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.
Due to hard work and help from the state government's Horticulture Department, the life of a medium category farmer Tularam Patel has completely changed. Tularam, a resident of village Mohgaon Kalan in Seoni district, had only 1.20 hectares of land. He used to grow wheat on this land but had to face difficulty in meeting the requirements of his family.
For several decades, a diverse literature has claimed that urban agriculture has the potential for hunger and poverty alleviation. This article reviews empirical data from equatorial Africa that touch on this assertion, updating the work on the subject published in the mid-1990s. Research, largely from East Africa but also including Cameroon in West Central Africa, appearing in several recent and currently emerging publications is assessed and compared. The article
Seasonality of vegetables poses problems for both the consumers and the producers. And add to this problem of the changing climate pattern which makes food security or more precisely nutrient security a major concern worldwide. Advanced greenhouse technologies like vertical farming, hydroponics, aeroponics have been devised for the purpose.
New Delhi: The National Academy of Medical Sciences has distanced itself from the controversial pro-Bt brinjal report that it had co-authored with five other premier national science academies.
Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate a two-day symposium, training and exhibition on September 14 at Bhopal, which will be held to give a fillip to protected cultivation in Madhya Pradesh. The function will be presided over by Horticulture Minister Shri Kailash Vijayvargiya.
