New fishing technique improves health safety of African fish processors
Improved design took five years and has been a hit with female workers, particularly in Côte d'Ivoire
Make forestry policies people-centric, says FAO
UN agency’s latest state of the forests report says poverty alleviation and rural employment should be the ulterior driving force in …
Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns
Between 83 million and 132 million people could go hungry in 2020 due to COVID-19, according to the report
9 maps to show how locusts have come to threaten India
Increase in frequency of cyclones results in extended, multiple breeding sessions of locusts
Climate change brings longer spring and autumn to US
Expanding growing season has enabled the forests to store an additional 26 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, say researchers
International bodies like WHO, FAO join hands at CITES COP19 to curb zoonotic diseases
Zoonoses defined as infectious diseases spread between animals and humans by food, water, fomites or vectors
Family farms are vital to world food security, says FAO report
UN organisation urges public sector to develop family farming as a sustainable source of the world’s food needs
Everything about desert locusts — and how to control them amid COVID-19 crisis
From Yemen to Indo-Pakistan border, how the swarms made way into India — and how the situation should be monitored
Conflict and food insecurity: Iraq only one among many
Globally, 33 countries, including 26 in Africa, are in need of external assistance due to a combination of conflict, crop failures and high …
COVID-19 pandemic, repeated weather shocks drove 122 million more to hunger since 2019: UN
If trends remain as they were, the UN-mandated Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ending hunger by 2030 will not be reached
Is India headed towards a locust plague
Exceptional summer breeding may prompt swarms to remain in the country through end of year, move east & south
Insect attacks affected 142 mn ha forest between 2003 and 2012: Report
The State of the World’s Forests report warned climate change will exacerbate wildfires and pest attacks in the future
India gains support for its stand against WTO at food security meet in Rome
India presents its case on potential damage posed by WTO’s trade facilitation agreement; civil society groups support India
COVID-19: The pandemic of inequality
Nobody is sure when this defining point of the pandemic would be declared over
Pollinator Week: Why we need to protect the bees and the butterflies
Around 40% of invertebrate pollinator species — particularly bees and butterflies — face extinction across the world, warns FAO
‘Disasters like Ebola threaten Africa’s progress towards MDGs’
Report launched at the ninth African Economic Conference says the continent made headway in human development but its continuation is threatened …
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
UN heritage status for Odisha's Koraput farming system
Indigenous knowledge and farming practices of the region's tribal people recognised for promoting food security and conserving biodiversity
'Ministries play the blame game'
Jagdish Bahadur, an expert on glaciers and former joint advisor, department of science and technology, and Syed Iqbal Hasnain, who heads the …
The last frontier
The Earth's overexploited seas are in danger of turning into the Last Frontier. In giant, demonic trawls, the World's oceans are being …
Lethal link
An expert on toxicology and a campaigner deeply concerned with the health impact of chemical pesticides, Romeo F Quijano was at the forefront …
Global food crisis: causes and implications for India
Is there a global crisis unravelling? World food reserves are at their lowest in 25 years and the prices of most food crops are at a record high. …