Food

'Pulses contribute to diversified diet and are a potential source of income'

As we celebrate the declaration of 2016 as the International Year of Pulses, FAO's William Murray discussses their nutritional benefits

Food

Reversing food cycle

Processed and packaged food and sweetened beverages have become a part of our life. They have replaced traditional and fresh foods. Food companies, retailers and agri-businesses have taken over our food supply, bringing about a change in our food consumption. This is leading to a range of diseases, including obesity. Barry Popkin, prominent food science researcher and director of the …

Food

‘Food was grown to keep community healthy’

The local system of agriculture produces more healthy and useful food, says Miller

Food

'Worldwide food losses and waste amount to 30-40 per cent of total production'

On the occasion of World Food Day, Rob Vos, strategic programme leader in FAO’s economic and social affairs division, talks about sustainabale agriculture and food wastage

Food

Meat industry has always opposed and influenced dietary guidelines in US

Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics, speaks on sustainable diet and interference of meat and sugar industry in food policy decisions in the US 

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'Science is evidence that current American diets are far from sustainable'

Laura MacCleery of regulatory affairs at Centre for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) decodes what the new dietary recommendations on environmental sustainability of diet mean for Americans

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‘The jackfruit will definitely become the most sought-after fruit in the coming years in India’

There is no one in the country who has written as extensively on jackfruit as Shree Padre.  A farm journalist, Padre has been reporting on the jackfruit sector in India and abroad for the past seven years. He is the editor of Adike Patrike, a Kannada farm magazine, written by and circulated among farmers in Karnataka. Padre has travelled to Vidarbha, Konkan and Sri Lanka to study the …