Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh – Ministry of Women and Child Development

Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh Ministry of Women and Child Development WHAT Union Government announced Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh, a repository of diverse crops across 128 agro-climatic zones in India, for better nutritional outcomes and to fight malnutrition. Ministry of Women and Child Development has collaborated with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for this project. AIM The Kosh aims at reducing malnutrition through a multi-sectoral results-based framework, including agriculture, among women and children across…

POSHAN atlas to map local crops, food grains for tackling malnutrition

Fight against Malnutrition In News In a bid to tackle malnutrition, the government is developing an Atlas to map the crops and food grains grown in different regions of the country so that nutritious protein-rich food in local areas can be promoted. Introduction Malnutrition contributed 68.2 percent of deaths of children under the age of five years in 2017 in India. As per the recent report of India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative, the…

Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh – Ministry of Women and Child Development

POSHAN atlas to map local crops, food grains for tackling malnutrition

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