Back to basics

Maize trouble

Hot clime to effect the crop

Farm reform

Open markets, land on lease

Winner takes it all

Women grow food basket

Maharashtra district revives an old farm practice and tackles drought

Instant rice

A rice variety saves fuel, holds hope for Orissa

A wild food trail

Aparna Pallavi shares a monsoon recipe of Chhattisgarh

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  

Activists call Gujarat collector’s order transferring ration cards from Dalit dealer’s shop discriminatory

Patan District Collector shifted the ration cards of all 436 households in Kanosan to the neighbouring Edla FPS following an alleged social …

Meat, eggs & milk can contribute significantly to meet global nutrition targets: FAO 

Terrestrial animal source food can also help address low birth weight, anaemia in women of reproductive age & overweight among children …

Starvation deaths in Odisha: Here are some recommendations to address it

Most of the government’s social security and safety nets have failed miserably to address the immediate needs of the starving population

Civil society organisations should count on their huge social capital and invest it into future actions

Civil society organisations are often targets of political interference and manipulation, which can limit their ability to operate

Veganism: Why we should see it as a political movement rather than a dietary choice

The change aimed at is a world without industrial animal agriculture, which needlessly & harmfully exploit animals  

Antimicrobial resistance: Here are some practices to ensure safe poultry

 All farmers and flock handlers are trained specifically for the no antibiotics policy

Everyone exposed to shock waves of war; largest cost-of-living crisis: UN

In South Asia, more than 0.5 billion affected by Russia-Ukraine war’s impacts on food, finance 

Number of antibiotics, investment not sufficient to minimise threat of wide-spread infection

Of the 12 antibiotics companies that have gone public in the past 10 years, only 5 are still active today

Union Budget 2022-23: Will it help children eat better

Schemes that provide integrated benefits to women and children did not get additional funds this year

At least 12 million avoidable deaths linked to improper diets in 2018

Premature deaths attributed to inappropriate diet increased 15% in 2010-2018; premature deaths attributed to dietary risks increased 22%

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: How resistance to antibiotics develops

Antimicrobials from food-producing animals enter the environment through excreta or animal manure

Around 1.3 billion people at high risk of conflict and displacement: Report

The most vulnerable countries are clustered in the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Food waste from hotels attracting sloth bears into Mt Abu, increasing conflict: Study

This speaks more of how badly hotel waste is managed rather than anything about natural food and natural habitat, say researchers

Africa’s research ecosystem needs a culture of mentoring

Mentoring can help build the confidence of young scholars, thereby reducing likelihood of brain drain from the region