-IndiaSpend.com Bajra, jowar and ragi – millets usually consumed in India – have almost four times the iron contained in brown rice, and three times the folic acid per serving. The year 2023 was declared as the International Year of Millets by the United Nations General Assembly. #IYOM2023, as the Food and Agriculture Organization calls it, will be an opportunity to raise awareness about the nutritional benefits of millets and its suitability...
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Antimicrobial resistance: Intensification of food production must be sustainable -Habibar Rahman and Kennady Vijayalakshmy
-Down to Earth Rise in demand for meat and dairy products was reconciled through the intensification of livestock systems Intensification of food production is gaining prominence in a world battered by climate change and food insecurity. Intensification aims to increase output for each unit of input (labour, land, time, fertiliser, seed, feed, or money). The need for intensification is more pressing when the supply of food needs to be augmented. For instance, in...
More »Fodder price rise: Cattle numbers in western UP fall due to runaway inflation -Sunil Kashyap
-CaravanMagazine.in Not far from Delhi, within the northern capital region, lies a significant part of western Uttar Pradesh. At one time, nearly all rural households in this region were engaged in animal husbandry. Rearing cattle is how most of the area’s women made money—while the men often worked in farms or migrated to urban areas for employment, the women stayed at home. Their day began with washing and feeding the cattle....
More »Domestic Rice Prices "May Continue To Rise": Food Ministry
-PTI/ NDTV.com The ministry also said that the recent changes in India's rice export rules "have helped keep a check on domestic prices" without reducing the availability for exports. New Delhi: Domestic rice prices are showing an upward trend and it "may continue to increase" due to low kharif production forecast and 11 per cent jump in export of non-basmati rice, the food ministry said today. The statement was made in the fact...
More »The ban on the export of broken rice -Saptaparno Ghosh
-The Hindu How is the ethanol blending programme connected to the rice export ban? The story so far: On September 9, the Centre instituted a ban on the export of broken rice. Additionally, it mandated an export duty of 20% on rice in husk (paddy or rough), husked (brown rice) and semi-milled or wholly-milled rice. The measures do not affect export of basmati or parboiled rice. The Secretary at the Department of...
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