biogas, cattle feed etc. This review discusses usefulness of banana fruits, peel, leaves, pseudostem, sheath,
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Poor count
<p>The United Progressive Alliance government has drafted a showpiece bill to guarantee food for each and every poor person in India. But the government is yet to define who is poor. After objections from within and outside the government, the Empowered Group of Ministers (egom) that drafted the National Food Security bill said it will consider changes.
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Performance evaluation of Cooked Mid-Day Meal (CMDM)
The main objectives of the evaluation study were to assess the coverage of children under CMDM, availability of infrastructure for implementation of CMDM, improvement in attendance, retention and nutritional
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A right denied
The real purpose of the draft Food Security Bill is to replace a universal system of public food distribution with a targeted system.
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The main issue is peoples inability to secure essentials
Interview with Jean Dreze, development economist.
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Stunted India
Under-nutrition, as a
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Right to Food Campaign activists seek debate on proposed food security Bill
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The Right to Food Campaign on Tuesday expressed its disappointment with the
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Include infants as vulnerable group in Food Security Act
INFANTS and children below two years and in particular infants below six months should be included as a vulnerable group in the Food Security Act, according to a group of civil society organisations.
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Trivialising food security
It was an election promise of the Congress Party. Then, when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance came back to power, it was part of its 100-day agenda. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh even declared,