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It’s all in the name

It’s all in the name

3 minutes ago

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Indian farmers, experts urge government to reject expansion of global plant genetic resources treaty

Indian farmers, experts urge government to reject expansion of Global Plant Treaty

Shimali Chauhan

3 minutes ago

4 min read

The grain that refuses to die: Of Sorghum and the Santal women of Mayurbhanj

The grain that refuses to die: Of Sorghum and the Santal women of Mayurbhanj

Abhijit Mohanty

2 hours ago

4 min read

News

It’s all in the name

It’s all in the name

3 minutes ago

4 min read

Indian farmers, experts urge government to reject expansion of global plant genetic resources treaty

Indian farmers, experts urge government to reject expansion of Global Plant Treaty

Shimali Chauhan

3 minutes ago

4 min read

Seed Bill 2025 ‘built for corporates, not cultivators’, farmers warn

Seed Bill 2025 ‘built for corporates, not cultivators’, farmers warn

Shimali Chauhan

16 Nov 2025

3 min read

Acute food insecurity could deepen across 16 countries and territories between November 2025 and May 2026, warns UN Report

Acute food insecurity could deepen across 16 countries and territories between November 2025 and May 2026, warns UN Report

14 Nov 2025

2 min read

A 1 degree C rise in temperature leads to an additional 70 million people becoming food insecure: World Food Programme

A 1 degree C rise in temperature leads to an additional 70 million people becoming food insecure: World Food Programme

13 Nov 2025

2 min read

Plant-heavy diet proposed by EAT-Lancet Commission will deepen nutrition deficiency: Report

Plant-heavy diet proposed by EAT-Lancet Commission may deepen nutrition deficiency: Report

07 Nov 2025

3 min read

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed speaking at the World Social Summit in Doha.

UN deputy chief urges nations to align food systems with climate action ahead of COP30

06 Nov 2025

2 min read

Back to the roots

Back to the roots

03 Nov 2025

2 min read

Gobar Times: Millets, the future fare

Gobar Times: Millets, the future fare

02 Nov 2025

1 min read

Gobar Times: Sweet defeat in mango season

Gobar Times: Sweet defeat in mango season

02 Nov 2025

1 min read

Seven countries secure $5.8million from Kunming Biodiversity Fund to make agriculture more nature friendly

Seven countries secure $5.8million from Kunming Biodiversity Fund to make agriculture more nature-friendly

Shimali Chauhan

30 Oct 2025

3 min read

CSE report Sustainable Food Systems: An Agenda for Climate-Risked Times was released at the national conclave on sustainable food systems.

CSE assessment finds Indian soils severely deficient in key nutrients

28 Oct 2025

2 min read

Interviews

The institution of Langar predates Sikhism. But only in Sikhism does it become a religious tenet: Yogesh Snehi

The institution of Langar predates Sikhism. But only in Sikhism does it become a religious tenet: Yogesh Snehi

04 Nov 2025

6 min read

‘Almost every middle-income country is being targeted by Big Food and its scientific agents’

‘Almost every middle-income country is being targeted by Big Food and its scientific agents’

01 Aug 2025

10 min read

Why Dalits were exempt from any dietary restrictions

Why Dalits were exempt from any dietary restrictions

01 Oct 2024

6 min read

Try to work with informal food sector, not get rid of it: Delia Grace

Try to work with informal food sector, not get rid of it: Delia Grace

10 Aug 2024

6 min read

Photo for representation: iStock

Emic perspective of Indian food reveals untold stories of migrant labourers, women, cattle

Preetha Banerjee

23 Feb 2024

10 min read

Illustration: Yogendra Anand / CSE

“Rich countries need to consume and produce less animal-source foods”

Richard Mahapatra

17 Nov 2023

5 min read

Blogs

The grain that refuses to die: Of Sorghum and the Santal women of Mayurbhanj

The grain that refuses to die: Of Sorghum and the Santal women of Mayurbhanj

Abhijit Mohanty

2 hours ago

4 min read

Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray

Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray

Teklehaymanot G Weldemichel

04 Nov 2025

5 min read

Why a GI 2.0 revolution should not wait: Transforming heritage labels into sustainable food-system tools in India

Why a GI 2.0 revolution should not wait: Transforming heritage labels into sustainable food-system tools in India

Manisha Mallick

17 Oct 2025

5 min read

India needs to alert its consumers

India needs to alert its consumers

16 Oct 2025

3 min read

World Food Day 2025: A hungry world knows no borders

World Food Day 2025: A hungry world knows no borders

Himanshu Pathak

16 Oct 2025

3 min read

Tackling child stunting needs an equity lens on India’s nutrition divide

Tackling child stunting needs an equity lens on India’s nutrition divide

15 Oct 2025

3 min read

More veg, less meat: The latest global update on a diet that’s good for people and the planet

More veg, less meat: The latest global update on a diet that’s good for people and the planet

07 Oct 2025

4 min read

Nourishing futures: Why breastfeeding is the bedrock of healthier food environments

Nourishing futures: Why breastfeeding is the bedrock of healthier food environments

30 Sep 2025

4 min read

Videos

Green Kitchen Season 4 Episode 3: Why more modern farmers are switching back to traditional seeds

Green Kitchen Season 4 Episode 3: Why more modern farmers are switching back to traditional seeds

DTE travels to Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to understand why farmers, young and old, are abandoning hybrids and returning to climate-resilient native seeds

16 Nov 2025

1 min read

The Green Kitchen Season 4 Episode 2: The untold story of Koraput’s effort to preserve native rice and millets

The Green Kitchen Season 4 Episode 2: The untold story of Koraput’s effort to preserve native rice and millets

10 Nov 2025

1 min read

The Sunita Narain Show: The growing need for sustainable food systems in a climate-risked world

The Sunita Narain Show: The growing need for sustainable food systems in a climate-risked world

05 Nov 2025

1 min read

The Green Kitchen Season 4 Episode 1: How community seed banks in Karnataka are reviving traditional millets

The Green Kitchen Season 4 Episode 1: How community seed banks in Karnataka are reviving traditional millets

02 Nov 2025

1 min read

From blockade to famine: Collapse of Gaza’s food system

From blockade to famine: Collapse of Gaza’s food system

10 Sep 2025

1 min read

The Green Kitchen | Kali Gajar: The timeless legacy of black carrots

The Green Kitchen | Kali gajar: The timeless legacy of black carrots

03 Mar 2025

1 min read

My food story

My Food Story: Food for survival

My Food Story: Food for survival

K Ponalagendra Raja

01 Oct 2025

1 min read

My Food Story: A Sankranti special

My Food Story: A Sankranti special

Nilima Vijay Khadatkar

01 Oct 2025

2 min read

My Food Story: A sweet, nostalgic dish

My Food Story: A sweet, nostalgic dish

01 Oct 2025

2 min read

My Food Story: A gruel made of spinach and mother’s memories

My Food Story: A gruel made of spinach and mother’s memories

01 Oct 2025

1 min read

Explore More

Of power, pleasure and the past

Of power, pleasure and the past

Nandita Banerji

20 Sep 2025

4 min read

Book Excerpt: Was Idi Amin Dada really a cannibal as rumoured?

Book Excerpt: Was Idi Amin Dada really a cannibal as rumoured?

02 Nov 2024

3 min read

Book Excerpt: All about utensils from the Peninsula

Book Excerpt: All about utensils from the Peninsula

Prema Srinivasan

28 Sep 2024

2 min read

Cod fillet cubes prepared in a Sri Lankan style are crunchy on the outside and juicy on the inside

Coastal cuisines

Nandita Banerji

10 Aug 2024

6 min read

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