Ag Scientist: Time Ripe for a Nutrition Revolution in India

Posted by Matt Hopkins|10 August 2017

It is time for a nutrition revolution in India and it is important to work to achieve that to end malnutrition, says renowned agriculture scientist and Professor M S Swaminathan, according to an article on EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.com.

Stating that India was a country with the largest number of people with malnutirition in the world, he said this was despite adequate food production and availability of cereals.

“This is a nutrition engima,” he said and added that this called for a multi-sectoral approach involving areas including agriculture, health and rural development to ensure nutrition for people across the social spectrum.

Read the full story on EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.com.