Beefing up food security

New atlas analyses current patterns and serves up lasting solutions

Chinese aggro

India lagging behind due to bad practices

Look out for the elephants

FCI speculates on futures trading

Brokers and traders don't want FCI to enter the grain commodity exchange

Hostel food kills 5

Get on a diet coarse

Navara, the rice that cures

Fish and rice

Plastic fruits

Not GM, but no guarantee of their safety either

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 …

Brown, red, black, riceberry – what are these white rice alternatives, and are they actually healthier?

If you enjoy trying foods with unique flavours, try experimenting with black or red rice varieties. Whatever the colour, all types of rice have a …

Russo-Ukrainian Conflict: Is the Kremlin using food as a weapon of war

There is growing belief that Russia is doing so, given its exit from the Black Sea grain deal and targeted attacks on food supplies in Ukraine 

A political thought for food

Global parliamentarians are forming a multilateral body to reform the agrifood system

Why we need to look beyond the farm to achieve sustainability in agri-food systems

Time is ripe to start focusing on the whole agricultural value chain to tackle the three-fold challenges of rural livelihoods, climate adaptation …

Meet the woman who preserves over 90 endangered varieties of grains, pulses and oilseeds

Lakshmiamma from Zaheerabad district of Telangana can name each of the 92 varieties she has grown on two acres of land and can also elaborate how …

Here is why you should plant babool

The tree can grow well on degraded land, can survive droughts and floods, and has numerous medicinal properties 

Food security: Climate change is affecting the seeds that India depends on

An increase in number of days with extreme temperatures or rain has caused a decline in quality and size of seeds across India

Antimicrobial resistance: Multi-stakeholder platform launched to drive collective action, collaboration

The platform is expected to build global momentum & high-level advocacy to combat AMR

Half a million people may be affected by floods in Sudan this year

Floods in Sudan this year could aggravate food insecurity, the United Nations and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent …

Ganesh Chaturthi: The modak’s history reflects its strong ties to the land; here is how

The sweet and some of the recipes used in making it are quite old; its ingredients include some of the Deccan’s famous crops like ambemohur rice

Food first: After wheat, Modi government curbs sugar export

Only 10 millon tonnes can be exported in the remainder of current season ending September

No meat, more wheat: How tribal diets are changing in Madhya Pradesh

Poor financial conditions, reliance on public distribution system among factors that drove change, reduced dietary diversity 

Pasture posture in time of climate change

The United Nation’s latest appeal for national support to protect mobility of pastoralists brings focus to this ancient, climate-resilient …

Antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture can hit exports, Centre warns states

Sale of antimicrobials in bulk to aquaculture farmers a serious concern, urgent measures needed, says fisheries department letter

What’s on our plate: The goodness of consuming native Indian vegetables

Bitter gourd, rich in vitamins A and C, iron, phosphorous and carbohydrates, needs to be re-introduced on our dinner plates