Loopholes in food safety legislation

New food safety legislation does not fit the health bill

Lateral Thoughts: Clueless about food waste

We have no data on how much food we we waste and this derails waste management  

World Food Day: Looking for a new avatar in COVID-19 times

What we now need is smart, systemic action to get the food to those who need it and improve it for those who have it, says FAO Director-…

Street food in Mumbai, Ahmedabad 'safe to eat'

The respective state Food and Drug Administration confers ‘Clean Street Food Hub' tag on Mumbai’s Chowpatty and Ahmedabad’s …

Fast food chains progress on antibiotic policy, but action fragmented

The policies remain fragmented with focus limited to certain food animal species or markets

El Niño casts shadow on crop prospects; Food Price Index falls

Reduced crop production has severely affected food security in southern Africa

"Upstart" tomatoes for stiff upper-lips

Mouth-watering find

Chocolates are 2,600 years old

Good food: Seeds of health

Seeds hold the promise of life, and hence they are so carefully stored in seed banks across the world

Grounded in wisdom: The forgotten chakki should regain its place

Traditional mini flour mills may no longer be in vogue in our homes, but they help prepare nutritious food 

80 करोड़ भूखे लोगों को मिल सकता है अतिरिक्त अन्न: अध्ययन

एक अध्ययन में वैश्विक कृषि भूमि पर पानी की कमी के साथ-साथ विभिन्न भौगोलिक कारकों का आकलन भी किया गया है

खाने-पीने की चीजें हुई महंगी, सब्जी की कीमतों में 50 फीसदी उछाल

पिछले कुछ माह के दौरान हुई बेमौसमी बारिश की वजह से सबसे अधिक खाने-पीने की चीजों के दाम बढ़ रहे हैं

छोटी जोत भी हो सकती है पोषण में कमी का कारण

अध्ययन में शामिल गांवों में अधिकतर लोग ऊर्जा तथा पोषण संबंधी जरूरतों के लिए सिर्फ चावल, गेहूं और सब्जियों पर मुख्य रूप से निर्भर ...

Will insects become an integral part of our diet again?

Tribal communities in 10 Indian states consume 303 insect species

Govt wants to dump excess food grain in Africa

Food Corporation of India storages are spilling from excess food stocks and the new Kharif procurement season is only a month away

Messages matter: Are junk food ads creating a crisis for today’s children?

Advertisements featuring junk food and even cartoon characters endorsing unhealthy foods can lead to problems for children today

Food India: Six recipes to beat the heat

DTE brings you some recipes from our foodbook; they are soothing for the summers, high on nutrition, even medicinal. Here's wishing you …

Simply put: Food contamination kills 2 million people

Now there's a way to offset food wasted at weddings

Redirecting wasted food to the needy through initiatives could usher in a change

Traditionally secure: The Baigas and their uncultivated foods

People belonging to the Baiga tribe mostly depend on forests and its plants for their livelihood. They possess the ability to recognise hundreds …

How are illegal GM food products finding their way into India?

Fruit from Jambudweep

Jamrul, they say, gave India its ancient name of Jambudweep. The fruit was easily available till a few decades ago, but is now a rarity

Yemen needs aid to tide over worst hunger crisis

Twenty of the country’s 22 governorates are in “emergency” or “crisis” food-insecurity phases and almost two-thirds …

Famine declared in South Sudan; about 4.9 million people in urgent need of food

The number of food insecure people can rise to 5.5 million in July if nothing is done to curb the severity and spread of food crisis

A case for stuffing