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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The food price crisis and urban food insecurity
This paper argues that the disproportionate attention that policy solutions to the food price crisis give to rural dwellers is probably misplaced. Although in developing countries rural poverty is often deeper and more widespread than urban poverty, rural dwellers are often net producers of food, frequently of the very staples whose prices are rising.
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Poverty and human development in Sri Lanka
This report traces the causes of poverty in Sri Lanka and provides policy recommendations, especially for areas of conflict. It argues that agriculture suffers from low productivity and competitiveness.
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Nutritional officer to check quality of Midday Meals soon
The Education Department would shortly appoint a nutritional officer to check the quality of the food served and evaluate the nutritive value of Midday Meals on day-to-day basis, declared Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate on the floor of the House on Wednesday.
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Organic Food Is No Healthier, Study Finds
Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food, according to a major study published Wednesday. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said consumers were paying higher prices for organic food because of its perceived health benefits, creating a global organic market worth an estimated $48 billion in 2007.
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Need for food security: Vandana Shiva
Noted environment activist Vandana Shiva on Monday said India had beaten Africa in hunger as half of the country
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A Grain Of Good Sense
The budget reiterates the government
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Paper Tiger Economics
Are reforms really on hold or was it just 'poor packaging'? Has the era of 'big policy in a suitcase' ended? Are we back to the '80s? Pranab Mukherjee's 'holding budget' leaves its flanks open. Precept And Practice: UPA Reforms Agenda What was announced in Budget
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The calorie delusion: Why food labels are wrong
According to a small band of researchers, using the information on food labels to estimate calorie intake could be a very bad idea. They argue that calorie estimates on food labels are based on flawed and outdated science, and provide misleading information on how much energy your body will actually get from a food.
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The burning truth about calories
With obesity rising across the developed world, you'd think the revelation that food labels get their calorie content wrong would lead to an outcry and calls for a change. Well, you would be wrong. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) looked at the issue a few years ago and decided to do nothing.
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South Asia
Dubious vitamin drive: A committee investigating reports of deaths and illnesses following a nationwide campaign promoting vitamin A and de-worming medicines in Bangladesh said the tablets were safe. The government had launched the investigation after two children died and 400 fell sick soon after consuming the tablets. Some 20 million children received Vitamin A capsules and 19