Locust attack: Govt caught completely unawares, minister admits

Instead of taking accountability, Rajasthan, Centre, blame each other, Pakistan

Locust attack: Swarms pose most serious threat since 1993

Area measuring 370,000 hectares in Gujarat and Rajasthan affected

Blind solutions

Government's plan to fortify food cannot be a holistic solution to malnutrition

Book says climate change will affect global food security and trade

In several regions of the world, water scarcity will reduce the capacity to grow crops

A bill to secure food for the poor

A close look at the much-hyped National Food security Bill, 2013

UNITED NATIONS

Food for thought

STARVATION AMIDST PLENTY

Put on hold

GM mustard launch deferred

Stale concept

Proposed grain bank scheme not any different from the pilot project

Healing Afghanistan

The karez system could solve the country's water problems

Fishy depictions

Exaggerated reporting about fish catches has painted a false picture of the oceans' health

New entrant

Nepal set to join WTO

The 1996 World Food Summit target

Of halving the world's undernourished by 2015 is ambitious. Here's why:

Climate-ready

From the Andes to the stars

Tuber trouble

Americans aren’t getting enough to eat during COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what’s happening in Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles crisis surged the most in April, when 26% of all households — and 39% of low-income households — experienced food …

These new sorghum varieties might help sub-Saharan Africa meet nutritional needs

Sorghum is a significant crop cultivated in sub-Saharan Africa, with 300 million people depending on it

Food affordability improved over last 50 years; but what about nutrition

Vast majority of people living in rural and traditional countries and over three billion people globally cannot afford a nutritious diet

Independent India @ 75: It has taken a lot to be food-secure

From begging other countries for food to overflowing grain stocks, it has been a long journey; however, the government must adopt environment-…

Price of seafood spikes in coastal Odisha due to annual two-month fishing ban

Odisha observes a two-month ban on trawling and mechanised fishing every year to help sea fish spawn

Famines: what 20th century food crises tell us about how to cope with the Ukraine fallout

Our success at navigating the first serious global challenge to food security in the 21st century will indicate how well equipped we are to …

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 …

Sub-Saharan Africa’s food security has turned out better than feared. But risks remain

Widespread job losses led to rise in food insecurity, most pronounced in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda and Malawi