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Surprising findings on India’s food habits -Kankana Trivedi
-VillageSquare.in A new study by the Development Intelligence Unit (DIU) sheds light on rural India’s eating habits, debunking several myths, like richer people eat a more diverse diet than the poor. In a sure sign of development, India has shifted from worrying about food security to worrying about nutrition security – ensuring its people get a richer, more varied diet. Simply put, a more diverse diet means more nutrition, more nutrition means healthier...
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-The Telegraph There has been a pick-up in the prices of vegetables, fruits, eggs, meat and fish and cereals mostly because of erratic rains Wholesale price index-based (WPI) inflation eased to a 11-month low of 12.41 per cent in August on softening in the prices of manufactured and fuel products even as food items remained expensive. Although WPI inflation declined for three consecutive months in August, it remained in double digits for...
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-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....
More »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...
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