-PTI Mumbai: Younger women in the age bracket of 30-35 years are prone to diabetes because of sedentary lifestyle and wrong eating habits, according to a study. Population in Western India tends to eat fried food and no fruits, due to which several people are seen to be at higher risk of diabetes and obesity. Diabetes risk levels have been observed to be high among men and women in the age bracket of...
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Plates loaded with pesticides: Survey shows fruit, vegetables are high on chemical content -Garima Prasher
-The Times of India BANGALORE: Probably it's time to take a closer look at what's on your platter. Cypermethrin, heptachlor, quinalphos, aldrin, chlorodane, dichlorvas, cypermethrin - these banned pesticides could well be a part of your regular diet. Okras, leafy green cabbages and other vegetables, bananas or oranges and apples that you so relish may be overloaded with some of these harmful pesticides. A study by the Food Safety and Standards Authority...
More »Scaling up agroecology: A tool for policy-Shiney Varghese
-Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Blog For those who see agroecological approaches as necessary for achieving the food, health, and environmental targets of post 2015 agenda, agroecology is not only central to maintaining ecosystem integrity, but also to realizing food sovereignty of those involved in food production and consumption. IATP's new report, Scaling up Agroecology: Toward the Realization of the Right to Food, begins from five principles of agroecology, presents examples...
More »Beyond the Great Indian Nutrition Debate-Sonalde Desai and Amit Thorat
-Economic and Political Weekly Taking on the argument that malNutrition in India is caused by forces that respond only partially to policy interventions, this article points out that it is important to look at the role of disease conditions - shaped by inadequate water, poor sanitation, and insufficient public health measures - in poor Nutrition. Moreover, the relationship between disease and food intake is multiplicative rather than additive, and omission of...
More »In-Kind Food Transfers-I: Impact on Poverty -Himanshu and Abhijit Sen
-Economic and Political Weekly This paper, in two parts, reports an evaluation of existing in-kind food transfers. Part I outlines the dimensions involved, in terms of reach, transfer content and physical leakages, and deals with the impact of these transfers on poverty as officially measured. Part II reports the impact of these transfers on calorie intakes and also discusses some issues regarding the financial cost of these transfers. Contrary to the...
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