United front

Beggars on a beach of gold

Right to food upheld

Finally

Final product norms on soft drinks as a distinct category

Fruitful find

Shelf-life of apples increased to eight months

It's official

India publishes its first report on impacts of climate change

Obstructing the flow

Wheat Bluff

Why everyone's critical of import

A peek into granny’s kitchen

Bajra delicacies and lessons on the nutritional importance of the millet

Can kimchi really help you lose weight? Hold your pickle. The evidence isn’t looking great

The evidence so far is very weak to support or recommend fermented foods for weight loss. These experimental studies have been short in length, …

Population can’t be ignored. It has to be part of the policy solution to our world’s problems

The longer we do nothing about population growth, the worse it gets

Benefits of milk: What can it do to your body?

Milk is very beneficial for our bodies and here are such five ways that milk can make our lives better

Champagne is deeply French – but the English invented the bubbles

The method for effervescence, strong glass bottles and the use of corks all came from England in the 17th century

This herb tastes and smells like fish; it has recognised health benefits

The medicinal properties and benefits of fish mint have been documented in ancient texts of traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine, as well as …

Do you need to wash rice before cooking? Here’s the science

Washing process has been shown to rinse up to 20% of the microplastics from uncooked rice

Exercise linked to higher pain tolerance: Study

People who regularly exercised had a higher pain tolerance compared with those who hardly exercised

Why guava is attractive for farmers & consumers alike

Used in street food, chutneys and perfumes, the climate-resistant fruit is a clear option for farmers

Somalia drought: FAO asks for $131 million to aid relief efforts

FAO has appealed since April last year, but the response has not been at the levels needed

Inflation is rising in Kenya: Here’s why, and how to fix it

Politicians eyeing Kenya’s 9 August polls have been offering solutions in exchange for votes  

New evidence emerges on how Mayas fortified maize, built indoor toilets

Scientists find maize starch spherulites , a unique byproduct of nixtamalisation, as well as tapeworms at a Maya archaeological site

Tracing the history of farming across Africa gives clues to low production outputs

The focus must move from what the developed world dictates to what Africa needs. This requires countries developing production systems and …

Why I remember DN Jha as an exemplary food historian

His defining work was about a food item whose reality is markedly different from the narrative that has been built around it

COVID-19: Poor hit as ration shops run out of grains in Chitrakoot

Several ration shops in MP, UP haven’t had wheat for weeks, claim residents  

Economic Survey 2019-20: Coverage of food processing sector needs scaling up

Recommendation is backed by fact that schemes floated to help sector have not been implemented properly

Five points on food inflation and onions

Retail inflation hitting double digit being attributed to high food prices, but is it so?