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

Humble millets can ensure food security, nutrition to India’s vulnerable communities

Shifting from climate-resilient and micro-nutrient-rich traditional crops to cash crops has resulted in poor health indicators, says expert

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 

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

‘Lean Diabetes — a distinct entity warranting further investigation’

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

Costing norms for mid-day meals, Anganwadis not revised despite food inflation

Schools, Anganwadis find it difficult to meet nutritional needs of children, mothers, as a result

Study claims asthma drug can help fight COVID-19

Montelukast has been around for more than 20 years and is usually prescribed to reduce inflammation caused by conditions like asthma, hay …

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

These 9 smart foods are often overlooked

They are good for human and environmental health but have been ignored due to a lack of awareness, research, policy support and market oppurtunities

"Zero-waste life isn't wishful thinking"

Hannah Sartin rarely dumps a plastic wrapper or paper ball as trash. At 32, she owns Munich's first zero-waste shop and has published a book that …

Reaping benefits of integrated farming in Zambia

A woman farmer in Chongwe district of Zambia lifted herself out of poverty through integrated and diversified farming

New tax regime under GST discourages aerated beverage consumption

Under GST regime, aerated beverages will attract a total tax of 40 per cent, which is likely to increase prices

Food and dissent

Sunita Narain's response to the comments on her previous editorial "Why I would not advocate vegetarianism"

Famine creeps in on Africa while the world’s media looks elsewhere

The western media's focus on events at home like the US elections and the UK Brexit referendum has come at the expense of reporting on the famine …

US government bodies inadequate in tracking antibiotic resistance: report

A government agency analysed information gathered by other departments and found limited data 

Rice for kings

Black rice is indigenous to the Northeast, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. In Manipur, it is considered food as well as part of traditional …

`Indian cuisine is rediscovering itself'

Ethnic Indian food is reinventing itself, says Colleen Taylor Sen, considered to be one of the leading historians on Indian and South Asian food. …