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DTE Exclusive: Did focus on yield cost India nutrition?

Down To Earth special report on how the wheat and rice that the country eats have lost their nutritional value

Silent famine: Has India weakened its own nutritional security?

A study led by Indian Council of Agricultural Research scientists has found the grains that we eat have lost food value; instead they are accumulating toxins & would worsen India’s growing burden of non-communicable diseases by 2040
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Silent famine: What exactly changed in India’s wheat and rice?

The crops gained quantity but lost quality in the quest to feed India’s millions
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Silent famine: Can India halt its own weakening nutritional security?

If India has to have any chance in arresting malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency burden, nutrition has to be made a priority at par with yield if not more
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