Horticulture for Nutrition Security
by K V Peter
ISBN: 9789351307938
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 15995.00
Biblio : lxiii+478 p., col.figs., tabls., ind., 25 cm
Author Profile
Prof. K.V. Peter, Director World Noni Research Foundation, Chennai is the Former Vice-Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University (KAU); Director, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut; Director of Research KAU and Professor of Horticulture from 1979. A post graduate from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (1969-1975), he is associated with development of biotic stress resistant varieties in Chilli (Pant-C1, Pant-C2), tomato (Sakthi) and brinjal (Surya) which are
About The Book
Malnutrition-under nutrition and imbalanced nutrition-is a major health problem in developing and developed countries. The recent National Health Survey-2005-06 says “India loses 2-3 per cent of its GDP every year due to undernutrition among children in the age group of up to two years”. According to the report “Nutrition in India” even among wealthy only about 7 percent children between 6 and 24 months receive adequate feeding, health care and environmental health. The FAO of the UN declared 20
Table of Contents
Devotion v
Acknowledgement vii
Foreword ix
Preamble-I xi
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN-2014. The State of
Food and Agriculture-2014 in Brief: Innovations in Family Farming
Preamble-II xix
Micro-nutrient Security for India: Priorities for Research and Action
Report by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
Preamble-III xxxv
Policy Paper No. 30: Organic Farming: Approaches and Possibilities
in the Context of Indian Agriculture
Issued by National Academy of A
