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. …
BHUBANESWAR: Women and Child Development Minister Prafulla Samal today admitted that though there was a 20-point guideline for the procurement of dal these were never enforced in a proper manner at the district level. The dal was meant to be given to schoolchildren and pregnant women under the mid-day meal …
Gets Sonia Blessing To Counter Minimalist View New Delhi: The Prime Minister-appointed Rangarajan Committee reviewing the draft food security bill has got its economics and logic wrong, a majority of members on the National Advisory Council has said as part of a draft report. Ready to take on the PMO, …
IT IS time for us to take a hard look at our agricultural system. We are not yet reliving the food crisis of 2007-08, but food prices are surging, with global prices for wheat and maize rising by 75% and 60%, respectively, from June to December 2010. Meanwhile, nearly 1 …
It is shocking to find that even in Haryana the calorie intake is lower than the all-India average Rajeshwari Agricultural progress in the last decade has made India self-sufficient in major foodgrains. Yet, undernutrition continues to be a major nutritional problem, especially in rural populations. The National Family Health Survey …
BHUBANESWAR: Deulisahi, an impoverished village in Jagatsinghpur district, and Krushnanandapur, a nearby village brimming with affluence, may be pictures in contrast. But they have queerly presented similar features of alarmingly high incidence of diabetes, prompting health researchers to conduct a study to find out the causative factors for this phenomenon. …
This paper seeks to provide an overview of the complex and dynamic relationship between nutrition and growth, examine how different growth patterns lead to different nutritional outcomes, and identify the factors that influence the magnitude of this relationship. It aims to offer researchers insights on areas for future research and …
The State of the World’s Children 2011: Adolescence – An Age of Opportunity examines the global state of adolescents; outlines the challenges they face in health, education, protection and participation; and explores the risks and vulnerabilities of this pivotal stage. The report highlights the singular opportunities that adolescence offers, both …
The 2020 Vision Initiative of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) coordinated a global consultation process whose centerpiece was an international conference called “Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health,” held February 10–12, 2011, in New Delhi, India. The conference, facilitated by IFPRI with guidance from the Conference Advisory …
This framework note on the draft food security bill released by Sonia Gandhi headed National Advisory Council attempts to build a strong system of grievance redressal for all food-related schemes, to ensure that food entitlements are realised. The National Food Security Act is envisaged as a path-breaking legislation, aimed at …
ON THE eastern edge of Kolkata, Dulu Bibi, a 25-year-old mother of four, worries about the cost of treating her two sick boys. Her husband earns . 80-90 ($1.90) a day. The family
With several incidents of food poisoning due to sub-standard midday meals served to students coming to the fore and in view of school cafeterias selling junk food, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is in the process of framing a set of guidelines to ensure standard norms …
In an effort to reduce infant mortality rate (IMR), over one lakh 18 thousand newly born babies were provided medical treatment by setting up Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) and Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres in the districts of Madhya Pradesh. The figure of children is infinitely more than last year. There …
THE Rangarajan Committee report is another move away from the vision of a comprehensive food security act. Undernutrition levels in India are among the highest in the world, and the problem cannot be addressed by just spending another Rs 10,000 crores or so on the Public Distribution System. The need …
India, with a population of more than 1 billion people, has many challenges in improving the health and nutrition of its citizens. Steady declines have been noted in fertility, maternal, infant and child mortalities, and the prevalence of severe manifestations of nutritional deficiencies, but the pace has been slow and …
The Health Ministry will set up the National Nutrition Council on January 14, a Health Ministry spokesman said. According to the spokesman the Council to be set up by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on a proposal made by Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena. Many other line ministries and institutions such as the …
This report's objective is to develop the evidence base for policy making in relation to poverty reduction. It produces a diagnosis of the broad nature of the poverty problem and its trends in India, focusing on both consumption poverty and human development outcomes. It also includes attention in greater depth …
The biophysical and socioeconomic contributions of homegarden agroforestry practices are well appreciated throughout the world. This is particularly more relevant in tropical region as homegardens have been a way of life for century in the region. The present study tries to examine homegarden agroforestry practices and evaluate their significance towards …
