Poverty begets poverty

A 30-year survey of the poor gives a wake-up call

Climate change causes famine

Easing restrictions

Poor harvest in 2019 may push 6.3 million Somalis to hunger by year end

The rainy season in 2019 has been the third-driest in Somalia since the early 1980s

Can permaculture make agriculture sustainable?

Time to redraw the global poverty line

It must reflect new realities of food inflation, climate change impacts

A touch of poison

Amrita Singh discovers culinary versatility of a potentially poisonous weed

Detergent detector

New test to identify synthetic milk

Bundled in a sacred basket

Tribal farmers in Jharkhand use mora made of rice straw to store grains

South Asia

Big brother

WSSD clearly illustrated the hatred of the US' bullying tactics

Thumbs down

Fit to drink

Tap water norms on the anvil

Sugarcane stir

"BT Brinjal cannot be grown commercially till safety issues are sorted out"

Cat coffee

It takes guts to make the most expensive coffee

Denying MSP legal guarantee threat to India’s food security 

The common apprehensions on the operation of MSP legal guarantee are irrational, promoted by administration & business lobbies  

UNCCD COP14: Droughts most disastrous for agriculture

They cost agriculture $29 billion in a decade, according to a white paper released at the conference

Degraded land the size of China needs to be restored by 2030 to prevent biodiversity loss: UN Report

Every single year, we lose ecosystem services worth more than 10 per cent of our global economic output, the report said

At least 40% global crops lost to pests every year: FAO

Invasive pests cost countries at least $70 billion annually, among main drivers of biodiversity loss 

The end of meat and GMOs or the end of us: Part 1

The first in a three-part series series on effects of GMOs and the meat industry on our environment

Ivermectin: why a potential COVID treatment isn’t recommended for use

There is currently insufficient evidence to support the use of ivermectin in treatment of COVID-19

Centre hikes MSP as kharif sowing begins

MSP hike for 17 crops was approved June 8; this is likely to encourage farmers to diversify and switch to these crops

Need to triple investments for restoring degraded land by 2030: Seoul Declaration

The Declaration focuses on identifying key areas that can help combat multiple crises humanity faces

Quarter-billion people face extreme poverty in 2022 as the rich get richer: Oxfam

Inflation driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine a major factors behind financial crisis