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 Report is an update of the Rural Food Insecurity Atlas of 2001 released by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Since then, numerous new programmes have been initiated by the central and state governments for achieving food security in the country. Giving …
Money is increasing but food plate is becoming empty in Indian States!! At least latest trends of food consumption patterns are scathing new pictures of Chronic Hunger in one of the India
Despite rapid income growth, South Asia has lagged behind the rest of Asia in reducing poverty and hunger. South Asia accounts for more than two-fifths of the world
This report captures a number of the good practices that emerged during the UN tsunami response in South India. The document represents part of the efforts to build and develop the UN
Impasse over anganwadi meals ended now all aganwadis in India will have to serve hot, cooked meals to children and pregnant or lactating mothers within two years. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, or ccea, on October 16 told the Ministry of Women and Child Development to arrange for serving …
The three rounds of the National Family Health Survey have generated vast amounts of data, which unfortunately have been subject to only limited critical examination by Indian research scholars, though the opposite is the case with scholars outside India. The nfhs-3, which was conducted in 2005-06, covered many more areas …
In spite of the dramatic advances made in health care in the past decades, it is hard to believe that tuberculosis (TB) kills three people every two minutes in India. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the oldest infectious agents known to mankind. While infection occurs in 50 per cent of …
It is possible today to voice a proposal to take the idea of primary health care, stated in the bold language of the Alma-Ata declaration 30 years ago, forward and work towards making it a reality.
Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh has inaugurated a centre of nutrition for development of nutrition. On the occassion Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mahabibur Rahman Talukder inaugurated Mohanpur Nutrition centre on November 15. Area Manager Anzala Grown presided over the inaugural function. Among others Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer spoke. …
Eat it! HOW about rat burgers, rat tail pasta or baby rat keema for dinner? It may become a reality in Bihar if the state government pursues its latest obsession with rats. The state plans to promote rat meat as a source of protein that
Rise and fall of common jute Jute leaves dwell in memory. Jute was what people lived off, it was what they ate, in a land where there were many rivers and canals, in places with different names
Saag Ingredients: 250 gms jute leaves Three red chillies Half teaspoon mustard seeds, Pinch of turmeric powder Salt to taste Method: Wash the leaves and chop them fine. Heat half a spoon of mustard oil in an iron wok or frying pan. Add mustard seeds, wait till they begin to …
Tens of thousands of animals throughout Europe are kept in cruel conditions because zoos fail to apply EU rules on standards of care and the laws themselves are unclear, an animal welfare coalition said on Wednesday. Zoos often fall short of providing proper space, nutrition and mental stimulation for the …
Children continue to die of malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh despite the strict instructions of the Bhopal high court to contain malnutrition deaths in some of the most backward districts of the state. This was found by a fact-finding team by a group of NGOs in Satna and Sheopur districts which …
Consumers will soon be able to figure out if a pack of biscuits, chips or juice is high in nutrients and low in fats. Labels of packaged foods must now compulsorily list nutritional facts per 100 gm or 100 ml or per serving. This has been spelt out by the …
Market-dependent urban food practices are swallowing up indigenous food habits Tribal elder Nabbu Supari Tekam in tiny Kolam village of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra loves to tell this story
Dried mahua flowers consumed in the rainy season when grain is scarce help retain body heat and keep away chills and joint pains. Young leaves of tarota, a short green plant abundant during the rains, consumed at least seven times during the season keeps away arthritis. Ikdodi, a bitter fruit, …
