Hungry to give

US makes good business from food aid

South Asia

On tenterhooks in Geneva

Maharashtra revokes ban on popular lentil

20 hectares of millet

One person's weed, another's medicinal plant

Foodwise

Farmers in Maharashtra revive 120 varieties of local crops

Reading between poverty lines

Is the latest poverty estimate a true indicator of rural poor in India?  

Poor regulators do not a rich country make

European food regulatory body rejects French ban on GM maize

Scientific evidence found lacking in indicating risk to health, environment

How true is Horlicks ad hype on boiled milk?

Experts say advertisement is misleading

Locust swarms to converge on Red Sea

Call for ban on food colours

South Asia

Foodgrains from the Centre to states fell by almost four million tonnes in last three years: Data

Distribution was less than release in at least 15 states

Fortified protection

Unavoidable presence

More than half of world’s poor out of safety net coverage, says World Bank

Poverty is urbanising at a rapid pace, it says

Will the budget create a bang?

The 2015-16 Union budget will declare Modi government's development agenda

Cigar smoking can cause cancer, heart disease and early death, finds a study

Cigars as bad as cigarettes, particularly among experienced smokers

The leafy option

The Soligas combat monsoon sickness with leafy vegetables

Who said what in Parliament on food security Bill

Parliamentarians object to provisions in proposed legislation

Spice it up with bhut jolokia

Greens of Meghalaya

Food and malnutrition