India, Pakistan among 5 countries with greatest potential to address climate issues in livestock sector

Investments in India, China, Brazil, Pakistan and Sudan can make a huge global impact, finds study

Six strategies to reduce water scarcity by 2050

Improved irrigation techniques, better cultivars, checking population growth rate are among measures that can help lower water demand, says study

Central funds freeze: MGNREGA workers in West Bengal trapped in vicious cycle of illness and poverty

Workers struggling to make ends meet, have had to put new and existing health issues aside    

Acute malnutrition risking 30 million children’s lives: WHO

8 million children severely malnourished; UN agencies call for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable in 15 countries

Stark difference: MGNREGS demand in West Bengal plummets on paper, but villagers say desperate for work

Work demand dropped to 2.4 million in 2022-23 from 13.2 million 2020-21

Increasing population, demand for food in Africa need urgent attention: Experts

Policies, mega plans by governments needed as 2023 priorities for action for food systems

COVID-19: Bracing for agrarian crisis and food insecurity

Distress among marginal farmers and unavailability of food to migrant labourers has been largely ignored in Union government’s economic …

Centre takes steps to monitor pulse stocks: Is India staring at another food crisis?

Heavy rain and hailstorm in mid-March and early April might affect yield of pulse crops; official says government focusing on nutrition and security

Dying for ration: Biometric glitches in Rajasthan villages keep the poor hungry

Valid ration card holders turned away from PDS shops as fingerprints don't match in records

Surviving on fish from gutter, rice: West Bengal workers bear brunt of Central freeze on MGNREGA funds

DTE ground report finds pending wages and non-commissioning of work for over a year making it hard for workers to survive

Dying for ration: No health aid for those without PDS cards

Ground report from Jharkhand villages shows many pending applications; Rejected applicants told quota for beneficiaries full

Dying for ration: Denied full benefits, 62-year-old widow eats a meal a day to survive

Around 80 households out of 250 denied PDS welfare in Baramsar

Global Hunger Index: Why is India trailing?

India ranked 94 in global hunger index 2020 among 107 countries 

Need food system overhaul to combat global hunger: Report

Promoting consumption model and regenerative production practices, supporting development of diverse distribution market networks is need of the hour

Cell phone tower radiation a pollutant: MoEF panel

'Ecological impact assessment study should precede their installation'

Threadbare clothes, school drop outs due to lack of uniforms: West Bengal MGNREGA workers’ lives in tatters

Central government’s freeze on funds for rural employment scheme has completely degraded villagers’ living conditions

Climate resilience needed for COVID-19 recovery, flags UN commission

Global Commission for Adaptation has asked world leaders to align policies with long-term climate objectives, mobilise private sector support 

How our food choices cut into forests and put us closer to viruses

The food most associated with biodiversity loss also tends to also be connected to unhealthy diets across the globe

Re-imagining food systems crucial for climate, economic resilience: Nutrition report

Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic pushes government to act on reforms of food systems with urgency

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

COVID-19: Food waste during pandemic can worsen climate emergency

The median amount of food waste per capita in large developed economies is significantly higher than in large developing economies