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. …
Vitamin A is an essential nutrient needed in small amounts for normal functioning of the visual system, growth and development, maintenance of epithelial cellular integrity, immune function and reproduction. The National Prophylaxis Programme against Nutritional Blindness was initiated in 1970 as an urgent remedial measure to eliminate the unacceptably high …
This paper examines performance, challenges, and policies in food security in terms of availability, access, and absorption or nutrition. Specifically, the paper addresses the following questions: What is the progress in supply side of food in terms of availability at the national level?; How far has India progressed in attaining …
This paper argues that the global poverty problem has changed because most of the world’s poor no longer live in poor countries meaning low-income countries (LICs). In the past poverty has been viewed as an LIC issue predominantly, nowadays such simplistic assumptions/classifications can be misleading because a number of the …
Sale of organic foods is one of the fastest growing market segments within the global food industry. People often buy organic food because they believe organic farms produce more nutritious and better tasting food from healthier soils. Here we tested if there are significant differences in fruit and soil quality …
In its latest report on food insecurity, the FAO asserted that 915 million people were undernourished in 2008, and the figure is estimated to rise to 1.02 billion in 2009. The alarming numbers raise the twin questions of how the estimates are derived and how reliable they are.
This report reviews recent impact evaluations of interventions and programs that seek to reduce child malnutrition as measured by low anthropometric outcomes. The objective is to distill lessons on effective approaches and to improve the relevance of nutrition impact evaluations of World Bank
Smita Gupta New Delhi: For the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC), drafting a Food Security Bill that will pass muster with the government is proving harder than it appeared at the outset. At the NAC's fourth meeting on Monday, informed sources said, Ms. Gandhi pointed out that the poor …
Keen on a holistic approach to food security issues, the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council will meet on Monday to discuss proposals from a working group on the Right to Food Bill, which it would recommend to the Government. The framework proposed by the working group, headed by human rights …
R GAIHA, R JHA & V S KULKARNI VARIOUS recent studies point to a puzzle. Despite rising incomes, there has been a sustained decline in per capita calorie intake. In an important contribution, A Deaton and J Dreze (
India has 8.1 million children out of school, 41.6 per cent of its population lives below the poverty line, the maternal mortality rate is 450 per 1,00,000 live births and merely 16 per cent of its labour force has received formal education till the secondary level. This despite years of …
New Delhi: In a move aimed at empowering girls in the age group of 11 to 18 years, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Monday gave its approval for implementation of the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls
Recent reviews suggest common infectious diseases continue to be a major cause of death among preschool children in developing countries. Identification of feasible strategies to combat this disease burden is an important public health need. We evaluated the efficacy of adding prebiotic oligosaccharide and probiotic Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 to milk, …
R. Krishna KumarMYSORE: Renowned food scientist and former Director of Central Food Technological Research Institute H.A.B. Parpia has called for effective food storage measures to prevent losses and ensure food for all.Promoting food loss prevention measures indefatigably since the last 55 years, Dr. Parpia underlined its imperatives if nutritional security …
Multiple micronutrient deficiencies are highly prevalent among preschool children and often lead to anemia and growth faltering. Given the limited success of supplementation and health education programs, fortification of foods could be a viable and sustainable option. We report results from a community based double-masked, randomized trial among children 1
Iodine deficiency is endemic in West Bengal as evident from earlier studies. This community-based, cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in North 24 Parganas district during August-November 2005 to assess the consumption of adequately-iodized salt and to ascertain the various factors that influence access to iodized salt. In total, 506 households …
Arijit Barman / Mumbai July 22, 2010, 0:48 IST New commercials from mid-August to bridge trust deficit, but the jury is out on whether these will work. Anil Aggarwal Metals and mining giant Vedanta Resources has been on a corporate social responsibility overdrive for long. It
