‘Over 22 million in Ethiopia facing severe food crisis’
Back-to-back droughts causing food emergency, children at high risk of death from malnutrition, says non-profit
Global Hunger Index: India slips to 107 from 101, behind all Asian countries except war-torn Afghanistan
Other countries in the same classification as India include Pakistan, Afghanistan, Zambia, Botswana, Sudan, Ethiopia and Mali
44 per cent of India's districts face rain deficit
Major food-producing states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Punjab are the worst affected
‘Current agricultural growth rate won’t meet world food demand in 2030’
Report by corporate-funded body calls for increased investment in innovation and production-boosting ‘proven’ strategies
Himachal Pradesh High Court bans junk food in non-biodegradable packs
Judges express hope that move will protect environment as well as children’s health
Nepal battles poor food safety standards
Pramod Koirala is the spokesperson for the department of food technology and quality control of Nepal. He was in Delhi recently to attend a media …
Food basket is shrinking
Local fruits and veggies hold the key to food, nutritional security
COVID-19 pandemic, repeated weather shocks drove 122 million more to hunger since 2019: UN
If trends remain as they were, the UN-mandated Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ending hunger by 2030 will not be reached
Complan, Saffola and Kellogg’s under scanner for misleading public
FSSAI initiates prosecution against manufacturers of 19 leading food brands for making unscientific claims about their products
Maize Mania
Maize has become the queen of cereals, courted by state governments, seed companies, farmers and the feedstock and starch industries as the crop …
Underrated green
Kohlrabi is a healthy but little used member of the cabbage family
Understanding the recent tomato price spike: What lies ahead?
Before this, record-high prices were observed in July and August 2023
Rumoured forbidden: It’s time to banish fears around ‘Khesari Dal’ and relish the nutritious legume
Grass pea, linked to lathyrism in British India, could provide food security when conventional crops are failing due to climate change
Simply Put: Childhood diabetes
Less than half of hunger funding needs met, says report
Countries experiencing the worst hunger crisis received less hunger funding
The importance (and baggage) of ghee
The social standing of ghee is heavier than the health one
Most number of people in need of aid in Ethiopia, Yemen, DRC & Afghanistan in 2021
Need for humanitarian aid reached an all-time high during January 2018-December 2021
Is eastern Africa’s drought the worst in recent history? And are worse yet to come?
Human-induced warming has raised the temperature of the western Pacific Ocean
How poverty and violence are linked with anxiety in young South Africans
More than 8% reported anxiety disorder in the past year in South Africa
Simply put: Log on for mid-day meal
Simply put: What’s cooking in lockdown
Pulses production in 2019-20 will reduce due to erratic monsoon: IPGA
Trade body also demands of removal of import restriction and quota on green peas
Simply put: Strike of the fall armyworm
Over the next decade, demand for cereals to grow only in low-income regions
Per capita meat consumption will grow most strongly in the developed world
Taste the tangy
A little-known ingredient from Kerala, kodampuli, is full of medicinal properties