Foods for Health: Efforts to Expand Programs India to Increase Consumption of Indigenous Vegetable and Fruits

In recent years, while consumer awareness of healthy foods seems to have increased, consumption of fruits and vegetables is still at slower rate both developing and developed countries.  As a part of the Texas A&M University foot prints in India, the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center has initiated efforts to expand its multidisciplinary “Foods for Health” research and educational activities to India at the national and state level through partnership efforts.  Opportunities and challenges to initiate bi-national efforts to improve human health will be discussed.