The government has already taken many steps to promote millets, including allocation of coarse grains (millets) under PDS
By Outlook Planet Desk 29/06/2023
According to experts, millets are dense in nutrients as well as essential compounds and make for a better food option than wheat or rice
By PTI 30/04/2023
If consumed as part of an appropriate diet, animal source foods can help with meeting the nutrition targets endorsed by the World Health Assembly and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to reducing stunting, wasting among children under five years of...
By Outlook Planet Desk 27/04/2023
The National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture, scientific warehousing and deployment of drone technologies need to be promoted and facilitated for small scale farmers, too
By Neelam Gupta 23/04/2023
The five key actions relate to the roles of markets, assistance, agrifood systems, the private sector and science and innovation, elaborated QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization, in his addresses at the G7 meeting of...
By Outlook Planet Desk 23/04/2023
The Meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists (MACS) in G20 is instrumental in promoting joint action to put science-based solutions for achieving sustainable, resilient and profitable agri-food systems
By PTI 16/04/2023
An FAO initiative seeks to increase resilience in farming practices, enhance nutrition and support livelihoods by reintroducing and improving farmers’ access to oilseeds, pulses and small grains
By Outlook Planet Desk 16/04/2023
Tackling gender inequalities in agrifood systems and empowering women reduces hunger, boosts the economy and reinforces resilience to shocks like climate change
By Outlook Planet Desk 15/04/2023
With the declaration of 2023 as the International Year of Millets, this year the focus of Poshan Pakhwada will be to popularise ‘Shree Anna’ -- the mother of all grains -- as a valuable asset to address malnutrition
By Outlook Planet Desk 21/03/2023
The platform will host a digital library of curated multi-format multi-lingual content, help extension workers access and deliver curated content to farmers on time and upskill the vast network of extension workers for agriculture
By Outlook Planet Desk 06/02/2023