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 provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
This document presents a rapid drought impact assessment that was carried out by UNICEF’s India Country Office in eight states with the aim of providing insights into drought management practices and their effectiveness. It identifies UNICEF’s role in supporting efforts to achieve long-term climate and disaster resilience. A contextual analysis …
insecurity, yet the policy discourse around food and nutrition security in India has largely been gender-blind. This paper, based on a review of existing literature and emerging research, emphasizes the need to place gender justice at the center of all food and nutrition interventions, if food and nutrition security for …
Implementation of evidence-based interventions to control obesity is regarded as a public health priority. In this working paper, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness evidence of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes, nutrition labeling, advertising bans on unhealthy food, and school-based interventions are reviewed. The review indicates that SSB taxes may be an effective and …
The modern era of federal farm commodity subsidies began with the New Deal more than 80 years ago. At that time, a large fraction of American poverty was concentrated in rural and agricultural regions. Since then, subsidy programs, international trade measures, and commodity regulations have been repeatedly modified. The current …
Soon villagers will be able to call central government's toll free number to complain or enquire about health facilities for mother and children in their vicinity. As part of its Integrated Child Development Services the government set up a Mother and Child Tracking Facilitation Centre (MCTFC) in 2014 from where …
The Public distribution system (PDS) is an Indian food Security System for the poor people established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution. While the Central government is responsible for procurement, storage, transportation, and bulk allocation of food grains, the State governments …
Progress toward defeating hunger in the world’s most populous region has slowed and countries of Asia-Pacific must redouble their efforts if the Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger is to be met by 2030, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization warned. The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than 60 …
There is increasing concern about the fruit growth, development and quality of wax apple (Syzygium samarangense), a widely cultivated fruit tree in South East Asia. The growth and development of this fruit is sometimes very low due to low photosynthates supply at early growth stages. Growth regulators, hydrogen peroxide and …
There is a growing body of literature on the impact of climate change in Africa. Most studies have concentrated on the impact of climate change on crop and livestock productivity, while other studies have assessed adaptation to climate change. This study contributes to the literature by investigating how extreme climate …
Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) Sponsored Short Course on Reshaping Agriculture and Nutrition Linkages for Food and Nutrition Security is being organized at ICAR - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (ICAR - CRIDA), Hyderabad during 17-26, November 2016. This publication is an outcome of compilation of lecture notes/book …
Over the last decade, poverty has declined substantially in India, driven largely by the country’s more recent rapid economic growth. Sadly, however, improvements in the nutritional status, particularly of children, have not kept pace. This new research study by the National Council of Applied Economic Research, done for India’s NITI …
The world’s food system must ensure this growing population has access to the nutrition it needs to flourish, especially as climate change re-shapes agricultural production says this new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Fixing Food is an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report on food system sustainability globally, spanning …
On December 16, 2016 Centre for Science and Environment organized Food Talk; a media briefing workshop and public meeting, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The event was aimed at discussing key issues around policy gaps and inconsistent industry practice regarding food labelling, claims and advertisements highlighted in the CSE’s …
This executive summary is the starting point for identifying indicators for the Agrobiodiversity Index which will aim to help policymakers and the private sector to assess dimensions of agrobiodiversity to guide interventions and investments for sustainable food systems.
Energy drinks are meant to give you an extra boost of energy when you need it. Cans of the sugary liquid are consumed readily by people every day. However, drinks like Red Bull and other energy drinks are thought to be harmful to people, whether they have it alone or …
The Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) has announced that it will march on Monday against the pending 'sugar tax'. "We support a quest for a healthy nation and want an obesity-free population... However, we do not believe that a tax on sugar-sweetened beverage products will be a mechanism to …
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that Andhra Pradesh will be the first state to implement such a scheme. The Andhra Pradesh government plans to introduce a family health insurance scheme in the state from January 1. A family can avail of the scheme by paying Rs 100 premium per …
TRICHY: Adolescent girls in urban areas of Trichy continue to shun the supplementary nutrition provided by the state government while rural adolescent girls lap it up and stay healthy. This is the finding of the Integrated Child Development Services (IDCS) scheme which has been implementing the project to provide supplementary …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme, 18/11/2016. The ICDS Scheme started in 1975 was universalized in 2008-09 preceded by rapid expansion in the years 2005-06 to 2008-09 so as to cover all habitations, including Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes and minority population, across the country …
200 mn Indians had high BP in 2015: Lancet (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images)200 mn Indians had high BP in 2015: Lancet (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) India has recorded a whopping 200 million people suffering from high blood pressure, a key risk factor for heart attack. According to the same study, China reported …
