Read full article by Ralph Pearce @CountryGuide PC: Supplied Based on promising early results, “epigenetics” may help save agriculture from climate change. Epigenetics is already working in sorghum trials, and has cleared initial regulatory barriers too (See...
Read article by Lala Nayar @OutlookPoshan PC: Outlook Poshan Awareness about the benefits of these healthy grains is creating a situation where demand is increasing almost every year by 20% to 22%, says Dr Vilas A. Tonapi, Director, ICAR — Indian Institute of Millets...
Full article by Shabnam Minwalla @BusinessLine PC:ISTOCK.COM There’s a reason why humble millets are today’s superfood I first encountered jowar, bajra and ragi when I was around 12 years old. Not on the dinner table, but on the pages of a geography textbook. We were...
Read Full article @Deccan Chronicle Photo Credit: IIMR NutriHub Bengaluru: At the core of it, the garden variety popcorn is nothing but a bloated grain of corn that you munch as you watch the latest multiplex movie. Substitute the corn for any of the cereal...
Article by O K’onyango & W Kipsang @BusinessDaily PC: J Nyataya The arid Kerio Valley in Elgeyo Marakwet County is known for pastoralism. However, this source of livelihood has over the years proved unreliable, unsustainable and even dangerous due to rampant cases...
