{
  "id": 17023604,
  "title": "India’s forgotten vegetables offer a glimpse into what global diets are missing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/indias-forgotten-vegetables-offer-a-glimpse-into-what-global-diets",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T05:53:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/indias-forgotten-vegetables-offer-a-glimpse-into-what-global-diets-are-missing/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The world is eating a smaller variety of vegetables as diets become increasingly uniform, reports contributor Sharmila Vaidyanathan for Mongabay India. In India, Indigenous crops such as the clove bean and the Yerengere white long eggplant have largely vanished from commercial markets as hybrid varieties dominate supply chains. Prabhakar Rao, a natural farmer and founder […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Progress made but more to do: Top UNDP India official on global biodiversity targets",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/progress-made-but-more-to-do-top-undp-india-official-on-global",
        "published": "2026-10-29T07:06:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}