Burundi's sustainability lies in embracing integration in agriculture

Farmer Field Schools help communities manage land better and improve food production

Supreme Court raps Centre over non-implementation of Food Security Act

Till now, the Centre has issued three notifications for the extension of the deadline

Mumbai transport department waits for nod to levy additional tax on fuel, cars

Cess was proposed to generate funds for improving public transport and reducing congestion on city roads

Every drop counts

Look where the world stands as it celebrates Water Day on March 22

Food rules

UNITED NATIONS

"Salwa Judum is peaceful. We support it"

A complement, not a substitute

Cash transfer is effective only if basic services are in place

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 31, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

I am green by choice , not by chance

Probably the first chief minister of Delhi to have taken a keen interest in the environment, Shiela Dixit has got a mixed response for her …

How smart is a smart city?

Urban growth model needs reality check

Ecologically mindless

The flush toilet system and the sewage system, which goes with modern day personal hygiene and cleanliness, are part of the environmental problem …

UN Committee for World Food Security endorses voluntary guidelines to end hunger

The guidelines will contribute to realisation of global goals on  hunger and nutrition even as more than 3 billion people do not have access …

COVID-19: New UN alliance to stave off ‘catastrophic food crisis’

Proposed by Italy and led by Food and Agriculture Organization, the alliance aims to increase resilience of agricultural food systems, ensure …

Can COVID-19 inspire a new way of planning African cities?

Colonial use of planning for cultural and structural isolation, as well as for socio-economic and spatial segregation, limited Africa’s …

पहाड़ी जल स्रोतों को बचाना जरूरी, 2050 तक 150 करोड़ लोग होंगे निर्भर

1960 में तराई में रहने वाली करीब 7 फीसदी आबादी इन जल स्रोतों पर निर्भर थी जो 2050 तक बढ़कर 24 फीसदी पर पहुंच ...

Lock & hold

The jallikattu bull row in Tamil Nadu provokes the law v culture debate

A flood without rain

Accelerated melting of glaciers floods Bhakra Nangal dam

It's emergency

No food

I really have no problem with the World Bank

Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal

Poor count

Defining poverty is crucial to make the food security bill effective

Curse of excess

Once a parched city, Jodhpur is today facing a deluge