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Flour millers protest Sindh's wheat policy, allege subsidy favouring trade
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Flour mill operators have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Sindh government's inconsistent approach of providing a restricted wheat quota to millers under the Wheat Food Policy for FY25-26, while offering an unrestricted supply to traders, as reported by Dawn.
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Odisha hosts Policy Roundtable on Inclusive Agricultural Transformation
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Government of Odisha, in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS), successfully hosted a Policy Roundtable in the State's capital. Highlighting Odisha's journey toward sustainable develo
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NITI Aayog, IFPRI sign Statement of Intent to strengthen policy frameworks
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) signed a Statement of Intent (SoI), aiming to fortify policy and program frameworks contributing to India's developmental objectives.
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Parliamentary Speaker Valentina Matviyenko to lead Russian delegation for
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The delegation includes First Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Andrei Turchak, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev and Member of the Federation Council Committee on Agricultural and Food Policy and Environmental Management Tatyana Gigel as well as members
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Plant-based food alternatives might help in shift to global sustainability
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
According to the study just published in Nature Communications, additional climate and biodiversity benefits could accrue from reforesting land spared from livestock production when meat and milk products are substituted by plant-based alternatives, more than doubling the climate benefits an
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Study finds how availability of fruits, vegetables results in lower levels
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Dietary intake of fruits and vegetables is known to be a significant, modifiable risk factor for high blood pressure. Yet, it is unclear how changes in blood pressure have been impacted by the nation's supply of fruits and vegetables.
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Increased availability of fruits, vegetables results in lower levels of ra
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Low fruit and vegetable diet is recognised as a major, controllable risk factor for high blood pressure. Yet, it is unclear how the national supply of fruits and vegetables has affected blood pressure changes.
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Premature death linked to consumption of ultra processed food: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Traditional foods and meals created from fresh and minimally processed components are gradually being replaced by ultra-processed foods (UPFs), ready-to-eat or heat industrial formulations made with substances taken from foods or synthesised in laboratories, recent research has revealed
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Study links ultraprocessed foods to premature deaths
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers found that increased consumption of these foods was linked to more than 10% of all-cause premature, preventable deaths in Brazil in 2019.
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Differentaly abled women are more likely to have poor diets: Research
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI): A recent study by researchers at the NYU School of Global Public Health found that specially abled women are almost twice as likely to perceive their diet as poor and to experience food insecurity.
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Study finds women with disabilities are more likely to experience insecuri
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 7 (ANI): According to a new study conducted by experts at the NYU School of Global Public Health, women with disabilities are nearly twice as likely as women without disabilities to judge their diet as poor and to suffer food insecurity.
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India's hunger problem worse than North Korea, Myanmar: Report
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): A report by the Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has revealed that India has a higher rate of malnutrition than North Korea and Myanmar.
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