A band of Community Hunger Fighters who use participatory methods to build community nutrition are all set to make plans for 47 villages in Odisha, after a series of trainings.

The Government of Tamil Nadu has decided to designate a few selected areas as Protected Agricultural Zone.

A massive effort to set up over 11,158 Ryuthu Bharosa Kendralu (RBKs) or Farmers’ Facilitation Centres across the state of Andhra Pradesh, was launched today by the Chief Minister Shri Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in partnership with 11 agricultural research institutions.

Increased investment in agriculture research an absolute need of the hour

I am very happy that there is detailed plan for agriculture and rural development; not just in words but also comprehensively on what can be done, as well as in terms of the resources needed.

On the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (January 30), his life and work are relevant even more now than when he lived.

A Central Seed Bank, a Millet Processing Unit and a Farmer Producer Company were among the new initiatives undertaken for tribal communities in Koraput district, Odisha.

'With the largest number of malnourished people on the planet, India is poised to be a nation that significantly under-performs as an economy.'

A garden that tells you where to reach for nutrition, in Palghar district, Maharashtra is becoming one of the game-changers in agriculture-nutrition in India. For one component of the Grand Challenge Initiative funded by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) and the Gates Foundation, MSSRF has been working to address malnutrition through the underlying cause of agriculture, gender and biofortification.

Dr. Gothandapani Sellamuthu, a Research Associate in the laboratory of Dr. Gayatri Venkataraman, MSSRF, Chennai was invited to make a poster presentation after rigorous peer review-based selection at a conference in New York, USA.

We celebrate Pongal day to pay our homage to the Sun, moon and green plants which convert the solar energy into food through photosynthesis.

Smart phone technology is making fishing safer for climate change threatened communities in India