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Shortage of labourers, gunny bags: Punjab in a spot over wheat procurement

The process started April 10, but ran into several hassles on the first 2 days. It has been slow across the state; has not even started at some …

DTE Exclusive: Did focus on yield cost India nutrition?

Down To Earth special report on how the wheat and rice that the country eats have lost their nutritional value

Silent famine: Can India halt its own weakening nutritional security?

If India has to have any chance in arresting malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency burden, nutrition has to be made a priority at par with …

How does the Ukraine invasion lead to a world food crisis?

Russia and Ukraine are among the largest producers and exporters of grain globally. Because of the invasion, a large stockpile of grain and …

India’s natural, organic farming strategy for rice and wheat

This can help in targeting global export market, thereby feeding the world population and getting valuable foreign exchange for the country

Three crops rule the world: What it means for the planet’s wildlife

Over-dependence on wheat, maize and rice threatens the future of wildlife survival and global food security 

Desertification in India: How Green Revolution hastened the man-made soil degradation

The biggest threat of desertification emanates from the major crops of the Green Revolution — wheat and paddy

Will climate change bring back the age of famines in Kashmir?

A quick glance at government data shows that climate change has eaten into the output of top food crops in Jammu and Kashmir

Scientists identify proteins linked with wheat infection

Karnal Bunt, the infection, reduces yield and quality of grains as they start giving off foul fishy odour and taste

These three areas in and around Delhi give tell-tale accounts of the state of affairs pan-India

Three areas narrate three different stories. Palanpur village, in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district, has been a subject for researchers …

Dust off the rust

Adequate research-funding can check stem rust resurgence

Maharashtra to dispose of rotten imported wheat

Varanasi-born crop scientist, Sanjaya Rajaram, wins World Food Prize

More than 480 high-yielding climate adaptable wheat varieties bred by Rajaram have been released in 51 countries on six continents

Grain glut

India faces a surplus of foodgrains. Is exporting a good option?

Contaminated wheat

Three new studies reveal pesticide residue in wheat flour

Trouble in store

Neolithic Catalhoyuk in Turkiye’s Anatolia home to 8,600 year-old bread loaf

Bread loaf was fermented and made by mixing flour with water; wheat, barley & peas used in preparation  

Indian farmers taxed $169 bn via export bans or restrictions in 2022: OECD report

India introduced export bans, duties or permits on several commodities in 2022 to stabilise domestic prices following the war in Ukraine and the …

Why Punjab’s short-duration paddy varieties have not solved stubble burning

Promoted by the government, short-duration varieties now dominate Punjab’s paddy landscape and allow farmers enough time to clear the field …

Staple spikes: Has an abnormal Kharif 2022 caused rice prices to rise

The United States Department of Agriculture has said rice production in India may decline by 0.9% in 2022-23 due to uneven rains

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put pressure on global food, energy supplies; and Africa is most affected

Forty-one African countries are being impacted by a triple crisis of food, energy and finance due to the war in Ukraine, says UN report

UN to boost humanitarian aid for Ukraine, form global crisis response group

Providing relief in captured cities is becoming riskier by the day as Russia widens its attack, says Antonio Guterres

How Russia-Ukraine conflict could influence Africa’s food supplies

African countries imported agricultural products worth $4 billion from Russia in 2020