COVID-19: Asia-Pacific countries must act against recession-induced hunger

Sub-Saharan Africa, home to the world’s highest hunger rates, must now brace for its first recession in a quarter of a century

Sunita Narain talks about good food

Food is becoming sterile and processed, says Sunita Narain at the launch of the First Food: Culture of Taste, a Down To Earth publication

Farmers on holiday

Andhra farmers shun growing paddy this kharif in absence of buyers, storage space

Decade-old FAO guidelines still the way ahead for food security, says report

No consensus at forums like WTO dangerous for international food security, it adds

Below Poverty Line census: fudging figures?

A survey currently underway in states to calculate the number of below poverty line households is being opposed tooth and nail by civil society …

Goa plans largescale park, land disputes arise

Goa govt bending laws

UK advertising committee widens restrictions on food and drinks ads

Amul loses its sugar-free market

The coke and diesel men

वातावरण में बढ़ती शुष्कता से घट रही है पौधों की लम्बाई, पैदावार भी प्रभावित

वातावरण में बढ़ती शुष्कता का असर दुनिया भर में पेड़-पौधों की लम्बाई पर पड़ रहा है जो सामान्य से कम होती जा रही है| ...

Why India needs climate resilient agriculture systems

Temperature rise is likely to show serious effects on crop yields. High temperatures may reduce crop duration, permit changes in photosynthesis, …

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the COVID-19 response

 The available evidence suggests these measures could bolster people’s health and well-being while also building their resilience to …

It’s sugar, honey; and it’s a crime

Tests from a German laboratory found that Indian honey is adulterated with sugar syrup

कोरोनावायरस: अब केरल ने उठाया यह बड़ा कदम, आगे नहीं होगी खाने-पीने की दिक्कत

केरल ने खाद्य सामग्री में आत्मनिर्भर बनने के लिए बेकार पड़ी जमीन को खेती योग्य बनाना, किचन गार्डन को बढ़ावा देना, पशुपालन और मछली ...

जलवायु परिवर्तन से किसानों के बीच बढ़ सकते हैं हिंसक घटनाएं: स्टडी

जलवायु परिवर्तन का केवल यह मतलब नहीं है कि आने वाले दिनों में परिस्थितियां कठोर हो जाएंगी, बल्कि इस वजह से लोगों के बीच ...

Every 9th person in the world went hungry last year: UN report

Around 700 million were exposed to severe food insecurity in 2018

Focus on climate change: Food majors to US government

Sustainable Food Policy Alliance pushes for carbon pricing system for industries 

Punjab's cold storage owners struggle to stay in business

As potato farmers abandon their produce in cold stores for over a year, storage owners are paying from their pockets to dispose old stock and …

Goa introduces tags to protect biodiversity zones

Organisations selling products, which are made using ingredients from these zones, will now have to pay 0.01 per cent of their annual profits to …

What did the last IPCC report say

Before IPCC releases the special report on global warming, take a look at how the panel has warned us before

Andhra farmers taste success with Zero Budget Natural Farming

Ensuring food security, producing more with less resources and building the resilience of smallholder farmers are important towards creating a …

Your food might be growing in contaminated soil

Soil pollution poses a major risk to human health by impairing plant metabolism and making crops unsafe for consumption

Organic farming will suffer a setback without certification, availability of breeder seeds

Although seed saving is a profitable enterprise, it’s the government’s responsibility to produce seeds and distribute them among …

Indian scientists convert wild legume into edible dal

A recent research shows it is possible to knock off genes that are responsible for the production of a class of anti-nutrients that make the …

At death's door

Around three million people are estimated to be severely food-insecure in north-eastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Somalia. The writer looks at the …