The government on Friday announced temporary discontinuation of rice fortification under Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and other social schemes citing that prolonged storage of ...

FEDERAL Government is partnering international agencies on fortification of rice with vitamins and minerals, it was learnt. This is part of Federal Government’s effort at scaling up fortification of ...

Rice is one of the staple foods most widely consumed in Ghana, particularly in rural communities. Local rice production and consumption are, therefore, critical for Ghanaian schoolchildren, who depend ...

As the Union Food Ministry decided to temporarily discontinue the process of rice fortification “until a more effective mechanism for delivery of nutrients to beneficiaries is identified”, activists ...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun transforming Ghana’s school feeding system with the introduction of fortified rice, a move expected to improve the nutrition of students while ...

NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to temporarily discontinue the distribution of fortified rice under its welfare schemes following findings by a study at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur ...