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Should Karnataka expand the midday meal scheme without fine-tuning it?

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Nidhi Jamwal and Kushal P S Yadav, prosecuted as 'trespassers'

Edibility questioned

Centre cuts foodgrain supply for Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana

India needs to overhaul its approach towards agriculture

Drought unleashes starvation

Officials admit to 10 deaths in Jharkhand's backward district, actual number might be 20

Demand unsupplied

Farmers are bearing the brunt of big food companies’ decarbonisation efforts – here’s why

Proposed decarbonisation measures buy large companies are often impractical for smaller farms, expensive or lack buy-in from farmers

What’s driving food prices in new normal climate?

Monsoon as a unitary weather phenomenon is no more a valid indicator for food prices as its progress and distribution have changed completely

Centre may reduce moisture content limit for wheat, paddy. Why this will hurt farmers

The government is trying to gradually withdraw from procurement operations, MSP regime with this move, feel farmers

Multiple crises: the cost of wasted time

Much like COVID-19, when WHO procrastinated, FAO too is “considering”when to declare the locust upsurge as a plague

Gopichand’s healthy choice

Gopichand is a national hero because he is the only Indian sportsperson who has publicly shunned endorsing soft drinks

Book Excerpt: The glory that was Awadh

The Nawabs of Awadh became semi-autonomous from the Mughal Empire and patronised culture, the arts and even gastronomy, all of which have left an …

WTO talks end with no consensus on agriculture support

Negotiations on fisheries “came close” to a deal but one or two or two matters could not be reached

Malawi and maize: Prices have spiked on the back of bad weather and trade bans

Sustained excess margins in Malawi indicate that regional trade is not working well

Simply Put: DTE Cartoonist Sorit Gupto’s take as CSE releases ‘Future of Taste’

Why are dates used to break the Ramadan fast?

The answer lies in geography, theology and modern science

Simply Put: Warding off evil spirits?

A sour companion: The hog plum has much to offer, if people get past its strong taste

Hog plum is a great souring agent and can help in cancer, diabetes treatments 

Food systems and COP28: Will Parties agree on a sustainable approach?

COP28 has set a precedent by dedicating a thematic day to food systems

Somalia: Drought forced more than 450,000 people from their homes this year

Around 1.4 million children could be acutely malnourished by mid-year

Simply put: How to index India’s petrol prices

Look back at the decade: Food

The second decade of the millenium saw the spread of permaculture in India

Scientists make meat with animal cells

This meat will be is nutritionally equivalent to conventional animal meat

Love's labour

The traditional dishes that pregnant women eat for centuries