The City University of New York, Colorado State University, The Small Earth Nepal, and Department of Hydrology and Meteorology and Department of Livestock Services/Government of Nepal are holding the International
If you want to live longer, you may have to go hungry
Last week, on a visit to the cold desert of Ladakh, I learnt something important. It made me see the ongoing agricultural negotiations at the World Trade Organization s meet in Cancun, Mexico in a
More teens are getting cardiac problems today. Is it stress, the lifestyle or just the air? Aneesh Mahajan (name changed), 14, a ninth standard student in Mumbai, had been having problems with anxiety and palpitations for some time. He wasn
THE NUMBER of hungry people in South Asia -- who make up 49 per cent of the population -- can be cut by 50 per cent to 281 million, according to the World Bank. This can be achieved through
The final report of the third National Family Health Survey (nfhs-3) is out, but doubts remain whether it will be used to improve national health policies. Although 100-odd research papers have
Earlier, most people ate what was locally available: fish, for example, was a staple in coastal areas, and people living in, or close to, fertile agricultural tracts preferred grains. Classical cuisines are often a good indicator of local food preferences, even if we account for the caveat that these were very often on the plates of the well-to-do. Food was sourced locally. <br>
The food safety, GM foods and pre-clinical toxicity testing of drugs are the important activities of FDTRC. The Centre also investigates the food borne disease outbreaks and identifies the causative factors.
The largest continent on the earth also has the maximum number of mouths to feed despite the 21st century knocking at the door
Agriculture and its subsequent effect on the environment, rapidly depleting natural resources like arable land and water, the slackening of the green revolution and the loomingprospect offeeding India's growing population have been the subject of in
A diet low in starch could be one of the reasons for diabetes in women
Not relying purely on preventive measures is being considered a better strategy for heart patients
<font class='UCASE'>Robert Zeigler</font>, director general of the Manila, Phillipines based, International Rice Research Institution IRRI talks to <font class='UCASE'>Sourav Mishra </font> about the challenges that agricultural scientists face today
A UNICEF report, The State of the World's Children 1993, which has been adopted by 150 countries including India, says US$ 25 billion is the annual cost of ending malnutrition, preventable diseases
friendly plastic: A new plastic made from plant sugar will be soon introduced in the market. The plastic called NatureWorks PLA is being manufactured by Cargill Dow Polymers, a Nebraska-based
The Indian government grants permission for trials of transgenic cotton
An estimated $10 28 billion is frittered away due to lost productivity, illness and death
The question of what constituted a balanced Indian diet had the British totally confused
The missing links to the awe inspiring blooming of an embryo into an adult animal may be at hand
Dispute between US and EU set to hot up in WTO
