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ICRISAT, Bihar Government and local partners advance food and nutrition security

ICRISAT, Bihar Government and local partners advance food and nutrition security

The Centre is set to reshape Bihar’s food systems, with ICRISAT and its partners directly addressing the state’s food and nutritional security needs With a groundbreaking focus on food and nutrition security, the Bihar Centre

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ICAR-IIMR, Hyderabad dedicates millet processing unit to Karnataka FPO

ICAR-IIMR, Hyderabad dedicates millet processing unit to Karnataka FPO

The processing unit will offer a range of services, including cleaning, de-hulling, and packaging, ensuring that millets are processed to meet the highest industry standards The Millets processing & custom hiring centre was inaugurated at

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PM releases 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient varieties of crops

PM releases 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient varieties of crops

The 109 varieties of 61 crops released by the Prime Minister included 34 field crops and 27 horticultural crops Prime Minister Narendra Modi released 109 high-yielding, climate and biofortified varieties of crops at India Agricultural

Feature
Can Millet Replace Meat?

Can Millet Replace Meat?

By Padma Ishwarya S, Senior Scientist, Good Food Institute India (GFI India) Once known as the ‘poor man’s crop,’ the humble millets have certainly come a long way to now being celebrated as a superfood

Food
Lenovo helps revive 6 lost millet varieties in Kerala

Lenovo helps revive 6 lost millet varieties in Kerala

Develops a tech-based prototype model for millet revival and helps establish market linkages Lenovo, the global technology powerhouse, announced the successful culmination of its Work for Humankind Initiative, with six millet varieties making a comeback

Food
Nutrihub unveils millet look-alike rice to boost millet consumption

Nutrihub unveils millet look-alike rice to boost millet consumption

The initiative millets look-alike rice aims to transform millets into rice-shaped grains to enhance their acceptance among those accustomed to traditional rice consumption Revealing a groundbreaking innovation in millet research during an interactive session with

Food
ICRISAT joins forces with Assam millet mission to enhance food systems

ICRISAT joins forces with Assam millet mission to enhance food systems

At the heart of the partnership is Assam's goal of boosting the cultivation, production and consumption of three native millet crops: Finger millet (Maruadhan), Foxtail millet (Kauni Dhan), and Proso millet (Cheena Bajra) The International Crop Research

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APEDA inks MoU with Lulu Hypermarket for export promotion of Indian agri-products

APEDA inks MoU with Lulu Hypermarket for export promotion of Indian agri-products

MoU to help promote Indian agri-products in international markets To boost exports of agricultural products to the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCCs), the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), the Ministry of Commerce,

Events
PM inaugurates World Food India 2023

PM inaugurates World Food India 2023

16 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) signed between the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) and various industry entities on the first day amounting to a total investment of around Rs 17,990 crores. The inauguration of

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FSSAI empowers students with food safety magic boxes

FSSAI empowers students with food safety magic boxes

This initiative, in collaboration with the National Science Centre (NSC), New Delhi, is part of a concerted effort to raise awareness about the importance of millet and food safety practices The Food Safety and Standards