International experts call for coordinated action to mitigate climate change impact on agriculture

Symposium organised by WMO and FAO recommends various measures to tackle the challenge of growing more food in the next 20 years

Enter the Bank

Chinese honey route

Thriving honey laundering traced to Asian giant

Brain drain

Consuming vegetables contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides can lower a child's intelligence, warns a study

देश के अनपूछे 85 फीसदी किसानों की मदद के लिए 41 हजार कृषि बाजारों की जरूरत

छोटे और सीमांत किसानों को उनके अनाज का सही दाम न मिलने से उन्हें बीते 16 वर्षों में जीडीपी के 20 फीसदी जितना 40 ...

Promote insect-eating to benefit indigenous peoples

Ethnic communities are traditional custodians of entomophagy. They must not be sidelined as policymakers and industry ready plans to promote …

क्या सच में जलवायु परिवर्तन के कारण बढ़ सकती है धान की पैदावार

तापमान में हो रही वृद्धि के कारण ठन्डे इलाकों में भी धान की एक से ज्यादा बार फसल प्राप्त की जा सकती है

Drought in Kenya puts livestock at risk; crop failure triggers fear of starvation

Kenya is prone to drought because only 20 per cent of the country receives adequate and regular rainfall

Burundi's sustainability lies in embracing integration in agriculture

Farmer Field Schools help communities manage land better and improve food production

Agricultural biotechnolgies a boon for family farmers, say experts

A range of biotechnologies can help bring about high yields, improve nutrition quality and add value to the productivity of crops, livestock,…

Supreme Court raps Centre over non-implementation of Food Security Act

Till now, the Centre has issued three notifications for the extension of the deadline

Temporary relief for Nestle India after Bombay High Court sets aside Maggi ban

The judgment was in response to a petition filed by Nestle India, which challenged the ban imposed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority …

Food for nutrition, nature & livelihood

What societies eat reflects their position on the modernity trajectory

World Health Day to focus on food safety this year

About 306 outbreaks of food poisoning and 344 outbreaks of diarrhoea were reported between 2011 and 2014

Fruity delight

Pomelo not only makes tasty salads, but also has antioxidants that fight cancer

UNITED NATIONS

South Asia

"Salwa Judum is peaceful. We support it"

Pests behind Codex standards

Swearing by them is nothing more than laziness and deception of regulators

क्या सूखे को याद रख सकते हैं पेड़-पौधे, कैसे करते हैं वो इससे अपना बचाव

पौधों में न तो कोई मस्तिष्क और न ही किसी तरह की तंत्रिका कोशिकाएं होती हैं, फिर वो खुद को कैसे सूखे से बचाते ...

Food in good times and bad: What did 2020 teach us about the way we eat?

With the pandemic as our backdrop, several cooking and eating practices changed for us this year

लाल मिर्च का राजा: ऐसे बनाएं स्वादिष्ट अचार

एक बीघा में भूत जोलोकिया की खेती से 20 हजार रुपए तक का लाभ अर्जित किया जा सकता है

India can’t have a piece-meal approach of fighting only food security or climate change

Any effective solution to mitigate climate change in India must take in to account poverty, inadequate food distribution and lack of basic shelter

PM Matruvtva Vandana Yojna: Full benefit for mere 14% pregnant women

Current scheme goes against National Food Security Act, activists allege; seek Rs 6,000 minimum benefit

जीवाणुओं का रहस्य

कई विशेषज्ञों का तर्क है कि प्रतिरोधक क्षमता का संबंध शरीर में सूक्ष्मजीवों की उपस्थिति से भी जोड़ा जा सकता है।