Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: FAO launches action plan 2021–2025

The new plan aims to extend FAO’s capacity development assistance to its members

Simply Put: Honey fraud

FDA orders withdrawal of ranitidine drug from markets

US drug regulator completes seven-month investigation, finds high levels of carcinogen

Watch: What Sitharaman promised to counter COVID-19

Finance minister announces Rs 1.7 lakh crore relief package

COVID-19: Odisha fishermen feel lockdown heat

Prices plummet drastically, movement of fishermen to other states hit

Kendriya Bhandar to open outlets in more states

More than 60-year-old cooperative commits to Gandhian values to stay relevant

Simply Put: Sugary beverage

Superbugs found in pork products in Walmart US

9 of the 16 Walmart batches tested contained at least one multi-drug-resistant bacteria

Rice yields could plummet 40% by 2100 due to climate change: Stanford University

At least 2 billion people, especially in Asia, could be affected due to the scarcity

All you need to know about Universal Basic Income

Here’s a lowdown on what the basic income scheme is and what it entails

Health in news on May 14

A round-up of what's new in health

Climate change affects nature’s dinner time: study

Moving out of nature's timing can mess up the food chain

Can kimchi really help you lose weight? Hold your pickle. The evidence isn’t looking great

The evidence so far is very weak to support or recommend fermented foods for weight loss. These experimental studies have been short in length, …

Population can’t be ignored. It has to be part of the policy solution to our world’s problems

The longer we do nothing about population growth, the worse it gets

Benefits of milk: What can it do to your body?

Milk is very beneficial for our bodies and here are such five ways that milk can make our lives better

Champagne is deeply French – but the English invented the bubbles

The method for effervescence, strong glass bottles and the use of corks all came from England in the 17th century

This herb tastes and smells like fish; it has recognised health benefits

The medicinal properties and benefits of fish mint have been documented in ancient texts of traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine, as well as …

Do you need to wash rice before cooking? Here’s the science

Washing process has been shown to rinse up to 20% of the microplastics from uncooked rice

Exercise linked to higher pain tolerance: Study

People who regularly exercised had a higher pain tolerance compared with those who hardly exercised

Why guava is attractive for farmers & consumers alike

Used in street food, chutneys and perfumes, the climate-resistant fruit is a clear option for farmers

Somalia drought: FAO asks for $131 million to aid relief efforts

FAO has appealed since April last year, but the response has not been at the levels needed

Inflation is rising in Kenya: Here’s why, and how to fix it

Politicians eyeing Kenya’s 9 August polls have been offering solutions in exchange for votes  

New evidence emerges on how Mayas fortified maize, built indoor toilets

Scientists find maize starch spherulites , a unique byproduct of nixtamalisation, as well as tapeworms at a Maya archaeological site

Tracing the history of farming across Africa gives clues to low production outputs

The focus must move from what the developed world dictates to what Africa needs. This requires countries developing production systems and …

Why I remember DN Jha as an exemplary food historian

His defining work was about a food item whose reality is markedly different from the narrative that has been built around it