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108th Indian Science Congress at Nagpur lays focus on Women Empowerment

108th Indian Science Congress at Nagpur lays focus on Women Empowerment

Focal Theme: "Science & Technology: Development with Women Empowerment" The Indian Science Congress (ISC), being held from 3rd to 7th January 2022 at Nagpur would focus on scientific development in India under a feminine veil

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Indian cold chain and refrigeration market to grow more than double by 2027

Indian cold chain and refrigeration market to grow more than double by 2027

REFCOLD, South Asia’s largest exhibition and conference on cold chain and refrigeration industry solutions, held in Gandhinagar The 5th edition of REFCOLD India, South Asia’s largest exhibition and conference on refrigeration and cold chain industry

Global
FAO holds opening ceremony of International Year of Millets 2023 in Rome

FAO holds opening ceremony of International Year of Millets 2023 in Rome

UN dedicates 2023 to greater efforts in producing millets given their nutritional properties and resilience in adapting to climate change As the global agrifood systems face challenges to feed an ever-growing global population, resilient cereals

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FAO unveils Global Action on One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) country projects

FAO unveils Global Action on One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) country projects

OCOP’s unique business model aims to help smallholder farmers increase their food production in a sustainable way A key initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) to help countries promote their distinctive food

Food
Vecan Foods joins cohort of ‘smart protein’ startups with unique offerings

Vecan Foods joins cohort of ‘smart protein’ startups with unique offerings

Consciously crafted plant-based meals, wholesome, convenient, and healthy - all in one With ‘healthy alternatives’ feeling like they involve a sacrifice, people are often unwilling to give up beloved flavours and indulgences, and as a

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New cellular agri consortium to develop foods of the future

New cellular agri consortium to develop foods of the future

Startups and academic labs have begun to produce cultivated meat grown from cells to replicate lamb, pork, fish and chicken, but the field of cellular agriculture is still very young The Tufts University Center for Cellular

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Policymakers looking for new ways to reorganise food supply chains: WUWM Conference 2022

Policymakers looking for new ways to reorganise food supply chains: WUWM Conference 2022

Innovative food systems key to tackling global food crisis, say experts The World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) Conference 2022, which will be held in the Middle East for the first time in October, will

Policy
DA&FW and NAFED ink MoU to promote millets

DA&FW and NAFED ink MoU to promote millets

With the objective to boost International Year of Millets (IYOM)-2023 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of

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Synthetic Biology: Changing the Way You Grow and Eat Your Food!

Synthetic Biology: Changing the Way You Grow and Eat Your Food!

Suraj Nair, Lead (TechSprouts), Ankur Capital How do we feed 10 billion people by 2050? Sounds simple enough? Produce more food, right? Sadly, it isn't as straightforward as it seems. Agriculture is one of the

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Why India is in urgent need for nutrition security

Why India is in urgent need for nutrition security

Dr B Sesikeran MD, Former Director, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition & a supporter of the ‘Right To Protein’ initiative With India celebrating ‘Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022’, it is an opportune time to relook at the