-The Telegraph Aquaculture is yet to see the kind of technological change that the agriculture sector underwent during the Green Revolution Fisheries is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world that plays an important role in economic development as well as in facilitating nutrition security. Animal protein is a primary source of protein for billions of people and aquaculture provides for the livelihood of more than 10% of the global population....
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Why a row over Eggs in childrens’ diets is raging again in Madhya Pradesh -Rahul Noronha
-IndiaToday.in Home minister Narottam Mishra has openly opposed the Shivraj Chouhan government’s decision to introduce chicken and egg in the diet of inmates at juvenile correction homes Bhopal: Opposition is building within the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh after the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government decided to introduce chicken and egg into the diet of inmates at juvenile correction homes in the state. In the past, the dietary choice of Eggs in government-provided...
More »Eggs, chikkis, and bananas now on Karnataka midday meal menu -Shilpa P
-The New Indian Express Students of Classes 1-8 of all dists to get these for 46 days in a year BENGALURU: The Karnataka Department of School Education and Literacy announced that Eggs, bananas or peanut chikkis (supplementary nutrition) would be included in the midday meal scheme as part of ‘PM Poshan shakti Nirman’ for students of Classes 1-8 studying in government and aided schools for 46 days a year in all districts. The...
More »Dr. Sylvia Karpagam, a public health doctor who advocates for balanced diet, interviewed by Rohitha Naraharisetty (TheSwaddle.com)
-TheSwaddle.com A position paper drafted by a committee of experts under the National Education Policy recommended removing meat and Eggs from the midday meal scheme in schools, which is one of the mainstays of children’s nutrition in the country. The committee made some dubious claims pertaining to lifestyle, genetics, and discrimination in justifying the policy — revealing the inherent casteist roots of food politics in India. The Swaddle’s Rohitha Naraharisetty spoke to...
More »NEP Position Paper to Schools: Meat and Eggs Are Bad for Health and Nation -Megha
-TheWire.in * A position paper drafted by a group of experts under the National Education Policy 2020 advances a misguided idea of nutrition couched in the language of nationalism. * The paper recommends that meat and Eggs be removed from midday meals and from children’s lessons, but on unscientific grounds and through statements devoid of evidence. * The paper also uses conflates wildly different – and potentially dangerous – terms like “gene-diet interactions”,...
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