Sweet success

Technology to detect food poisoning pathogens

According to report

Tiger that ate snakes

Nailing melamine

India outsources agriculture

Nutrition challenge

Stalk soup

Tribals in central India use mushroom stalks to ward off chills and cold

Rural poor lose 5% of income to heat stress every year, more vulnerable to future climate risks

Every day of extreme precipitation causes poor households to lose 0.8 per cent of their incomes relative to non-poor households

Fibre is your body’s natural guide to weight management

Rather than cutting carbs out of your diet, eat them in their original fibre packaging instead

‘Lean Diabetes — a distinct entity warranting further investigation’

Rare type of diabetes inunderweight, thin people; Cases mostly from  low- or medium-income countries 

Sustainable agriculture: Choosing compost with precision can ensure food security

Precision composts will be created by identifying the configurations that produce either unsatisfactory or good results

Market access critical for India’s sustainable agri transition: CSE report

The existing ecosystem is not in favour of small and marginal farmers

Plant-based beverages are no match for bovine milk

Consumers must not be swayed by such drinks using the term ‘milk’ as cow milk is superior in nutrition, taste and is economical …

Diet to save: Our food system is fuelling climate change; are we ready to switch to a new diet?

A growing body of scientific evidence suggests our dietary habits are putting way too much pressure on the environment

International Day of Rural Women: It’s time we recognise their lives and livelihood

Rural women are active agents of socio-economic change. As we celebrate the day on October 15, there is a need to pull them out of the …

Nobel Peace Prize spotlights the links between hunger and conflict

About 1 in 9 persons worldwide don’t get to eat enough, suffering food insecurity, or not having consistent access to the right foods to …

Climate resilience: Kenyan farmers are adapting to extreme weather by growing indigenous crops

Exotic and commercial vegetables still form the bulk of Kenyan diets; campaigners for indigenous foods hope to reverse the trend

Climate change: West Africa’s oceans at risk because of a lack of monitoring

Communities are left blind to climate effect; can't take measures to adapt themselves 

After causing food crisis in Africa, worms attack Karnataka’s maize crop

It's a reason to worry because this caterpillar can also destroy crops like rice, cotton and sugarcane

Poor post-harvest storage, transportation facilities to cost farmers dearly

If procurement of farm produce increases with the announcement of a new MSP, farmers’ post-harvest losses may increase manifold

Why Centre's revised MSP for Kharif season is not encouraging for farmers

Apart from not factoring in increasing input costs, the renewed emphasis on revised MSP is taking away the focus from key interventions that …

300 million sub-Saharan Africans could go hungry due to Fall Armyworm

A pest that feeds on sorghum, millet and maize will cause severe destruction to crops if left unchecked, warns the Food and Agriculture Organization

Africa must be proactive about drought, not reactive, says FAO

As the continent feels the heat of climate change, it is time it adopts measures to better manage its water and land to build greater resilience …

Point of No Agri-returns Part 7: India diverts 10 million hectares of productive agri-lands, replaces them with barren lands for cultivation

Government report terms this as the 'often overlooked' aspect of the agrarian crisis in the country