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 …
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
No pesticide check yet
Despite joint parliamentary committee’s concerns, pesticides remain unregulated, finds CSE study
Lateral Thoughts: Who moved my samosa?
Indians need to eat better food, rich in fruits and vegetables and high in proteins
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
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
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
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
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
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
A compromised consensus
Two new provisions in land acquisition bill promise to protect farmers. Are they foolproof?
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
Climate smart agriculture proposed at COP 22 raises concerns
Climate smart agriculture has not been defined, giving way for industrial agriculture to be promoted under its name
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 …
WHOSE SEED IS IT ANYWAY?
The rich world’s mania for patenting seeds and pushing the UPOV agenda do not aid food security or biological diversity
Foodgrain output set to break record, cross 264 million tonnes
Advance estimates by agriculture ministry project 0.8 million tonnes increase in production over earlier estimate despite freak weather event
Which are the junk food guidelines that can be enforced? asks Delhi High Court
Court seeks report from amicus curiae; says there is need to specify which food items need to be regulated in schools