Call to action: Pest control actors should join hands to curtail harmful impact of rodents on India’s food production
Ecologically based rodent management has great opportunity to be adopted in the states of Madhya Pradesh & Jharkhand
SDG Summit 2023: World needs investment of over $6 trillion to transform food systems, end hunger by 2030
Estimates for transforming food systems are among key findings of new UNCTAD analysis on cost of achieving sustainable development targets from …
Your food might be growing in contaminated soil
Soil pollution poses a major risk to human health by impairing plant metabolism and making crops unsafe for consumption
Indian scientists convert wild legume into edible dal
A recent research shows it is possible to knock off genes that are responsible for the production of a class of anti-nutrients that make the …
At death's door
Around three million people are estimated to be severely food-insecure in north-eastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Somalia. The writer looks at the …
Bluewashing: Report flags how corporates have wormed their way into global food governance
Experts called the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit a watershed moment in drawing attention to corporate influence over public food governance
FAO: Closing gender gap in agri-food systems can boost global economy by $1 trillion
Tackling gender inequality can reduce world hunger and reinforce resilience to shocks like climate change and COVID-19 pandemic
Why is there a wheat crisis in Pakistan?
Experts say that the crisis has been caused by several reasons, the first being the Russia-Ukraine war
Control and delete: Lack of data updating has left millions of poor Indians hungry; here is how
The government’s reliance on decade-old data due to a delay in census has resulted in exclusion of millions from the safety net of the …
Punjab's cold storage owners struggle to stay in business
As potato farmers abandon their produce in cold stores for over a year, storage owners are paying from their pockets to dispose old stock and …
Goa introduces tags to protect biodiversity zones
Organisations selling products, which are made using ingredients from these zones, will now have to pay 0.01 per cent of their annual profits to …
Organic farming will suffer a setback without certification, availability of breeder seeds
Although seed saving is a profitable enterprise, it’s the government’s responsibility to produce seeds and distribute them among …
Andhra farmers taste success with Zero Budget Natural Farming
Ensuring food security, producing more with less resources and building the resilience of smallholder farmers are important towards creating a …
We must explore India’s forgotten recipes, switch to good food culture: experts
In an era of convenience food and TV dinner, it’s a challenge to rediscover our traditional foods
Recent violence may worsen food crisis in South Sudan
As per a recent assessment by the UN, over 4.8 million people are severely food insecure in the country
Punjab bans sale of junk food in schools
Private schools have been asked to declare that junk food is not sold in their premises. Manipur, Orissa, Chandigarh and Madhya Pradesh have …
Drones help farmers in the Philippines tackle climate disasters
About 25 FAO and government technical experts will be deployed across the archipelago to support the mission
UN predicts fall in world’s food import bill to a five-year low
International food prices are likely to stay under downward pressure due to large supplies, low freight rates and a strong US dollar
Nearly 1 million people to face hunger by March in West Africa
Border closures, quarantines, hunting bans and other restrictions caused by Ebola outbreak are seriously hindering people's access to food
Why people want to be poor
Crisis in Chhattisgarh over implementation of food security law has crucial lessons for India's public distribution system
Sanitiser's germ-free gimmick
Dish soap, detergent, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorants, facial tissues and antiseptics—they all kill germs. Rolf Halden, professor at …
Book One Valley and A Thousand Dams, Nationalism and Development
Book>> Daniel Klingensmith, 'One Valley and a Thousand' Dams, Nationalism and Development Oxford University Press New Delhi 2007
Yet another hypothesis to explain decline in vulture population
Another theory has implicated a commonly used veterinary medicine for the large-scale disappearance of vultures from the Indian sub-continent. …
Moderately yours: The story of ‘Shankhalu’
The crunchy, slightly sweet tubers can be a healthy addition to one's diet
Simply Put: At our doorstep