Crash in maize production may hit over a million people in Zimbabwe

The entire sub-Saharan African region will be hit hard as maize is the most important cereal crop in here

`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 …

A question of labelling

Will welfare schemes win votes for UPA?

An analysis of Brazil’s last three elections suggests that peopleÔÇêdo vote for parties for such initiatives, but only when …

'Poor nations need Codex education'

Sanjay Dave, director of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), was recently elected chairperson of …

‘South Asia has highest number of chronically hungry people’

UN hunger report says main challenge for the region is overcoming slow progress in improving low levels of food utilisation

When business rules our kitchens

Fungal friend

Carotenoid in a fungi keeps heart diseases, cancer at bay

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

Organisation awarded not just for its previous humanitarian record but also for the role it will play in the post-COVID-19 world

International food standards revised; safe limit for lead reduced

Codex standards now also contain a prescribed daily intake value of potassium, a mineral known to reduce the risk of heart disease

Ultra-processed foods: Here’s what the evidence actually says about them

Ultra-processed foods are commercially manufactured products that include ingredients you wouldn’t cook with at home

Dying for ration: 70-year-old sustains family as mentally ill daughter, disabled son-in-law denied BPL benefits

Requests for below-poverty line card rejected

Hazardous pesticides

GREEN SIGNALS

Known unknowns: India’s apex food regulator has no data on presence of GMOs in fresh produce imported over past 5 years

The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 prohibits import, manufacture, use or sale of GM food without FSSAI’s approval

Health-conscious consumers, busy lifestyles driving up market value of antimicrobial packaging: Report

Valuation may reach $11.5 billion this year; Asia-Pacific to be most lucrative market

Tangy taste: Try a twist in your daal with heiribob this weekend

Little known outside the northeast, the Peel of a wild orange adds flavour to several dishes

Food consumption rate in Africa rising 10 times faster than production

Low productivity of smallholder agriculture and growing population are pushing the demand for forest resources

Warning labels should be made mandatory in India: Experts

Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswn had said last week that his ministry would concur with health ministry on the matter

El Niño to affect food production, push up prices in Southern Africa, says report

The negative effect of El Niño will be felt in Central America, South-East Asia and the Pacific, says expert

An unconventional study of the food-cycle

FOOD, HEALTH AND SURVIVAL IN INDIA AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Stuart Gillespie and Geraldine McNeill Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price:

Popular poisons

Toxic pesticides that contaminate the soil and enter the food chain need to be replaced with non-toxic ones. But research in this area is still …

Grains of doubt

Rural affairs ministry rejects wage payment in kind under rural job scheme

Despite progress, school feeding coverage low where needed most: WFP

Contributions from donors fell from 69% to 55% over the pandemic years

Seed extraordinaire: Sabja are rich in fibre, lends to a variety of recipes

Basil seeds are good food that have antimicrobial qualities