The next disruption

Regional cooperation can improve food security

Detective poles

Magnets to check fat content of milk, adulterated oil

Healthy fast food

Sahyadri tribals eat buckwheat to stay fit

Unable to get food, Adivasi tea worker in north Bengal estate dies of starvation

Fact-finding team formed by independent labour organisations reveals the worker and his wife had no access to food under the public …

How do Indian states perform as far as hunger eradication is concerned

Using Global Hunger Index methodology to rank India’s states and Union Territories puts Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh at the bottom, …

Here is why the world needs regenerative agriculture

Regenerative agriculture is a holistic farming system that focuses on soil health, food quality, biodiversity improvement, water quality and …

Has low paddy acreage caused Centre’s U-turn on Telangana parboiled rice procurement

Telangana government and the Centre had been at loggerheads over its procurement for almost a year; now Centre has agreed to procure  0.…

Global non-cooperative movement

Insecurity in the supply of basic materials, from energy to food, is making countries shun global interdependence and shut doors

Food as history: Cambridge studies cast new light on early Anglo-Saxon kings’ relations with peasants by studying their diets

The studies note that social status did not lead to kings and nobles eating more meat than peasants; but once a year, both did gorge on animals …

Natural option: Organic, natural farming not only profitable & sustainable but also productive

CSE recently consolidated long-term evidence on holistic benefits of organic and natural farming; here’s what we found

The science of sugar: why we’re hardwired to love it and what eating too much does to your brain – podcast

‘We have this really deep-seated attraction to sugar that throughout evolutionary history was a really important advantage’ 

French Revolution, Arab Springs and food price due to climate change

Loss in food production increases prices; that, in turn, influences people’s food intake and fuels conflicts  

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Why water is important in the AMR debate

Access to safe water is one of the prerequisites for maintaining sound health and environment in a community and is also a responsibility of …

A third of global cropland will be drought-hit by 2040 if emissions don’t stop: Report

The yield of staple crops could be globally hit in a business-as-usual scenario for emissions, just at the time when more food is required, …

From identifying plant pests to picking fruit, AI is reinventing how farmers produce your food

A sophisticated form of artificial intelligence known as deep learning could help make agriculture more efficient and environmentally friendly

People of Maharashtra exposed to sub-standard drugs: CAG report

About 1,006 cases of sub-standard drugs were reported between 2012 and 2017, but FDA failed to recall most of these drugs

Huge protest in Jharkhand against cash transfer scheme

People want Direct Benefit Transfer system to be replaced with old practice of getting rice at Re 1/kg at the ration shop

Increased consumption of ultra-processed food linked to rising cases of cancer

10 per cent increase in proportion of ultra-processed food in diets could lead to a 12 per cent increase in overall cancer risk

Point of no agri-returns Part 2: Every year, farmers lose Rs 63,000 crore for not being able to sell their produce

That explains why agrarian riots have increased by over 600 per cent in the last three years

Biotechnology for food security: hope over hype

A range of biotechnological approaches, including both traditional ones like selective breeding and fermentation techniques, and modern ones such …

What needs to be done to give Africa's smallholder farmers access to machinery

Mechanisation of agricultural activity can help many African countries unlock underutilised agricultural potential. But there are serious …

No GM Mustard for now; Centre puts commercial release on hold following protests

In May, the government panel had cleared commercial release of GM Mustard with certain conditions

A grain revolution for Africa

In just a few decades, Africa has become a net food importer. But it has to feed more and more people in the future. Estimates suggest the …

Combating soil pollution vital for addressing climate change

Soil pollution refers to the presence of chemicals in soils that are either out of place or at higher-than-normal concentrations