The Monsanto way

How the US multinational won state governments and influenced policy

South Asia

From where our food will come

Fatal disconnect

Budget 2008: missing the big picture

Two leaves and a bud, a tale of certain exotics

Sayantan Bera chronicles the simmering discontent in the picturesque tea gardens of Assam, Darjeeling

Maize Mania

Maize has become the queen of cereals, courted by state governments, seed companies, farmers and the feedstock and starch industries as the crop …

Global Hunger Index: Why is India trailing?

India ranked 94 in global hunger index 2020 among 107 countries 

India bans export of non-basmati rice

Pricing food in poor India

Agriculture Don't fix is the government's fix

Brief

South Asia

Food vs fuel

Andhra salt-makers want recognition as farmers

Empty Promises

The high-level conference at Rome was called to find a way out of the global food crisis. A series of consultations with experts preceded this …

Unravelling the food mess

Reaching food to people who need it the most has remained one of the most stubborn problems in India. The public distribution system (PDS) is in …

Care turns down US $46 million food aid

Our smaller future

Indian diets are unhealthy: EAT-Lancet report

The report compared food consumption patterns in India with a reference diet from the EAT-Lancet Commission

Foreign food invasion

A growing taste for foods from across the globe is adding hugely to India’s import bill for groceries and raising health concerns

News Briefs

Dairy paradox

Brief

South Asia