One farmer/farm labourer dies by suicide every hour in India: NCRB data

An emerging and worrying trend from the NCRB data was that deaths by suicide of agricultural labourers was higher than cultivators

कॉप-28: 2022-23 में 23 देशों ने सूखे को लेकर घोषित किया आपातकाल, 184 करोड़ लोग प्रभावित

करीब 184 करोड़ लोग सूखे से प्रभावित हैं, जिनमें से करीब पांच…

COP28: New report finds agriculture most climate-affected sector; calls for urgent food systems focus in L&D fund

134 countries sign declaration committing to include food in NDCs

Drought emergency declared by 23 countries in 2022-23, shows global drought map

1.84 billion people were drought stricken, out of which 4.7% exposed to severe or extreme drought

Easy targets

High-income nations across the world appear focused on agriculture as the sector to enforce emissions cut for meeting national climate goals

Mock meat unlikely solution for Indians

Shagun speaks with food critics and nutrition experts to understand whether Indians need mock meat and other plant-based alternatives or if the …

खाद्य प्रणालियां और कॉप-28: क्या पक्षकारों के बीच स्थाई दृष्टिकोण पर बन पाएगी आम सहमति?

कॉप-28 ने खाद्य प्रणालियों पर ध्यान केंद्रित करने के लिए �…

Food systems and COP28: Will Parties agree on a sustainable approach?

COP28 has set a precedent by dedicating a thematic day to food systems

असम में कीटों के हमले से 28 हजार हेक्टेयर में धान की फसल चौपट, गर्मी से और बढ़ेगा खतरा

असम के 15 जिलों में 28,000 हेक्टेयर धान की फसल फॉल आर्मीवर्मक�…

Warm temperatures for prolonged periods may have led to massive pest attack in Assam

28,000 hectares of paddy crop in 15 districts destroyed by armyworm

Climate crisis: Inequality hotspot study shows where women in agriculture are hit hardest

India stood 12th on the climate change risk index in agrifood systems

GWP100 or GWP*: Meat, dairy lobby pushing for new methane metric. How this will enable greenwashing

New method takes current methane emissions as baseline to present minor reductions as negative emissions or cooling

El Nino impact on food security: $160 million needed urgently to support 4.8 million people at risk, says FAO

Releases anticipatory action plan after WMO forecasts El Nino to stay till April 2024

92 लाख करोड़ रुपए है भारत में कृषि खाद्य प्रणालियों की छुपी लागत, दुनिया में है तीसरी सबसे अधिक: एफएओ

एफएओ ने अपनी नई रिपोर्ट में खाद्य उत्पादों की स्वास्थ्य…

India’s hidden costs of agrifood systems at $1.1 trillion, third-highest in the world, says new FAO report

Reveals true health and environmental costs of food; total global hidden costs associated with agrifood systems at $12.7 trillion

Ultra-processed foods lead to $7 trillion in hidden health, environment costs globally: Report

Consumption of highly processed foods was increasing in peri-urban and rural areas of some countries

Food production accounts for 15% fossil fuel use, as big oil locks in dependence on petroleum-based pesticides

The fossil fuel usage in fertiliser production is expected to increase significantly through 2050

Indian farmers taxed $169 bn via export bans or restrictions in 2022: OECD report

India introduced export bans, duties or permits on several commodities in 2022 to stabilise domestic prices following the war in Ukraine and the …

2021 में करीब पांच लाख भारतीयों ने भारत छोड़ ओईसीडी देशों की ओर रुख किया: रिपोर्ट

इंटरनेशनल माइग्रेशन आउटलुक 2023 रिपोर्ट में जलवायु परिवर�…

Yavatmal farmers fight losing battle against pesticide poisoning; pin hopes on Swiss court hearing

There has been an inordinate delay in enacting the Pesticides Management Bill to replace the Insecticides Act of 1968

Nearly half a million Indians migrated to OECD countries in 2021: Report

International Migration Outlook 2023 highlights developments in policy responses to climate change displacements  

MSP calculations still continue with old formula & not on comprehensive cost

If the recommendations were followed, the MSP of the six crops would be higher

आयरन फोर्टिफाइड चावल पर क्यों नहीं स्वास्थ्य चेतावनी: सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने सरकार से मांगा जवाब

आयरन का सेवन थैलेसीमिया और सिकल सेल से पीड़ित मरीजों �…

No health warnings on iron fortified rice: SC directs govt to respond in 4 weeks

Consuming iron can lead to adverse outcomes like organ failure for thalassemia, sickle cell disease patients

DTE Coverage: Sikkim Disaster 2023, as it happened

Down To Earth covered the unfolding disaster of the South Lhonak Lake bursting from various angles