C40 Cities: 14 cities drive sustainable diet plan

The food we eat was responsible for nearly 13 per cent of the total emissions in 2017 and this is expected to increase 38% by 2050

Overeaters, Mediterranean diet is the answer to your problems

Despite containing similar proportions of fat, protein and carbohydrates, this diet could lower the risk of obesity, pre-diabetes, and …

Animal feed ingredient from US with GM corn can hurt India's livestock industry

As lower yield pushes up maize prices feed makers turn jittery; but importing genetically modified ingredients can spell trouble in the …

Sin tax for redemption

The Goods and Services Tax of 40 per cent on “sugar-sweetened aerated and flavoured water” has a big bang impact on public health

UGC asks universities to act against junk food

The commission issued a circular asking for a ban on junk food and awareness drives for students

Vietnam farmer to receive award for fight against climate change

Pham Thi Huan has helped women switch to duck raising for egg production after cultivating rice proved to be difficult in …

Forestry should be tied with agriculture for socio-economic development

While agriculture can feed the world’s population, it is responsible for deforestation globally. The SOFO report shows how food security …

Quick facts about the world’s livestock economy

A recent report reveals the world's dependence on livestock for food, economic security, trade, and inter-dependence with agriculture in both …

Parliamentary panel moots penalty for misleading celebrity endorsements

Celebrities featuring in misleading advertisements of products should be penalised with a fine of up to Rs. 50 lakh and five years of imprisonment,…

Africa makes good progress towards Zero Hunger

The continent has achieved a 30 per cent drop in the proportion of its people facing hunger over 1990-2015

Over 100 cities pledge to make food systems sustainable in urban areas

Urban centres will be key actors in achieving Sustainable Development Goals, including eradication of hunger by 2030:FAO chief

Spraying poison

Despite a government ban on use of some common pesticides in agriculture, our food continues to be contaminated. The there-is-no-alternative …

South Korea commits $20 million to ending world hunger

Agreement with UN World Food Programme marks South Korea’s transition from recipient to donor

Difficult to digest

After much debate, the Cabinet cleared the food security bill. Will it really ensure food for every Indian?

Not just water

Mineral or drinking water? Government sets new standards to reorganise the bottled water industry

‘Pesticides, antibiotic use and ultra-processing threaten food safety in India’

Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment says that in addition to microbiological and chemical contamination, factors like salt, sugar and …

Model in a fix

Chhattisgarh's much appreciated public distribution scheme is falling apart due to corruption and mismanagement

Boost indigenous millet recipes over packaged products

Preparing millets fresh should be made easy instead of promoting ultra-processed packaged foods; this may be the way to bring it into …

Eat at your own risk

Junk food is bad for health. Its definition tells its inner story—food that is high on calories and saturated fat but low on nutrition. 

Junk food in schools: high court asks FSSAI to frame rules

Food standards authority says it has invited proposals for developing guidelines for making available quality food in school canteens

Crisis brewing

Collapse of the former Soviet market and an indifferent attitude to quality clips Nilgiris tea industry

Pro-industry food safety and standards bill does not address safety concerns

"We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun." -- George Orwell in his 1937 novel The Road …

COVID-19: Asia-Pacific countries must act against recession-induced hunger

Sub-Saharan Africa, home to the world’s highest hunger rates, must now brace for its first recession in a quarter of a century

Sunita Narain talks about good food

Food is becoming sterile and processed, says Sunita Narain at the launch of the First Food: Culture of Taste, a Down To Earth publication

Below Poverty Line census: fudging figures?

A survey currently underway in states to calculate the number of below poverty line households is being opposed tooth and nail by civil society …