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Popularising Usoi
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 14 2016:
Dr Nirmala Chongtham of the Department of Botany, Punjab University, Chandigarh was recently invited to Washington and Colombia to share her knowledge on the nutritional and health benefits of young bamboo shoots, known as Usoi in Manipur .
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At Washington Nirmala Chongtham delivered a talk on ‘Bamboo as a Health Food’ and her book on bamboo as a health food which is funded by the American Bamboo Society and Ned Jaquaith Foundation, USA will be released in 2017, said a statement.
Nirmala Chongtham also took part in the World Bamboo Day celebrations held at Smithsonian Institution on September 18 this year and usoi cookies made by her research team were displayed and distributed.
At Colombia Nirmala Chongtham gave a lecture on Bamboo Shoots as Food and Medicine in Asian Culture .
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