Fruitful find
Shelf-life of apples increased to eight months
It's official
India publishes its first report on impacts of climate change
Obstructing the flow
Wheat Bluff
Why everyone's critical of import
A peek into granny’s kitchen
Bajra delicacies and lessons on the nutritional importance of the millet
Can kimchi really help you lose weight? Hold your pickle. The evidence isn’t looking great
The evidence so far is very weak to support or recommend fermented foods for weight loss. These experimental studies have been short in length, …
Population can’t be ignored. It has to be part of the policy solution to our world’s problems
The longer we do nothing about population growth, the worse it gets
Benefits of milk: What can it do to your body?
Milk is very beneficial for our bodies and here are such five ways that milk can make our lives better
Tracing the history of farming across Africa gives clues to low production outputs
The focus must move from what the developed world dictates to what Africa needs. This requires countries developing production systems and …
What the Dengvaxia episode teaches us
Introducing a vaccine prematurely and in haste, and exposing whole populations to considerable risks must never be repeated again
Why I remember DN Jha as an exemplary food historian
His defining work was about a food item whose reality is markedly different from the narrative that has been built around it
Why guava is attractive for farmers & consumers alike
Used in street food, chutneys and perfumes, the climate-resistant fruit is a clear option for farmers
Economic Survey 2019-20: Coverage of food processing sector needs scaling up
Recommendation is backed by fact that schemes floated to help sector have not been implemented properly
Five points on food inflation and onions
Retail inflation hitting double digit being attributed to high food prices, but is it so?
NITI Ayog's SDG report flags huge worries about hunger, poverty in India
Poor show by 25 states on food security and malnutrition Sustainable Development Index 2019
Do you need to wash rice before cooking? Here’s the science
Washing process has been shown to rinse up to 20% of the microplastics from uncooked rice
Exercise linked to higher pain tolerance: Study
People who regularly exercised had a higher pain tolerance compared with those who hardly exercised
New evidence emerges on how Mayas fortified maize, built indoor toilets
Scientists find maize starch spherulites , a unique byproduct of nixtamalisation, as well as tapeworms at a Maya archaeological site
COVID-19: Poor hit as ration shops run out of grains in Chitrakoot
Several ration shops in MP, UP haven’t had wheat for weeks, claim residents
Intoxicatingly delicious
With increasing urbanisation and changing food habits, very few people are aware of the mahua fruit and its oil, let alone its health benefits
The eco tree
Many tribal communities consume semal because of its medicinal properties. Others worship the tree. A clan of the Bhil tribe in Rajasthan …
How your Christmas turkey arrives already stuffed – with antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance in livestock farming will reduce the impact of the suite of pharmaceuticals we rely on for fighting human diseases
A pest gene can help fight pesticide contamination in environment: study
A group of reseachers from Pune have isolated an enzyme from a pest which can be clean up pesticide residues from food and environment
India’s fruit and vegetable intake less than standard, finds study
Only 21.2 per cent Indians consume fruits and vegetables that are an essential source of phytonutrients
Use of antibiotics in animal food leads to drug resistance in humans
A new report highlights the risks of antibiotic use in animals and their presence in effluents from pharmaceutical companies