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How biofortified foods could transform India’s nutrition landscape by 2030This approach aims to naturally nourish the population, improving health outcomes and potentially transforming India's food system by 2030.
Better Nutrition secures Rs 10 crore funding from investors across Google, Meta, othersThe round includes participation from a lineup of investors, including Namita Thapar, Shantanu Deshpande, PV Sindhu, and other angel invest...
West Bengal agriculture minister outlines impact on climate change on rice productionWest Bengal Agriculture Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay noted the state's significant rice production, accounting for 14% of India's total...
PV Sindhu invests in biofortified staples brand Better NutritionPV Sindhu, Indian badminton player, has injected an undisclosed amount in Better Nutrition, a biofortified staples brand from Greenday that...
India becoming destination country for healthy foods like millets: Tomar at G-20 agri meetTomar said the United Nations (UN) has accepted India's proposal and declared 2023 as international year of millets and urged the G-20 nati...
How wheat can help in fight against ‘hidden hunger’Fortified with zinc, iron the staple cereal can tackle issue of food lacking in nutrients, which causes stunting, wasting among children ac...
Has India found the answer to two of its most pressing lifestyle problems?Scientists claim that coloured wheat could reduce malnourishment and possibly prevent obesity and other lifestyle diseases.
'Magic millet' gets an enrichment boost to cure anaemiaA global clinical trial has proved that use of 'magic millet' reduces the incidence of iron deficiency or anaemia dramatically in children.
Scientists develop high-zinc rice to fight malnutritionScientists here have developed a high zinc-enriched variety of rice that is expected to play a crucial role in fighting malnutrition in tri...
Scientists develop high-zinc rice to fight malnutrition in Chhattisgarh'Chhattisgarh Zinc Rice-1', the first zinc bio-fortified rice variety in India, was launched by State Variety Release Committee.
- Philippines gung-ho about GM crops
Amid lingering scepticism about possible health risks of GM (genetically modified) crops, Philippines is going ahead with its biotechnologi...
- Bio-fortification key to global food crisis?
IAEA uses nuclear techniques to evaluate bio-availability and efficacy in humans, said Lena Davidsson, who heads the Agency's Nutritional a...
- Bio-fortification might be key to global food crisis: IAEA
In the backdrop of current global food crisis, Bio-fortification, a technique to improve nutrition through conventional plant breeding, was...