South Asian Union: Dream reality?
A closer-knit South Asian community is not beyond the realms of possibility now. At the 12th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation …
No pesticide check yet
Despite joint parliamentary committee’s concerns, pesticides remain unregulated, finds CSE study
Do welfare schemes catch votes?
Governments in power in the four major states that went to polls were running similar schemes, but not all registered a win
A compromised consensus
Two new provisions in land acquisition bill promise to protect farmers. Are they foolproof?
Towards a hopeful agricultural future
In India, no other industry has as many restrictions, controls and blatant discriminations as agriculture
Rooftop revolution
More and more people in food-deficit Kerala are taking up terrace farming to grow organic vegetables and fruits
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 30, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Has the free market economy added to India’s increasing PCOD burden?
About 9.13% of menstruating women in south India and Maharashtra suffer from PCOS, while 22.5 per cent have PCOD, according to UNICEF
Hidden Hunger: Every second child globally deficient in micronutrients, finds report
56% preschool aged children, 69% non-pregnant women of reproductive age lack in iron, zinc & vit A
Lateral Thoughts: Who moved my samosa?
Indians need to eat better food, rich in fruits and vegetables and high in proteins
Budget 2018: Can Centre allay farmers’ concerns over price crash, low market density?
The average agricultural growth has reached its lowest in the last four years to 1.9 per cent
India’s hunger crisis worse than Bangladesh, Nepal
Around 15 per cent of India’s population is undernourished and 38.7 per cent of children suffer from stunted growth
US non-profits introduce new industry standard for antibiotic use in poultry
The standard developed by these organisations and certified by the US Department of Agriculture advocates minimal antibiotic use in chickens
India-US reach agreement on WTO
Commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman says US now supports India’s concerns on food security
UN considers payments for forest ecosystem services
This will help create sustainable livelihoods and resilient ecosystems, says a report by three UN agencies
What did the UPA in?
The Congress alliance risked running a welfare programme-oriented government while at the same time giving a consumerist direction to the economy
Peepal power
The Baiga tribe in Madhya Pradesh never misses the opportunity to savour the tender leaves of peepal
Private desires, public fears
Asian Development Bank’s new plan insists on the private sector answer to water woes
‘Possible carcinogen’ bromate found in Mumbai’s packaged water
Study by BARC scientists stresses the need to define safe limits for by-products like bromate in bottled and drinking water in India
Hunger stalks government schools in West Bengal
Pilot survey under Project Dipankar in four prosperous districts shows 87 per cent class I students of government schools are undernourished
Small fish, big net
In the face of a rising demand for fish and a stagnating aquaculture growth, government wakes up to the potential of small fishery
As told to Parliament (February 3, 2023): No record of number of landless agricultural labourers in India
No specific census of migrant, other landless farmers has been conducted in the country, Rajya Sabha told
Dying for ration: Centre to give free foodgrains to 813 million from New Year, but what of those excluded
Coverage of the National Food Security Act is still done on the basis of the outdated 2011 Census
Climate crisis: Way forward for dairy giants in India
Methane from animal waste contribute to 75% of total greenhouse emissions from the dairy sector
Enhanced food security and soil biodiversity: A climate-positive approach
Conservation of soil biodiversity, soil organic carbon through sustainable farming practices should be deemed essential to improve agricultural …