The Forest department has launched a project to restore the traditional tuber crop farming practices among tribal communities in the Marayur Sandalwood Division in Idukki. Narum Nooru is a project ...

In an urban kitchen where tubers are often sidelined, a new festival in Bengaluru is celebrating their rich diversity as well as the indigenous communities that grow these underutilised crops. Rooting ...

To ensure food and nutrition security and resilience to the effects of climate change, a one-day intensive training on sustainable in-situ and on-farm conservation of neglected and underutilized root ...

In India, festivals are deeply rooted with customs and traditions. And these customs often involve seasonal fruits and ...

The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) convened a strategic discussion on agrobiodiversity initiatives to commemorate the ...

Mangaluru: The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal has obtained a patent for its innovative method of processing tuber crops – a technique that enables production of ...

A team has engineered potato to be more resilient to global warming showing 30% increases in tuber mass under heatwave conditions. This adaptation may provide greater food security for families ...

The Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI), in association with the Indian Society for Root Crops is organising an international conference on ‘Tropical roots and tubers for sustainable ...