Inside BENEO’s new pulse plant: pioneering sustainable protein from faba beans
China’s new control policy on food import is at a backfire as countries like the United States, Europeand other trading partners have complained against it that such a step would disrupt billions of dollars in
President Ram Nath Kovind released a sophisticated and affordable hand-held testing device which allows domestic users to easily identify adulterants in milk. Developed by the public sector research body, Council of Scientific and Industrial
The ministry of food processing industries (MoFPI) has sought proposals from institutions for a research and development (R&D) programme in various categories and sub-sectors related to food processing. According to the ministry, the R&D
In a move to help the farmers, clear surplus stock and give farmers better price for their produce, the Centre has lifted the export ban on certain varieties of pulses. India had banned export of
Mandya Milk Union Limited (MANMUL) is setting up an automated mega dairy at Gejjalagere, near Maddur, at an outlay of Rs 227.47 crore. It is envisaged that the proposed project will be energy-efficient, requires a
A high-level panel under Niti Aayog has drawn up a 10-point nutrition action plan that includes governance reforms in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for Kuposhan Mukt Bharat. The national nutrition strategy,
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has developed Hortinet, an integrated traceability system, to provide Internet-based electronic services to the stakeholders for facilitating farm registration, testing and certification of grapes, pomegranates
A 25-member business delegation from Australia visited India for exploring long term partnership in agriculture and food sector. The delegation participated in a conference ’Australia India Food Dialogue’ organised in New Delhi by the Australian
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released a new list of additives through a draft notification and has sought the stakeholders’ comments on the same. These additives are both natural and
RSS’s offshoot Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has urged the government to not rely on dietary supplement packets to help malnourished children since it will benefit large corporations. The SJM said the programme to begin