Food and Nutrition
Nutrition, more specifically nutritional science, is the science that studies the physiological process of nutrition, interpreting the nutrients and other substances in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an organism.The diet of an organism is what it eats, which is largely determined by the availability and palatability of foods. For humans, a healthy diet includes preparation of food and storage methods that preserve nutrients from oxidation, heat or leaching, and that reduces risk of foodborne illnesses. The seven major classes of human nutrients are carbohydrates, fats, fiber, minerals, proteins, vitamins, and water. Nutrients can be …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
Kisan Mazdoor Commission (KMC), an initiative by the Nation for Farmers, is a collaboration of activists and organisations focussing on current challenges faced by primary producers, artisans and rural workers …
common pool resources, ecological challenge, food and nutrition, women farmers and rural non-farm enterprises …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2024 English
The 2024 SDG Gender Index by Equal Measures 2030, a coalition of civil society and non-profit organisations, delivers a critical and sobering message on the state of gender equality with …
Even today, the world is already facing a food and nutrition crisis in part driven by climate change: …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 January 2023 English
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) is a nationwide household survey on children’s education and learning outcomes conducted across rural India. Children aged 3-16 years are surveyed based on …
Department of Social Work & Department of Food and Nutrition, Children University, Gandhinagar Dost Foundation …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 23 November 2022 English
This study was released on November 23, 2022, by the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), India. It aims to comprehend …
Elementary and Early Childhood Education FNB Food and Nutrition Board GNM General Nursing and Midwifery GOI …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 October 2022 English
This report was published jointly by Concern Worldwide, Ireland, and Welthungerhilfe, Germany, – two non-governmental organisations – in October 2022. The first annual Global Hunger Index (GHI) was published in …
investments that address structural obstacles to food and nutrition security. More high-quality and timely data … decision makers accountable for addressing food and nutrition insecurity and hunger. Encouragingly, examples … well-performing regions and countries, hotspots of food and nutrition insecurity persist. There are, however, … decision makers accountable for addressing food and nutrition insecurity and hunger. Citizens are using … vary widely within countries. Hotspots of food and nutrition insecurity persist even within well-performing …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 30 September 2022 English
The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, published this working paper on September 30, 2022. It was written by Ritu Bharadwaj, Nikhil Raj, N Karthikeyan, Roopashree Shanker, Johnson …
and employment, livelihoods, agriculture, food and nutrition security, and governance. N Karthikeyan is … engages in the domains of social protection, food and nutrition security, gender and governance. Johnson …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 29 June 2022 English
was published in 1994.It highlights the role of fisheries and aquaculture in the supply of food and nutrition as well as in creating employment opportunities. The report also sheds light on the changes …
increasingly important role in providing food and nutrition in the future. Total fisheries and aquaculture … food systems, a recognized solution for food and nutrition security and environmental and social well-being … contribution of inland fisheries and aquaculture to food and nutrition is absent from current SDG texts. The United …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 June 2022 English
This report was published in June 2022 by Pratichi Institute, a Kolkata-based research institute working on themes related to human development such as education and health. It evaluates the implementation …
to serve as another source of mitigating food and nutrition crisis via access to some money, against …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 May 2022 English
This report was published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on May 12, 2022. IFPRI, based in Washington D. C., USA, is a research centre working towards reducing …
dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources … food sys- tems, with grim implications for food and nutrition security, livelihoods, and overall well-being …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 April 2022 English
The Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) are a set of specifications for the planning and maintenance of public healthcare infrastructure in the country. The standards aim to enable the Indian …
the part of the State to provide adequate food and nutrition, appropriate medical care, access to safe …
