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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Crunch metals cure diarrhoea
research carried out in Bangladesh has shown that giving zinc supplements to children suffering from diarrhoea can reduce the duration and severity of the disease. The study has been carried out by
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More than food
<i>Sattu</i> roasted gram flour healthy, protein rich and affordable food that is the lifeline of Bihar
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Food for thought
Iron cooking vessels help combat iron deficiency
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The food revolution: How your diet can help save your llife and the world
OUR diet. How and where does it come from? Its impact on us and the entire ecosystem is of utmost concern to us. John Robbins' previous works have explored this subject in some detail. This book
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Follow Up
The first commercial product from seabuckthorn, (Hippophae sp) has been finally launched in India. The fruit of this plant has high nutritive and medicinal value (A bushful of medicine, Down To
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Supreme Court order on Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) dated 28/11/2001
Supreme Court order on Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) dated 28/11/2001 in the matter of People's Union for Civil Liberties Vs Union of India & Ors.
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Nutrition attrition
By blindly pushing rice and wheat through the public distribution system (PDS), the government is spreading malnutrition among India’s poor. “The paddy varieties grown in our country mostly contain
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Cereal killer
By promotong rice over coarse grains, the government is promoting food scarcity and defeciency of micronutrients among India’s most malnourished sections
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Rice: the real cost
It is said the future wars would be fought over the issue of water, not land. Yet Indian government promotes rice, which consumes water, over the dryland friendly grains
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Persistent in folly
Rice and wheat fetch a secure price and subsidies on farm inputs. Coarse grains have no place in the public distribution system, although their value in the international market is rising