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‘Ragi’, all along considered to be a poor man’s diet, has now been given the flavor and soul so that anybody can enjoy this highly nutritious cereal in a way they wish to consume it. SOULFULL Foodshas packaged the humble Ragi into tasty, delicious, healthy, breakfast options.Speaking about the health benefits that can accrue on regular consumption of Ragi,Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, Father of Green Revolution and internationally acclaimed Genetic Scientist said, “Through consistent policy advocacy...

Chennai Sep 3, 2014: Every student should become a hunger fighter to overcome malnutrition in the country, said noted scientist, Professor M S Swaminathan, Founder, MSSRF. “There is urgent need for the entire community to be nutrition-literate and fight under-nutrition and students have a major role to play, in this process.” He was speaking to post-graduate students of the Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women, Chennai on Wednesday. The programme was organized by the college in...

New Delhi, August 21, 2014: Sometimes the simplest of solutions can have the most effective results for nutrition. One such low-cost mechanism was use of pedal pumps for raising vegetable gardens among 400 small and marginal tribal farming communities in Odisha. These pumps were introduced as part of the Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition (APM) Project in 2011, whose results are now visible. Seasonal vegetable production grew by 156%, household consumption of vegetables by 109% while...

Chennai, August 10, 2014: For every 8 people in the world, one person goes to bed hungry. However, it is not about statistics but about giving importance to every individual to ensure that no one in the world is hungry and achieve the “Zero Hunger Challenge”.   Experts at the Asia-Pacific Consultation on “Family Farming” called for speedy launch of National Action Plans by countries in the region to rid the world of hunger, while issuing the “Chennai Declaration” of the Conference....