Simply Put: Inflation? What is that?

Malawi and maize: Prices have spiked on the back of bad weather and trade bans

Sustained excess margins in Malawi indicate that regional trade is not working well

Simply Put: Warding off evil spirits?

Simply put: How to index India’s petrol prices

Good food for the climate-risked world

Nine of India’s top cuisiniers share their recipes with ingredients from local biodiversity in upcoming book

Growth of good food must be nurtured

The 2019 edition of First Food: Business of Taste brings you the knowledge of livelihoods that connect to First Food

Nigeria’s COVID-19 economic plan has delivered disappointing results: Here’s why

Nigerian economy grew at 2.2% in 2019. It contracted by 1.8% in 2020. It rebounded in 2021 with a growth rate of 2.5%, but the rebound was less …

Truckers’ strike: 90% of food produce at stake

The country-wide truck operators’ strike continued for the fourth day and it was the farmers who lost the most

Will insects become an integral part of our diet again?

Tribal communities in 10 Indian states consume 303 insect species

Excess rainfall in Nov-Dec, early heat: Why lime production was hit in Andhra, India's largest producer

Gujarat, Maharashtra also affected, prices to come down in a fortnight, say experts

Just why are tomato prices going north? Dalwai Report offers clues

Issues like cold chain, modern pack houses and pooling points, along with transport arrangements from villages have not been given much attention,…

Why global food prices are higher today than for most of modern history

The drivers of average international food prices are always complicated. The prices of different commodities rise and fall based on universal …

Hidden costs of food: UN suggests price restructuring to make healthy food affordable, sustainable

The omission of external costs destroys the environment, heightens food insecurity, health risks and festers social evils 

Prices of agricultural commodities to remain low in the next decade: FAO-OECD report

Although production has grown strongly across commodities, demand growth is decelerating

Food price inflation rate in rural India has doubled in a year

Food price rise has been fuelling overall inflation in India in recent months  

You don’t decide what to eat, your nose and tongue decide it for you

Recent researches show that active role of sensory organs can affect food choices and cause food addiction and over eating  

Top 10 items contributing to headline Inflation during Oct 2019-Jan 2020

Costing norms for mid-day meals, Anganwadis not revised despite food inflation

Schools, Anganwadis find it difficult to meet nutritional needs of children, mothers, as a result

Why Centre's revised MSP for Kharif season is not encouraging for farmers

Apart from not factoring in increasing input costs, the renewed emphasis on revised MSP is taking away the focus from key interventions that …

What did the last IPCC report say

Before IPCC releases the special report on global warming, take a look at how the panel has warned us before

Food for all to free for all: The collateral of Russia vs Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war has razed global agriculture system, once sold as the magic formula. It led to concentration of food production in a few …

Climate and food price rise: Extreme weather events triggering unprecedented food inflation

Unfavourable, unreliable weather hurt agriculture, in turn pushing food prices our of reach across the world

Record decline in wheat procurement: Will we have enough on the plate?

The heat in March-April and the export of Indian wheat means the country will be left with fewer stocks to feed itself

War in Ukraine derailed global economic growth, climate action: WESP report

Higher use of fossil fuels and increased prices of food, nickel major factors

Mustard prices continue to stay below MSP; industry body urges government intervention

Farmers fear that prices will slip further with arrival of new mustard crop by next month, as they expect record harvest