Pennisetum Glaucum: Pearl Millet
Bajra, as it is popularly known, is high in fibre and free of gluten. It is the most cultivated millet in the world and can be a wheat substitute …
Echinochloa Frumentacea: Barnyard Millet
Also known as vari or sama, this millet is a good choice for the upma recipe because the size and consistency of the grain is somewhere between …
Paspalum Scrobiculatum: Kodo Millet
One of the oldest known millets, kodo is said to have originated in India 3,000 years ago. This millet has a husk which has to be removed before …
Panicum miliaceum: Proso millet
High in protein, this small-grained millet has a creamy texture when cooked. The cooked millet acts as a great binder and can easily substitute …
Nigeria’s street food: Tasty but toxic? Expert shares advice to make it safer
In Nigeria, there have been pockets of foodborne disease outbreaks over the years which have claimed lives
Work capacity of farm labourers in key food-producing areas to reduce with rising temperatures, shows study
Physical work capacity begins to decline around 20°C ambient temperature & further diminishes as temperature, humidity & exposure to …
Simply Put: Let them throw food
Silent famine: Can India halt its own weakening nutritional security?
If India has to have any chance in arresting malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency burden, nutrition has to be made a priority at par with …
Sour Surprise: From kimchi & sauerkraut to North India’s kanji, fermented foods are common but underrated superfoods
Fermentation can help make uniquely tangy healthy dishes while also reducing food waste at home
Can kimchi really help you lose weight? Hold your pickle. The evidence isn’t looking great
The evidence so far is very weak to support or recommend fermented foods for weight loss. These experimental studies have been short in length, …
Population can’t be ignored. It has to be part of the policy solution to our world’s problems
The longer we do nothing about population growth, the worse it gets
Emic perspective of Indian food reveals untold stories of migrant labourers, women, cattle
Food anthropologist Ishita Dey on how migrant labourers adapt their diets during their long train journeys and how sugar is key even in a more …
Unable to get food, Adivasi tea worker in north Bengal estate dies of starvation
Fact-finding team formed by independent labour organisations reveals the worker and his wife had no access to food under the public …
War in Sudan enters its breadbasket, threatens to worsen hunger, malnutrition
A third of Sudanese in need of emergency food aid; country faces the greatest displacement crisis in history
Climate impacts in Angola: Green harvests to be slightly below average, shows analysis
The late and varied pattern of rain is negatively affecting crop growth in Angola, report notes
UN Secretary-General urges urgent action to address deadly nexus of climate, hunger and conflict
Guterres warned of a looming resurgence of food inflation globally as droughts disrupt critical supply routes like the Panama Canal
From restoring forests to river basins, seven conservation initiatives across continents recognised by UN
Award makes the projects eligible for technical and financial support from United Nations
Climate change, war disrupting global trade in 3 key sea lanes of Black Sea, Red Sea & Panama Canal: UNCTAD
UN body warns that prolonged interruptions, particularly in container shipping, poses a direct threat to global supply chains
Rural poor lose 5% of income to heat stress every year, more vulnerable to future climate risks
Every day of extreme precipitation causes poor households to lose 0.8 per cent of their incomes relative to non-poor households
Denying MSP legal guarantee threat to India’s food security
The common apprehensions on the operation of MSP legal guarantee are irrational, promoted by administration & business lobbies
Mustard prices continue to stay below MSP; industry body urges government intervention
Farmers fear that prices will slip further with arrival of new mustard crop by next month, as they expect record harvest
We looked at 700 plant-based foods to see how healthy they really are. Here’s what we found
A nutritional audit 700 plant-based foods in Australia found many products had high in salt or saturated fat content
India’s richest 5% spent 8-10 times its poorest; agri household expenditure lower than rural avg for 1st time: NSSO
Household spending increased since 1999-2000; disadvantaged sections in rural, urban India spent lowest
Good food is First Food and we must nurture its economy
Diversity on your plate can protect diversity out there as well as boost livelihood
Simply Put: Food out of the box