Food security policy formulation: What can India learn from other countries?
Food shortage, inflation, irrational polices: What not to do to avoid economic disasters
Using wastewater to grow crops can address water scarcity in agriculture
Water is vital for food production and climate change threatens this most precious resource
Farmers give silver lining to famine clouds
A country where millions have died of starvation can now hope to achieve self-sufficiency in food, with the UN predicting record harvests of …
Ground realities
Foodgrain production will have to increase by 5 million tonnes every year to meet rising demand
Why did the Maya civilisation collapse? We don’t know yet, but drought was likely not the cause: Study
The Maya people could have turned to chaya and cassava to meet their carbohydrates and protein needs
Deserted Delicacies
Abundant, nutritious and tasty. Yet, traditional desert food is gradually losing out to commercially grown crops
World’s 1 billion people are hungry and 2 billion eat too much wrong food
A study conducted in 16 countries says world’s eating habits will not leave enough food to feed all and it is detrimental to the climate too
Call to action: Pest control actors should join hands to curtail harmful impact of rodents on India’s food production
Ecologically based rodent management has great opportunity to be adopted in the states of Madhya Pradesh & Jharkhand
Indian scientists convert wild legume into edible dal
A recent research shows it is possible to knock off genes that are responsible for the production of a class of anti-nutrients that make the …
Rent-a-farm: Watch how this firm is helping city dwellers grow food
Delhi-based start-up, Edible Routes, is helping people bring closer to their food and instilling a greater sense of well-being
Sudden rains damage Bihar’s rabi crops
Farmers expected a decline in the production of fruits — including mangoes and litchis
Crash in maize production may hit over a million people in Zimbabwe
The entire sub-Saharan African region will be hit hard as maize is the most important cereal crop in here
GM in food: Food regulator mum on illegalities
FSSAI says it will frame a law to regulate GM food, but fails to talk about the prevalent illegal trade and mislabeling
How to make Africa food self-sufficient, again?
Africa is the only continent that imports more food than it produces. With ground reports from 10 African countries, Down To Earth's editorial …
Alien pest invades farmlands in Africa, destroys crops in more than 10 countries
Unlike the native pest, the fall armyworm from the Americas is harder to detect and eradicate
Warning bell: Extreme weather is hitting India’s farmlands harder
With an increase in disaster risks, India needs to measure and assess its ‘disaster losses’ better
Fortified rice scheme to create Rs 3,000-crore market for just five big firms
The Centre’s decision to provide only fortified food items under government schemes rekindles the debate on whether fortification helps …
Parched Punjab
India's most agriculturally prosperous state, Punjab, is staring at an impending groundwater crisis. Over-extraction of groundwater and faulty …
Handful of agrifood giants control global food markets, warns report
Food barons report finds China, India & Brazil are reordering global food chain; but retaining global North's extractive models
9 human-animal conflicts every day in Bandipore, Nagarhole National Park
Most of these involved crop and property damage, shows data by the Wildlife Conservation Society
Metals for food
Depleting groundwater sources compel farmers in Gujarat to use industrial effluents for irrigation
Not just groundwater, flouride has poisoned agricultural soil, crops in Bengal
Farmers in Bankura and Purulia rely on groundwater, heavily contaminated with flouride, to cultivate crops
UN Committee for World Food Security endorses voluntary guidelines to end hunger
The guidelines will contribute to realisation of global goals on hunger and nutrition even as more than 3 billion people do not have access …
Scientists identify genes that can increase drought resistance in plants
African ‘orphan’ crop varieties to help plants battle high temperatures
Worrying dip in global biodiversity
The proportion of livestock breeds at risk of extinction is increasing and plant diversity in farmers’ fields is decreasing, says a recent …