Cabinet committee decides to reduce food buffer stocks

Go ahead for Department of Food and Public Distribution to offload excess stocks in the open market or export

Iraq needs US $38.5 million aid to avert collapse of agriculture sector: FAO

Many of Iraq's water resources, including two great rivers—Tigris and Euphrates—flows through areas that are under IS militants’…

Eat bugs, fight hunger and malnutrition

Beetles, caterpillars, wasps can supplement diets, give nutrition and create employment, says FAO

Suspect claims in Teva’s suit against Cipla

The US Federal Trade Commission has warned the Israeli drug firm its patents are wrongful as it sues Cipla aggressively

In Himachal Pradesh, Hindus and Buddhists organise religious ceremonies for rain & snow

With the 3-month-long dry spell continuing in the state, people say they have been left with few alternatives

Maharashtra unseasonal rains likely to damage onions, wheat, grapes

Along with a drop in price, the conditions will bolster pest attacks, farmers say

Global food crisis: 1 new child suffers severe malnutrition every 60 seconds, says UNICEF

Almost 8 million children, mainly in Africa, at risk of deaths from severe wasting

Excess rainfall in Nov-Dec, early heat: Why lime production was hit in Andhra, India's largest producer

Gujarat, Maharashtra also affected, prices to come down in a fortnight, say experts

Discouraging breastfeeding: 50% pregnant women, parents targeted by misleading baby food marketing

Sales of formula milk more than doubled in last 2 decades

CoP26 report card: Agriculture continues to remain subterranean even in Glasgow

Resource-intensive food systems subsidised by rich countries live another day

Meat industry worst among food-based industries in terms of water management

New report says meat firms pollute groundwater and overuse water to farm their products

Dairy farmers want at least Rs 30/ltr for cow milk

Farmers seek MSP since surplus skimmed milk powder is lowering demand and prices

All alien invasive species are guilty until proven innocent

The dogma that invasive alien species should be eradicated is now suspect

Hunger costs Ghana $2.6 billion per year

24 per cent of all child mortality cases in Ghana are associated with undernutrition

IPR claims by big companies; farmers' food security under threat

Patents on seeds by corporations leave farmers unable to save or share seeds

Climate change affects poor the most, says FAO chief

José Graziano Da Silva calls for a safer, fairer and more inclusive world

Flame that cools

Long-forgotten palash flower helps beat the heat, offers health benefits

Space savers

INDONESIA

INDIA

A thought for food

Experience shows that agriculture benefits far more from overall macro-economic reforms

Contaminated water

UNITED NATIONS

Poor distribution

FOOD IMPORT