Potential interactions between food production and climate mitigation are explored for two situations in sub-Saharan Africa, where deforestation and land degradation overlap with hunger and poverty.

All is set to continue the health, population and nutrition sector programme for the third consecutive time involving estimated Tk 25,000 crore as the second programme ends next June, health minist

Mysore:

The 2011 Hunger Report covers the role of the United States in mobilizing global commitments to increase investments in agriculture, food security, and nutrition in developing countries. A dramatic rise in hunger and poverty in the wake of volatile food prices in 2007 and 2008 led to Feed the Future, a bold initiative from the U.S. government.

COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University will conduct a two-day training on

Prospective cohort studies have shown that high fruit and vegetable consumption is inversely associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). Whether food processing affects this association is unknown.

Ahead of the crucial National Advisory Council (NAC) meeting on October 23, public interest groups have sought the intervention of its chairperson Sonia Gandhi to make the proposed National Food Security Act “comprehensive and meaningful”. The NAC has been debating various scenarios to cover the maximum number of beneficiaries under the proposed law.

Defying the directive issued by Cabinet Secretary K.M.

Gargi Parsai

India has been ranked 67, much lower than neighbouring China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal in the 2010 Global Hunger Index (GHI) Report released on Monday by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a United States-based policy think tank.

New Delhi: Despite witnessing high economic growth during the last few years, India has been ranked below many of its neighbouring countries like China and Pakistan, a global hunger index published on Monday by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), said.

One of the few economies to register healthy growth while large parts of the world see a recession, India has been ranked 67th

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