`Family farming is not a romantic idea. It is business'

The food price rise of 2007-08 highlighted that investments in the agriculture sector have reduced in the past three decades. One of the most …

Madhya Pradesh's high-tech solution for PDS

State links PDS to UID to plug leakages in food supplies but gaps remain  

Wheat export likely

Government expects record production

Bitter battle

Disagreeable rules

Change of hearth

Rural Filipinos have cut their dependence on firewood by using cost-effective rice-hull stoves

Icy sweat-shops

MONEYMAKERS

More stringent laws

Fuelling a food crisis

Green Party vetoes food safety bill

Ration shops to go hi-tech

Smart cards to plug leak in public distribution system

Fermented delicacies

क्या 4200 साल पहले तापमान में आए बदलाव ने किया धान का विकास और प्रसार

4200 साल पहले ऐसा क्या हुआ था जिससे चीन में उगने वाली एक फसल एशिया के अन्य हिस्सों में भी फैल गयी| आइये समझते ...

Simply Put: Online food and COVID-19

जापानी फल, देसी जायका

अंग्रेजों द्वारा भारत लाए गए इस फल ने देश के लोगों को अपने स्वाद का कायल बना लिया। तकनीक के अभाव के कारण भारत ...

Good old sap

Gums secreted by trees are a treasure trove of nutrition and have been used by communities in making seasonal delicacies

How safe is your food. Not much it seems

Contaminated food leads to the death of 2 million people around the globe annually and is responsible for more than 200 types of diseases

Pesticide that killed Karnataka devotees has a sordid record in India

Monocrotophos has killed farmers in Maharashtra and school children in Bihar in this decade 

'Achieving zero hunger requires agriculture to be sustainable, climate smart'

FAO India representative Tomio Shichiri talks to Down To Earth on whether current government policies are effective to achieve the Zero Hunger …

Kings ate this fruit to restore their youth

Khirni is a life-saving fruit mentioned in ancient texts and also has medicinal properties

Can Baiga millet be part of mainstream?

The Sikiya millet grows on its own in the bewar plots managed by the Baigas. Currently, IIMR is working towards establishing …

Seize the freshness

Kerala self-help groups make medicinal oil, chutney powder from flesh of coconut

Research sheds new light on garlic

Sulphur compounds in garlic, believed to have medicinal properties, alter the levels of gaseous signaling molecules, which can reduce disease …

Onion price crash, farmers’ distress fail to move governments

While farmers are in distress due to crash in onion, tomato and potato prices, government paints a rosy picture