Tuber trouble

Dark bean’s bright side

Megha Prakash shares the benefits and recipes of black soybean

A high support price for pulses

How good is it for farmers, consumers?

Biblical proportions

War in Sudan enters its breadbasket, threatens to worsen hunger, malnutrition

A third of Sudanese in need of emergency food aid; country faces the greatest displacement crisis in history

The other side of climate friendly foods

Efforts to change diets and reduce global warming has pitfalls  

Why colistin should be banned in food-animal production sector in India

Action against the drug, used as a growth promoter in food animals, is imperative to curb antimicrobial resistance in humans

Niger is Africa’s fastest growing country — how to feed 25 million more people in 30 years

Reducing population growth rate and investments in women’s education & labour force participation among other steps needed

‘Chinese food is so entrenched in our lives; COVID-19 can’t change that’

Down To Earth talks to Miranda Brown, historian of premodern Chinese food and medicine and University of Michigan professor, about Chinese …

As climate changes, Himalayan farmers return to traditional crops

Traditional crops and new innovations are offering farmers in the Himalayan region a way to deal with the challenges of climate change, but there …

PM Modi’s Independence Day speech focuses on food security, clean energy

Social justice, clean energy, agricultural reforms and rural electrification find mention in PM Modi's speech

Increasing tree cover in drylands can ensure food security, solve water crisis

The world’s drylands must be restored as they provide habitat for biodiversity, protect against erosion, help combat desertification and …

Zimbabwe baobab trees dying due to mysterious disease

This could cause a potential food crisis in the country which is in the throes of drought

Ensuring food security, building resilience must to fight drought in Central America's Dry Corridor

The region, which covers nearly one-third of the Central American territory, is characterised by recurrent droughts

Easy access, longer shelf life, promotion: ICRISAT finds reasons why rural India shifted to sugars & carbs

Healthy fruits, cereals & vegetables are also becoming difficult to source, finds research

India’s ultra food-processing sector growing: WHO calls for nutrient-based tax model

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India needs to clearly define high fat sugar salt food, scientists recommend

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

Fruit flies develop specific defences against common bacteria; may explain human susceptibility to infections

Bacteria in their food and environment mould the immune systems of fruit flies, notes study

The fifth element: Why radhuni needs to be mainstreamed

Wild celery is specific to Bengali cuisine and is usually consumed as part of panch phoron

Healthy start: This Delhi entrepreneur makes complementary foods for babies using millets, traditional recipes 

There is no sugar, milk powder or preservatives in the products manufactured by Arvind Singh’s company

As told to Parliament (December 7, 2022): 71% Indians can’t afford nutritious food, member of Parliament cites DTE report

More than 1.7 million people die every year due to diseases caused by poor diet, DTE reported

WHO launches new strategy to tackle antimalarial drug resistance in Africa

Some 96% malaria infections and fatalities worldwide in 2020 were from sub-Saharan Africa

Over half the antibiotic formulations India used in 2019 were unapproved

Despite being the largest antibiotic consumer in absolute volume globally, India lacks a formal system of antibiotic use surveillance

Agrifood companies’ efforts to become carbon neutral uneven, says report

Both, farmers and agribusinesses face barriers to carbon neutrality; also, consumers are often unwilling to pay a premium for carbon-neutral …

A history of Easter feasts and why the English breakfast might be medieval

Medieval European history gives us an idea as to how modern Easter feasts in Western culture may have evolved