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Lab-Grown meat
Why in the news?U.S. regulators for the first time have approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells for human consumption.What is "making meat in the lab"?1. A laboratory-based production technique that uses
Rice Production in India
Why in the
News?India has banned the export of
non-basmati white rice in a move to control the price rise in the domestic
market.Rice Production
in India:1. Rice -A staple
food a. &nb
Tomato
1. Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is an annual or short lived perennial
herb. 2. The flowers are white bearing fruits
which are red or yellow in colour.3. It is a self pollinated crop.4. Major tomato prod
Food Insecurity- HUNGER HOTSPOTS
Food
Insecurity- HUNGER HOTSPOTSQ. Why in News/Context -· A new United Nations early warning report (by Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme) has
warned of increasing acute food insecur
What is the status of transgenic crops in India?
What
is the status of transgenic crops in India?Q. Why is it in News?· Three States, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Telangana, have
deferred a proposal, approved by the Centre’s Genetic Engineering Appraisal
Committee (GEAC), t
Food Fortificaion
Q. Why in News/Context -A small study carried out in
Sangli, Maharashtra on 43 women participants to evaluate the effectiveness of
tea fortification with folate and vitamin B12 to address anaemia and prevent
neural-tube defects in children is ridd
Millets Experience Centre (MEC)
Q. Why in News/Context -· The
Indian government has launched a first of its kind Millets Experience
Centre (MEC) at Dilli Haat, New Delhi in collaboration with the National
Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED
Nationwide AHDF KCC campaign for 2023-24
Nationwide AHDF KCC campaign for 2023-24Q. Why in News/Context -· In order to expand the benefit of Kisan Credit Card to all eligible animal husbandry, dairy and fishery farmers in the country, Department of Animal Husbandr
The South Indian filter coffee
The South Indian filter coffee · India
is the sixth largest producer of coffee in the world, after Brazil,
Vietnam, Colombia, Indonesia, Ethiopia and Honduras.· India produced about 4,00,000 tonn
Coffee Plantation in India
Topic 33: Coffee Plantation in India
The
plantations are mostly in the hilly regions of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, as well as in the hilly regions
of Andhra Pradesh (Araku Valley),
Odisha, and in the hills of Manipur
