स्वस्थ रखता है खिरनी फल

देवताओं और राजाओं द्वारा यौवन को बरकरार रखने के लिए इस्तेमाल किया जाने वाला यह फल कई विशेषताओं से लबरेज है

तोरा में बड़-बड़ गुण हौ गे मड़ुआ

मड़ुआ में प्रचुर मात्रा में कैल्शियम, आयरन और फाइबर पाया जाता है इसलिए यह अन्य अनाजों की तुलना में अधिक ऊर्जा प्रदान करने में ...

बड़े काम का कुट्टू

कम कैलोरी वाला यह वैकल्पिक अनाज मधुमेह के रोगियों के लिए आदर्श माना जाता है

आयुर्वेदिक फल ओऊ

ओऊ की छाल, पत्तों और फल को पीसकर निकाले गए रस का इस्तेमाल सर्दी, खांसी, बुखार, हैजा और अपच के उपचार के लिए किया ...

Indian scientists find a way to enhance fat-burning capacity of chilli

Capsaicin, an active ingredient of chilli, is known to have anti-obesity or fat reducing properties

Finding ways to fight obesity? Coffee could be your fix

A research finds that coffee helps burn brown fat and has anti-obesity characteristics

DTE recommends: What to eat, watch, do

Here's all about a painting exhibition in London, a mango festival in New Delhi and documentary on rare totoaba fish

Inflation is healthy for the economy – but too much can trigger a recession

An inflation watcher used the current US situation to break down inflation for the layperson

Orange cucumber from North East is storehouse of Vitamin A: Study

At a stage when it is eaten as salad, the carotenoid content in orange-fleshed varieties was 2-4 times greater than the normal variety

Climate change eats into output of top 10 food crops

Production decreased unequally for barley, cassava, maize, oil palm, rapeseed, rice, sorghum, soybean, sugarcane and wheat

100 रुपए में एक किलो नमक बेचती है यह नमकवाली, विदेशों में भी है मांग

उत्तराखंड में खाये जाने वाले पीसी लून (नमक) की मांग तेजी से बढ़ रही हैं। जो स्वाद के साथ-साथ औषधीय गुणों से भरपूर है।

World Food Day: Preserving food diversity vital to achieve zero hunger by 2030

Increasing production of staple crops such as wheat, rice and maize cannot meet the rising food demand. That is why we need to fall back on …

As synthetic microfibers infiltrate food, water and air, how can we prevent future release?

Scientists and manufacturers are looking for ways to keep synthetic microfibers from getting into the environment in the first place

Bhang pakora

A five-point plan to make Buhari’s council on food security a success

Previous attempts to ensure a sustainable food security project have failed in Nigeria. Will this one too?

Khobarvel tea

Revival of Kadaknath: rare breed of black chicken from Madhya Pradesh

An almost extinct indigenous breed of poultry is improving the lives of farmers in drought-hit Jhabua

Parijaat kalakand

Food and Nutrition Security in Southern African Cities

Urban population growth is extremely rapid across Africa 

Hunger and Poverty in South Africa: The Hidden Faces of Food Insecurity

This book explores food insecurity as an issue of socioeconomic, political, cultural and environmental inequity and inequality.

Talking heads

Agriculture ministers from key African countries speak to Down To Earth on strategies to make Africa food-sufficient once again

First Food: Celebrating India's Food Biodiversity

Down to Earth collaborated with Chor Bizarre, an Indian restaurant chain, to celebrate an evening of traditional Indian food. Chef Rajiv Malhotra …

The hidden valley

Our photographer Vikas Choudhary captures the breathtaking landscape of Apatani valley nestled in the midst of wooded hills in Lower Subansiri …

Uncultivated wisdom

India witnesses a revival of its uncultivated food culture through a boom in local food festivals

Food security ordinance: where we stand