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
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
The Act guarantees free nutritious meals or take-home rations in anganwadis, schools and other institutions Chhattisgarh government had amended its Food Security Act 2012 to add 'nutrition' as it had
Iron deficiency is not found only in the malnourished. Children having adequate dietary intake may also suffer from this serious health problem, according to a study conducted on children living in Delhi
Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation begins tomorrow In a major initiative to address adolescent anaemia, the government is launching a Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) Programme from Karnataka from Wednesday.
More than three and half decades since it was started, the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) remains work-in-progress. Around 80 percent of the centres lack a proper kitchen in Manipur, found
The government has taken an initiative to create mass awareness about food nutrition to reduce nutrition deficiency as well as on food security, post-harvest technology, and food processing and its preservation,
Japan has confirmed a contribution of US$5.46 million (Yen 470 million, Tk 42 crore) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Bangladesh, reports UNB. More than 400,000 people in the most disaster-prone
The children of rural VDCs of the district have been suffering from malnutrition owing to the lack of nutritious food. The number of children suffering from undernourishment has been increasing in the
The National Food Security Ordinance, 2013 notified by the Union government entitles 67% of the population to receive subsidised grains from government every month. Read full text.
GOADED by its perceived potential as a vote-winner, the UPA government on Wednesday chose to promulgate an ordinance to give effect to the Food Security Bill, which would give 67% the population the right
Ten out of every 100 children, aged 5-18 living in Bangladesh’s urban areas, are overweight while 4 per cent obese, says a new study. It indicates that there is a double burden of both under-nutrition