Uttarakhand opens biodiversity park in Haldwani to encourage conservation

The state’s rich botanical heritage is facing threats from climate change, degrading landscapes, habitat loss and development activities

Delhi High Court orders curb on junk food sale in schools across India

Judgement is a milestone development in addressing growing burden of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, says Sunita Narain of Centre for …

Lok Sabha passes food Bill

Food supplies minister K V Thomas assures foodgrain allocation to states would not be reduced

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Riots over food security in Burkina Faso

Southeast Asians worried about food security, extreme weather events, shows climate survey 

ASEAN countries must stop building new coal plants, say over half the respondents 

Untangling India’s Bt cotton fraud

ICAR’s top research institutes and GEAC exposed in Bt cotton research scam

Taste of toxicity

New study reiterates the adverse effects of chlorpyrifos pesticide

Monsoon-friendly Assam reeling under drought

Sugarcane growers in Uttar Pradesh short changed

Best way to check arsenic residues in rice

Climate change affects low-lying areas, puts poor at risk

US attempt to promote corn ethanol challenged

In Court

Punjab chief justice against pesticides

Include eggs in nation’s food security programme, demand activists

People’s Budget Initiative says implementation of food security programme discouraging

Partnerships crucial to fighting malnutrition, say global leaders

UN highlights the importance of working with the private sector to ensure a healthier world population

Efficient farming can feed 3 billion more people worldwide, says study

Targeted efforts to make food systems more efficient can also reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture

Mid-day meal scheme: Tamil Nadu shows the way

Ninety-two per cent schools in the southern state have good kitchen infrastructure, which is now being upgraded with cooking gas facility

Denmark imposes fat tax

The surcharge will be levied on food items containing more than 2.3 per cent saturated fat.

Climate change hits food production

Global warming has resulted in 20 per cent increase in price of wheat, maize, rice and soybean

Tackling AMR: For LMICs, prevention is the best solution, say experts at CSE's international workshop

Recommendations from workshop to inform High-Level Meeting on AMR scheduled at UN General Assembly later this year

Gut microbes that digest cellulose are declining, especially in industrialised nations

Industrialised nations tend to prefer processed food ingredients over a plant-based diet with increased fibre levels  

SC reserves judgement on environmental release of GM mustard

The apex court stated it will determine what is best for the nation in a “highly technical” and scientific matter  

Himachal stops tree planting on pastures in Chamba to protect traditional pastoral routes

Globally, lands sustained by pastoralism form the largest carbon sink