From the Andes to the stars

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

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

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

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

Global Leaders Group call for action to tackle antimicrobial waste

Discharge management from food systems, manufacturing facilities and human health systems into the environment is key, says document  

Nearly 51 million internally displaced in 33 countries in first half of 2021: UN

The lethal mix of conflict, COVID-19, poverty, food insecurity and climate emergency has compounded humanitarian plight of the displaced, flags …

FAO focuses on heat stress protection measures for agriculture, forestry workers

Emphasising that dehydration leads to productivity declines, a report urges workers and employers to drink several litres of water throughout the day

‘Millets can solve our food needs as climate changes’

Experts and policy makers say millets are what we need to adapt to climate change as they can even grow in drought conditions

We can no longer outrun antibiotic resistance. So, here’s what we need to do instead

Researchers are tackling the problem of antibiotic resistance head on — by hunting for the genes that enable bacteria to become resistant …

New database finds 960 new ‘druggable’ components in Indian medicinal plants

The database was created by the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, to facilitate drug discovery

CSE slams Indian poultry industry for using its name to misrepresent facts

Industry is misguiding the nation on antibiotic misuse in the sector and its contribution to the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance in India,…

UN plans to double farmers’ income in Africa in three years

Combating climate shocks and food insecurity with the help of climate-smart agriculture has been identified as a priority

A flower which can treat skin cancer and prevent greying of hair

Used for worship and hair colouring, modern entrepreneurs have found new uses for the hibiscus flower

World lost 2.3 million sq km of forested land to drought in last three decades

Successive droughts lead to a substantial and unsustainable expansion of cropland at the expense of forested lands

High incidence of drug-resistant bacteria found in ready-to-cook poultry products

The study raises question on effectiveness of modern food processing techniques to produce microbiologically safe food products

Health ministers in G20 Summit commit to address antimicrobial resistance

Through Berlin Declaration, the health ministers emphasised the need for combating AMR through appropriate monitoring and surveillance

New tool tracks water usage in agriculture

There is a direct relationship between water and food security. In order to be sustainable, agriculture must adapt to the impacts of climate …