At the recieving end

Fast-developing nations still home to half of world’s hungry and malnourished people: report

Study also stresses on positive impact of sanitation on nutrition status of children

Skimmed milk

Showering love on farmers

Food fortification best way to counter vitamin D deficiency: Experts

At a recent conference, experts said most of India suffers from vitamin D deficiency as nobody lets sun fall on their skin

Bitter sugar

Sugarcane farmers are the losers as Uttar Pradesh government, mill owners strike a deal

Pilferage-proof ration on the cards

Integrated Child Development not serving those who need it the most, finds study

Those from lower castes and the poor miss out on education, nutrition

88,000 fake ration cards

Orissa government to save Rs 40 crore by cancelling them

Goa introduces tags to protect biodiversity zones

Organisations selling products, which are made using ingredients from these zones, will now have to pay 0.01 per cent of their annual profits to …

Pulse politics

India's move to lift the five-decade ban on the controversial khesari dal could be politically motivated

India's hunger level constant for past 15 years

Economic growth didn't result in hunger reduction after 1996, says Global Hunger Index

Why people want to be poor

Crisis in Chhattisgarh over implementation of food security law has crucial lessons for India's public distribution system

Biodiversity Day: Focus on food biodiversity and human health

Sustainable management of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes and seascapes can support the transition towards healthy diets, says UN …

The juicy green star fruit always find its way to the vendor’s basket

A one-stop medicine shop, amrakh can be the wow factor in homemade pickles and chutneys

Potato test for government

The crash in potato price is triggering a wave of suicides in several states. Will the NDA government's ambitious Price Stabilisation Fund help …

`Family farming is not a romantic idea. It is business'

The food price rise of 2007-08 highlighted that investments in the agriculture sector have reduced in the past three decades. One of the most …

Madhya Pradesh's high-tech solution for PDS

State links PDS to UID to plug leakages in food supplies but gaps remain  

Wheat export likely

Government expects record production

South Asia

Don't smell a rat

Rs 32,000 crore for public relations

Ration shops to go hi-tech

Smart cards to plug leak in public distribution system

Not quite the pulse of the nation

Yellow pea catches more heat than consumers

Poverty, beyond calories

New method finds India is 9 per cent poorer