Piecemeal proposals

The recommended grain policy may help tackle the problem of plenty, but food insecurity will remain (Read full article)

Give small players in food retail a new deal

Baiga agriculture can solve problems that plague modern systems

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Grain warehouse workers prone to respiratory diseases

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Grains of doubt

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

Mint relieves pain, acts as food preservative

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

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South Asia

Death on mounds of a bumper crop

As corruption hijacks procurement centres in Bundelkhand, farmers prefer suicide to a debt trap. Richard Mahapatra reports from Uttar Pradesh …

Farmers on holiday

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

Punjab fails to monitor GM trial

Departments express ignorance about field trials for potato

Dangers ahead at WTO

The trade facilitation agreement paves the way for fresh pressures on developing countries such as tariff cuts on industrial products

Veggies delight

The rising demand for vegetables has opened up a money-making opportunity for small farmers. Already reeling from recurring droughts and …

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 …

Pots of wisdom

Earthenware is staging a comeback in our kitchens with a new fervour

‘Reduce food waste, mitigate climate change’

Researchers have estimated that food waste-related emissions may increase from 0.5 gigatonnes today to 1.9-2.5 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalents …

A fruitful journey

A food safari in the desert of Rajasthan reveals a variety difficult to imagine in cities

Doubling farmers’ income by 2022 a challenge: NABARD official

When most of the terms of trade are against farmers, doubling their income by 2022 will be a challenge unless we address the post-production issues

Food processing sector gets a boost under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana

Budget allocation has doubled from Rs 633.84 crore in 2017-18 to Rs 1,313.08 crore in 2018-19

Poor post-harvest storage, transportation facilities to cost farmers dearly

If procurement of farm produce increases with the announcement of a new MSP, farmers’ post-harvest losses may increase manifold

Rs 2 lakh crore: This is what government owes the Food Corporation of India

Without the fund, FCI is borrowing money with a high interest rate; government might not be able to procure foodgrains as expected impacting …

Punjab's cold storage owners struggle to stay in business

As potato farmers abandon their produce in cold stores for over a year, storage owners are paying from their pockets to dispose old stock and …

Bumper kharif amid excess stock? Is India staring at hard agri decisions

Restrict procurement from Punjab and Haryana; stop procuring from states offering bonus on MSP; divert excessive stock for ethanol and cattle feed