Letters

Mr Modi, Wish us a Happy Environment Day

Gamble for guar, soy

Despite demand and production, farmers lose to futures trading

Lalitpur’s baby formula

Programme to promote breastfeeding improves health of children under two

In short

Environment Day: Green agenda for new government

Get the focus on environment and health, Mr Prime Minister

Good food for the climate-risked world

Nine of India’s top cuisiniers share their recipes with ingredients from local biodiversity in upcoming book

Urochloa Ramosa: Browntop Millet

This millet grows easily in all kinds of soils and gives a good yield even with minimum rain. The crop is resistant to pests and diseases and is …

Sorghum Bicolor: Sorghum

This is the largest-grained millet and most preparations involving it take a long time to cook. However, since the grain germinates well and its …

Panicum sumatrense: Kutki Millet

Also called little millet, it has very small seeds which are covered with an indigestible husk that needs to be removed before the grain can be …

Making global food systems more sustainable has economic benefits 20 times the cost, finds report

Investing $500 billion per year could reduce diet-related mortality by 36%, save 174 million lives from premature deaths

Recycled food waste may be contaminated with pharma residues but mushroom cultivation may come to rescue

Biogas digestate from food waste had nearly as many pharmaceutical residues as digestate from sewage sludge, new study shows

Eleusine Coracana: Finger Millet

Popularly known as ragi, this is the richest source of potassium among all millets. The grains are brown and the recipes prepared are visually …

What is ‘dry ice’, at the centre of the Gurugram restaurant incident?

The solid form of carbon dioxide commonly used as a cooling agent in ice cream & frozen desserts must never be touched with ‘…

Setaria italica: Foxtail millet

This is one of the earliest millets to be cultivated and has a sweet, nutty flavour. It is considered one of the most digestible and non-…

Perks of peanut

The versatile groundnut is a protein-packed addition to diet

Simply Put: All about diet

Agriculture, fisheries take spotlight at WTO meet in Abu Dhabi

India backs permanent solution for public stockholding of food grains even as developing nations attack it

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