Inside BENEO’s new pulse plant: pioneering sustainable protein from faba beans
The incidence of food allergies has increased in recent decades: It affects three to four percent of the adult population and five percent of children. Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) and strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa) can cause
Food company, Britannia Industries has come up with a greenfield manufacturing facility in the country, at an investment of Rs 1.7 bn in Assam. Looking for better traction in the northeastern market, fast-moving consumer
Fertiliser cooperative major IFFCO has said that it has inked an agreement with two South Korean firms, LS Mtron and N H Captial to explore business opportunities in agri-machinery and farm credit sectors. The memorandum
One Drop, an international water foundation has announced a partnership with international wholesale and food specialist METRO for a joint three-year project that will provide access to sustainable and safe water to about 250,000 people
India has earned more than Rs 18,000 crore foreign exchange per year from the export of basmati rice, especially from the variety 1121 developed by the country’s top agri-institute ICAR. The institute is playing an
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), a large-scale fertiliser cooperative federation has taken another step to serve and connect the farmers digitally by launching a social e-commerce app and web portal, "IFFCO iMandi". This is in line with
Faraway Foods Pvt. Ltd, a Mumbai-based startup that sells healthful snacks for children under The Mumum Co. brand, has raised angel funds worth $500,000. The company, which sells snacks such as roasted grain puffs,
A team of researchers led by Dr Baskaran Thyagarajan, at the University of Vyoming in the US, has found out that a novel drug based on capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their spicy
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has entered into an agreement with Raipur based Sattva Seeds for licensing of CH-27 (chilli hybrid) and PPH-1 (pumpkin hybrid). The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by PAU research
As part of the National Nutrition Mission (NNM), being implemented on pilot basis in four districts in Kerala, the health department has added reduction in obesity and encouraging breastfeeding as additional targets. NNM, implemented