{"id":249099,"date":"2023-06-22T20:39:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=249099"},"modified":"2023-06-22T20:39:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:09:05","slug":"icar-ctcri-to-take-its-tuber-based-rainbow-diet-campaign-to-more-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/icar-ctcri-to-take-its-tuber-based-rainbow-diet-campaign-to-more-states\/","title":{"rendered":"ICAR-CTCRI to take its tuber-based rainbow diet campaign to more States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cICAR-CTCRI to take its tuber-based rainbow diet campaign to more States\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in<\/span><b> The Hindu on 22ndJune 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI) is planning to extend its tuber crop-based \u2018rainbow diet\u2019 campaign to more areas in the country with sizeable tribal populations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the Rainbow Diet Campaign?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Launched by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To popularize biofortified tubers and value-added products made from them\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">among the tribal communities for tackling malnutrition and ensuring a balanced diet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The \u2018rainbow diet\u2019 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a meal plan comprising different-coloured fresh fruits and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vegetables. The colours in these natural foods are caused by specific phytonutrients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 With its tuber crop-based rainbow diet, the CTCRI is popularizing the orange-fleshed sweet\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">potato (rich in beta-carotene), the purple-fleshed sweet potato, and purple-fleshed yam\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(rich in anthocyanin).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are Tubers?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tubers are specialized storage stems of certain seed plants. They are usually short and thickened and typically grow below the soil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tubers serve as a source of nutrients and energy for the plant. Examples of tuber crops include potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams and cassava.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cICAR-CTCRI to take its tuber-based rainbow diet campaign to more States\u201d published in The Hindu on 22ndJune 2023 What is the News? The ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI) is planning to extend its tuber crop-based \u2018rainbow diet\u2019 campaign to more areas in the country with sizeable&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/icar-ctcri-to-take-its-tuber-based-rainbow-diet-campaign-to-more-states\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ICAR-CTCRI to take its tuber-based rainbow diet campaign to more States<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-249099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}