ABSTRACT
The multiple roles of agriculture in food production, improving nutrition and health, and climate change mitigation are now well recognised scientifically, but are yet be integrated into coherent national policies and strategies. Similarly, India was one of the early countries to develop an Integrated Child Development Service involving concurrent attention to nutrition, health and education. In India, the relationship between diet and health have been recognised since ancient times in indigenous medical systems like ayurveda. The National Institute of Nutrition of India is affiliated to the Indian Council of Medical Research to ensure synergy between nutrition and health care. The National Horticulture Mission affords uncommon opportunities for addressing the problem of micro-nutrient malnutrition, i.e., the deficiency of iron, iodine, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin B12, etc., in the diet.
