US not keen to trade freely

Bring farmers to farms

‘Pesticides, antibiotic use and ultra-processing threaten food safety in India’

Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment says that in addition to microbiological and chemical contamination, factors like salt, sugar and …

Model in a fix

Chhattisgarh's much appreciated public distribution scheme is falling apart due to corruption and mismanagement

Eat at your own risk

Junk food is bad for health. Its definition tells its inner story—food that is high on calories and saturated fat but low on nutrition. 

Junk food in schools: high court asks FSSAI to frame rules

Food standards authority says it has invited proposals for developing guidelines for making available quality food in school canteens

The China affair what it means to us

Crisis brewing

Collapse of the former Soviet market and an indifferent attitude to quality clips Nilgiris tea industry

Moscow introduces GM-free label

Pro-industry food safety and standards bill does not address safety concerns

"We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun." -- George Orwell in his 1937 novel The Road …

ICDS gets packaged food for the malnourished

Changing diets

Indian farmers get short shrift as country imports wheat

Indian farmers get short shrift as country imports wheat

COVID-19: Asia-Pacific countries must act against recession-induced hunger

Sub-Saharan Africa, home to the world’s highest hunger rates, must now brace for its first recession in a quarter of a century

Sunita Narain talks about good food

Food is becoming sterile and processed, says Sunita Narain at the launch of the First Food: Culture of Taste, a Down To Earth publication

Farmers on holiday

Andhra farmers shun growing paddy this kharif in absence of buyers, storage space

Decade-old FAO guidelines still the way ahead for food security, says report

No consensus at forums like WTO dangerous for international food security, it adds

Below Poverty Line census: fudging figures?

A survey currently underway in states to calculate the number of below poverty line households is being opposed tooth and nail by civil society …

Goa plans largescale park, land disputes arise

Goa govt bending laws

UK advertising committee widens restrictions on food and drinks ads

Amul loses its sugar-free market

The coke and diesel men

Why India needs climate resilient agriculture systems

Temperature rise is likely to show serious effects on crop yields. High temperatures may reduce crop duration, permit changes in photosynthesis, …

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the COVID-19 response

 The available evidence suggests these measures could bolster people’s health and well-being while also building their resilience to …