Cross-country push: How few firms dominate African seeds market

Several parts of Africa has seen vocal protests against encroachment on food sovereignty

Here is how India can eradicate malnutrition, hunger, food insecurity by 2030

Significant adjustments in the foods we produce and consume are necessary to maintain the integrity of our ecosystem and the health of communities

Honey Fraud: Central consumer authority to act on CSE findings

The Central Consumer Protection Authority has asked food regulator, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, to take appropriate …

Dignity at the end of life: a Malawian nursing study shows the impact of food

Food security emerged as a critical concern in the study, that has significant consequences for dying women’s dignity. There are …

Reluctant game-changers: Why fast food cos in India drag their feet over antibiotics misuse

The fast-food industry has played a critical role in the fight against drug resistance in developed countries. But their attitude changes when it …

COVID-19 makes Kerala aim for food self-sufficiency

Converting wastelands for farming, promoting kitchen gardening, boosting animal husbandry and fisheries among state’s action plan to …

COVID-19: Around 45 mln pushed into global food insecurity, says FAO report

Around 33 million reside in South and South east Asia, remainder in sub-Saharan Africa

Making global food systems more sustainable has economic benefits 20 times the cost, finds report

Investing $500 billion per year could reduce diet-related mortality by 36%, save 174 million lives from premature deaths

Gender gaps in food: 150 million more women went hungry than men in 2021

Over 800 million went hungry last year; Gender equality and food security directly related, says report

Russia, Ukraine reach landmark deal to resume Kyiv’s grain exports from Black Sea ports

The deal opens a path for significant volumes of commercial food exports from three key Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea namely Odesa, …

United Nations Food Systems Summit: Need to transform food systems, say experts

More than 90 heads of states and governments submitted their national strategies, commitments to strengthening food systems at the Summit  &…

A fiscal crisis: Why FCI needs provisioning in food subsidy budget

Mounting expenses, under-provisioning of food subsidy budget leading to a huge debt is highly worrisome 

Pakistan, Afghanistan among global hunger hotspots: UN report

Conflict, climate extremes and economic shocks driving communities into crisis; Sudan conflict can impact several neighbouring countries

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Food production hit, farmers need immediate assistance, says FAO

FAO seeking $25 million for Turkey & $10 million for Syria immediately

Dying for ration: These Barmer widows and orphans are being turned away from PDS shops

Settlement has lost most of its men to liquor abuse; Women work as waste pickers

Patanjali product ban: Celebrities, influencers equally responsible for misleading advertisements

The new Supreme Court ruling is a much-needed one to keep influencers’ social accountability in check while ensuring that consumers get the …

Climate change: Over a million farming households face acute food shortage in Zambia, warns Oxfam 

A severe drought, worsened by climate change & El Nino, has caused massive crop failures for half of the nation’s planted area

A year of hunger: How the Russia-Ukraine war is worsening climate-linked food shortages

Many low-income nations who are net food importers are bracing for a year of hunger

Eating disorders are deadly: What are they, who’s at risk and what can be done about it

Eating disorders occur 10 times more often in females than in males

Climate change: Food production in Africa’s Sudano-Sahelian Zone under threat, finds study

The Sudano-Sahelian Zone in Africa is the most vulnerable to climate change

COVID-19: Food wastage on the rise

Lockdowns have led to hoarding and higher supply chain wastage

India to import 3 mln tonnes of pulses in 2020-21

Import could lower prices of domestic pulses, increasing losses to farmers

Food fudge: A graphical guide on attempts to dilute nutritional thresholds

A working group of FSSAI prepared thresholds for fat, sugar and salt this year. Here is what is wrong with them 

UN Food Systems Summit: Sanctioning the status quo

The Summit fails to meet the basic conditions for good governance: Meaningful participation, transparency and accountability

One Nation One Ration Card: Good intention but implementation may be difficult

The nature, price and quantity of items supplied through the public distribution system varies from state to state