May 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning algorithm is increasingly envisaged to play a major role to do various typical human decision making and problem solving methods utilizing vast amounts of human fed data, rapid processing speed, high speed internet and connectivity, devices that can handle such demands, humans that need them and data processing and self-learning machine algorithms.The novelty of machines doing what humans and nature does, has been the pursuit of modern science and technology for well over a century now. The reduction of drudgery and the improvement of…
It was over a month ago that we released the report Future Nutrition - Understanding our toxic transition on the four major transitions that are impacting our food systems today. The debate around ultra processed food since then has increased all around and currently the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) have recommended heavily against the intake of the Ultra Processed Food (UPF) that we had highlighted as one of the biggest menace against nutrition security in the country. Their key recommendations are summarized here. …
Short term Project: Testing and Comparing the Nutritional properties of Traditional varieties of Rice grown in diverse Agro-Ecological zonesDuration: 3 monthsProject Promoters: Samanvaya, Nammalvar Multiversity, Tamil Nadu Iyarkai Vivasayigal Koottamaippu (TNIVK) Background: Traditional rice varieties, also termed as land races are sources of diverse nutritional properties. Two factors have enhanced their need in recent times, viz., the immunity enhancement demand since the pandemic and need to cultivate climate change resilience among the food crops. On both counts there are…