Survival menu

Bajra is nutritious, tasty and freely available

Mineral-packed crops

Failure to study climate change impact on wild foods can show on global health indicators

Climate change is set to take the benefits of eating good food away from us

Meagre gains

In search of hunger

While the fare at the Rome Food Summit was aimed mainly to help tummy trimming of ambitious plans drawn up earlier, the general feeling of the …

Thought for food

Thailand

Bread, values and politics

The forthcoming World Food Summit must ensure that the umbrella of food security also extends to encompass the Southern nations' poor

INDONESIA

Green sees red

Another setback

Fast food - Poor man's amaranth is now expensive health food

Scientists classify Amaranth as a grain, but most Indians treat it as non-cereal

Increasing population puts pressure on land and water too: UNCCD

Demand of water for agricultural purposes will double by 2050 due to increasing demands for food

Keeping pace with climate change in crop development

The problem of climate change and crop development represents a challenge for agricultural systems across the globe

Fall of the bees

Population of bees, the main pollinators of food crops, is declining. This can constrain food supply, warns a UN report

Eating the banana (tree)

Virtually every part of the banana tree finds use in kitchens across south, east and northeastern India. Here are a few recipes from Bengal

Food versus fodder

Increasing livestock in the Asian countries could result In lower foodgrain production

THAILAND

Wheat Bluff

Why everyone's critical of import

Tradition of food migration bypassed

Evolution ensured people adopted new foods through generations of experiments. but in a fast globalising age, we don’t seem to have …

Tracing the history of farming across Africa gives clues to low production outputs

The focus must move from what the developed world dictates to what Africa needs. This requires countries developing production systems and …

Food production experts call for more “quality and indigeneity” in agriculture

The remarks were made at a two-day event in Delhi to discuss how food systems can best be transformed in line with the 2030 Agenda for …

Macdosa, future food

To save the world it may be necessary to create a culture where the humble samosa replaces the mighty burger

Desert Locust outbreak in Yemen poses risk to neighbouring countries

Locusts can have devastating effect on crops, especially in vulnerable areas

Colossal destruction