Bring farmers to farms

Hungry for research

Child starvation could increase unless research is improved

Difficult to digest

After much debate, the Cabinet cleared the food security bill. Will it really ensure food for every Indian?

Farmers on holiday

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

UN report flags changes in food system to boost climate action

Addding diet and food loss to climate change plans can improve mitigation and adaptation contributions towards food systems by as much as 25%

FAO claims new platform to help fight food loss, wastage

Global body estimates that 14% of food is lost annually and leads to emission of around 1.5 gigatonnes of CO2

Price of food inflation

In near future the impact of high food price will show in terms of more malnourished

Parties steal Congress show

BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh enacts its own food security law, non-Congress states to follow

Sell stevia, face legal action

Food Standards Authority says natural sweetener not a food item  

COVID-19 calls for renewed focus on eating right and natural

Post-COVID-19 scenario offers a unique opportunity to seize the moment and repurpose policies towards a food system that is resilient and …

India less committed to reducing hunger than Nepal or Bangladesh: HANCI report

India ranked 19th among 45 developing countries assessed by UK-based organisation

Denmark scraps tax on fat

Government gives in to pressure from the food industry, consumers

Spoilt for choice

Are cheap food prices reason to cheer?

Honey trade just got stickier

US industry shows distrust in India, sets its own certificate to ensure source of honey

The desperation of farmers

Food standards save lives, say FAO and WHO on World Food Safety Day

An estimated 600 million or almost 1 in 10 people worldwide fall ill after eating contaminated food; 420,000 die every year

India compromises on WTO deal

Under pressure from the US, it accepts conditions not part of G-33 proposal

African countries must double investment in agricultural R&D, finds study

The report analyses trends in investments and human resource capacity in African agriculture system

Grains of doubt

Rural affairs ministry rejects wage payment in kind under rural job scheme

A question of labelling

Parliament committee proposes no increase in foodgrain entitlement in Food Security Bill

States given the responsibility of expanding food security net to cover more households

Public Deprived System

The country’s 76 million poor have been denied the right to claim subsidised foodgrain under public distribution system

Bolsanaro’s environmental crimes come under EU scanner

Europe’s resolve to act against the Bolsonaro government’s environmental crimes appears to be strengthening

Model in a fix

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

The Monsanto way

How the US multinational won state governments and influenced policy