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 …
We wanted to know how coronavirus affects Nairobi’s slum residents. What we found
The pandemic is clearly having a negative impact on people’s health and economic and social status
Remote sensing can resolve food crisis
It can help understand time-varying meteorological parameters for sustainable use in irrigation and crop management in the Indo-Gangetic basin
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
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. …
Digitising agriculture in face of climate change
Extreme weather and changing geography threatened food security and livelihood in Africa and Asia this year. Digitising agriculture has become a …
First-of-its-kind policy initiative on nutrition and diet launched in Delhi
The total health burden arising from poor diet exceeds the combined burden of unsafe sex, alcohol, drug and tobacco use
US to regulate use of antibiotics in bees
As per new FDA rules, beekeepers can get antibiotics only after they are prescribed by a veterinarian
Urgent funds required to help 385,000 people in Nigeria
Three consecutive planting seasons have been lost due to conflicts in northeastern part of the country
European Medicines Agency asks EU to decrease use of antibiotic colistin
The update comes after a new mechanism of resistance to the bacteria was found in pigs and humans samples
People in Southern Africa need support to produce food
Farmers must plant by October and failure to do so will result in another reduced harvest in March 2017
Period of high agricultural commodity prices most likely over
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook says that with rising incomes, especially in the emerging economies, demand for meat, fish and poultry will grow