Taste of toxicity

New study reiterates the adverse effects of chlorpyrifos pesticide

Monsoon-friendly Assam reeling under drought

Sugarcane growers in Uttar Pradesh short changed

Best way to check arsenic residues in rice

Climate change affects low-lying areas, puts poor at risk

US attempt to promote corn ethanol challenged

In Court

Punjab chief justice against pesticides

Include eggs in nation’s food security programme, demand activists

People’s Budget Initiative says implementation of food security programme discouraging

Partnerships crucial to fighting malnutrition, say global leaders

UN highlights the importance of working with the private sector to ensure a healthier world population

Efficient farming can feed 3 billion more people worldwide, says study

Targeted efforts to make food systems more efficient can also reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture

Mid-day meal scheme: Tamil Nadu shows the way

Ninety-two per cent schools in the southern state have good kitchen infrastructure, which is now being upgraded with cooking gas facility

Denmark imposes fat tax

The surcharge will be levied on food items containing more than 2.3 per cent saturated fat.

Climate change hits food production

Global warming has resulted in 20 per cent increase in price of wheat, maize, rice and soybean

Tackling AMR: For LMICs, prevention is the best solution, say experts at CSE's international workshop

Recommendations from workshop to inform High-Level Meeting on AMR scheduled at UN General Assembly later this year

Gut microbes that digest cellulose are declining, especially in industrialised nations

Industrialised nations tend to prefer processed food ingredients over a plant-based diet with increased fibre levels  

64% of world’s arable land at risk of pesticide pollution: Study

Asia home to largest land areas at high risk of pesticide pollution

Half of Indians above 45 either undernourished or overweight: Health ministry study

In Chattisgarh, every third individual in the age group was malnourished 

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

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

Beating the heat

Carcinogen Aflatoxin detected in FSSAI milk survey samples

The highest rates of aflatoxin contamination were found in Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Kerala

SC reserves judgement on environmental release of GM mustard

The apex court stated it will determine what is best for the nation in a “highly technical” and scientific matter  

Himachal stops tree planting on pastures in Chamba to protect traditional pastoral routes

Globally, lands sustained by pastoralism form the largest carbon sink