Can India reduce food wastage with community refrigerators?

Community refrigerators have helped reduce food wastage in the UAE, Germany and France. India too can popularise and scale up the initiative

Culture has helped millets survive

Throughout ages, many rituals have been associated with millet cultivation and women are to be thanked for this

A fruit to treat diabetes

Elandha vada is a traditional nutritional snack that is fast disappearing from our food basket

Consumers cannot make informed decision without GM labelling

21 of the 65 processed foods tested had genetically modified ingredients; most of these products do not mention anything about GM on their labels.

An app to measure nutrition content of Indian food

Nutrify India Now allows search in 17 languages and six food groups. Users can also search foods by nutrients in the National Institute of …

Quinoa production rises by 72% in more than a decade

From 2000 to 2014, quinoa production increased by 72% in Peru, Bolivia and Eucador, the world's biggest quinoa producers, says a new report

Half a teaspoon of baking soda every day can help prevent autoimmune diseases

The same should not be done without consulting a physician

Raising the stakes

Farmers cannot escape the impact of global trade regimes. The lack of a safety net makes it worse

In Yemen, seven million people on the brink of famine: FAO Director-General

About 17 million people, two-thirds of the population, are severely food insecure 

One-fifth of total food produced goes to waste, finds new report

Overeating and consumer waste are among the major contributors to food loss 

India’s new Food Composition Table provides data on nutritive value of 586 foods

The data in the book can help identify the crops that should be grown to fight micronutrient deficiency

What's driving the worldwide obesity epidemic?

The proportion of adults who are overweight or obese increased from 29 per cent in 1980 to 37 per cent in 2013

Investment in technology must to achieve zero hunger

FAO estimates that the world will need to produce some 60 per cent more food, on an average, to feed a hungry world by 2050

Product label for mountain products puts premium on biological, cultural diversity

The new label places a premium on goods that support local biodiversity and production methods linked to cultural traditions of mountain communities

Government sets up committee to relook at pulse MSP, bonus

Decision comes after prices of pulses touched nearly Rs. 200 a kg

Kerala imposes 14.5 per cent fat tax on branded restaurants selling junk food

A 2016 study published in the International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries found high incidence of Type-2 diabetes among the …

Desert Locust outbreak in Yemen poses risk to neighbouring countries

Locusts can have devastating effect on crops, especially in vulnerable areas

US House moves to block labelling of genetically-modified food

The Bill comes in the wake of a movement across the country to enact laws that require the labelling of GMOs 

Bael smoothie

NORTH KOREA

Milk of death

Kenya returns to sender a lethal cargo of contaminated milk powder

Grain of truth

China will need to import foodgrain in the next 10 years

KENYA

Benchmarks in place

Hong Kong