US proposes healthy menu for school canteens to curb childhood obesity

Fried chips, snack cakes, nachos and mozzarella sticks among prohibited food items

Budget: Thumbs down from farmers and GM industry

Say does not increase farmers’ income

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

PM-KISAN: Agriculture ministry tells Parliament Rs 23,727 crore yet to be used

 Rs 2,326.88 crore of Rs 139,370.15 crore was disbursed to those ineligible for the scheme; Rs 231.76 crore has been recovered

US government bodies inadequate in tracking antibiotic resistance: report

A government agency analysed information gathered by other departments and found limited data 

Sri Lanka’s agriculture department criticised for promoting pesticides

The department promotes toxic pesticides, fertilisers of multinationals despite kidney disease link, allege analysts

Fuming over food

The US food industry tries hard to dilute dietary guidelines. A story that repeats itself across the world

The many ways of GM contamination

Doug Gurian-Sherman, a senior scientist in the food and environment programme at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), is among the most …