By गाँव कनेक्शन
The United Nations World Food Programme, upon receiving a financial grant from The Rockefeller Foundation, has come up with an initiative to help vulnerable children get better access to nutritious food through school feeding programmes in Benin, Ghana, Honduras, and India. Details here.
The United Nations World Food Programme, upon receiving a financial grant from The Rockefeller Foundation, has come up with an initiative to help vulnerable children get better access to nutritious food through school feeding programmes in Benin, Ghana, Honduras, and India. Details here.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
A community library in Bansa village has become a space for conversations, gathering information and reading for pleasure. The library has 1,700 registered members, both adults and children from the neighbouring villages in Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh.
A community library in Bansa village has become a space for conversations, gathering information and reading for pleasure. The library has 1,700 registered members, both adults and children from the neighbouring villages in Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
Vaping can cause major health issues such as addiction, anxiety, depression, sleeping disorders, exposure to cancer-causing chemicals, chronic bronchitis and lung damage.
Vaping can cause major health issues such as addiction, anxiety, depression, sleeping disorders, exposure to cancer-causing chemicals, chronic bronchitis and lung damage.
By Swati Bathwal
Sugar has 50 different names in the food industry, all of which break down into glucose when consumed. MSG (monosodium glutamate), linked to Alzheimer's disease, also has several names such as hydrolysed vegetable protein, yeast extract, textured vegetable protein…Do we really know what we are eating?
Sugar has 50 different names in the food industry, all of which break down into glucose when consumed. MSG (monosodium glutamate), linked to Alzheimer's disease, also has several names such as hydrolysed vegetable protein, yeast extract, textured vegetable protein…Do we really know what we are eating?
By Twarita Chouhan
Thatched huts built using kheep grass have kept communities cool and protected in the harsh environments of the Rajasthan desert. But the traditional thatching material is fast dwindling as concrete structures are replacing homes built with age-old wisdom.
Thatched huts built using kheep grass have kept communities cool and protected in the harsh environments of the Rajasthan desert. But the traditional thatching material is fast dwindling as concrete structures are replacing homes built with age-old wisdom.
By Manoj Choudhary
Birhor tribe is one of the eight particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in Jharkhand that has remained trapped in poverty and deprivation. An initiative has trained Birhor women of Jehen Gutwa village in vegetable cultivation and animal husbandry, which has arrested migration and improved the community's nutritional standard.
Birhor tribe is one of the eight particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in Jharkhand that has remained trapped in poverty and deprivation. An initiative has trained Birhor women of Jehen Gutwa village in vegetable cultivation and animal husbandry, which has arrested migration and improved the community's nutritional standard.
By Pratyaksh Srivastava
The WHO is likely to add aspartame, an artificial low-calorie sweetener, to its list of chemicals which can possibly cause cancer in humans. Will such a classification help regulate artificial sweeteners that are widely added to food products, such as soft drinks, biscuits, pastries, yoghurt, jams and jellies, in India? Gaon Connection talks to some experts.
The WHO is likely to add aspartame, an artificial low-calorie sweetener, to its list of chemicals which can possibly cause cancer in humans. Will such a classification help regulate artificial sweeteners that are widely added to food products, such as soft drinks, biscuits, pastries, yoghurt, jams and jellies, in India? Gaon Connection talks to some experts.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
India is the leading producer and consumer of cumin (jeera) in the world with Gujarat and Rajasthan contributing more than 90% of the domestic production. However, changing climate and rising risks are making jeera farmers switch to other crops. Both acreage under cumin and production of the spice has dropped leading to a fall in supply. This has sent the cumin prices soaring and are at present at a 70-year high. Read on to know more.
India is the leading producer and consumer of cumin (jeera) in the world with Gujarat and Rajasthan contributing more than 90% of the domestic production. However, changing climate and rising risks are making jeera farmers switch to other crops. Both acreage under cumin and production of the spice has dropped leading to a fall in supply. This has sent the cumin prices soaring and are at present at a 70-year high. Read on to know more.