Food in good times and bad: What did 2020 teach us about the way we eat?
With the pandemic as our backdrop, several cooking and eating practices changed for us this year
India can’t have a piece-meal approach of fighting only food security or climate change
Any effective solution to mitigate climate change in India must take in to account poverty, inadequate food distribution and lack of basic shelter
PM Matruvtva Vandana Yojna: Full benefit for mere 14% pregnant women
Current scheme goes against National Food Security Act, activists allege; seek Rs 6,000 minimum benefit
Rural India’s expenditure on food has been declining since 1972
The leaked NSSO report on consumption expenditure reveals the state of India’s rural economy
Awa phadigom, a hidden enhancer
Manipur’s wild coriander acts as a flavouring agent in meat and vegetable dishes, besides being used as a medicine
Low inflation rates and dipping food prices: Where do they leave the farmer
Almost a fifth of India's consumer goods basket was in deflation zone in January. All were food items
Why is Johnson and Johnson talcum powder being tested by Indian authorities?
Indian authorities are verifying the truth behind the allegations of carcinogens in Johnson and Johnson's talcum powder
‘Labour burden on women millet producers must be reduced’
Shailaja Fennell, an expert in gender and household dynamics in agriculture, talks to Down To Earth about millet production in India
Madhya Pradesh govt in denial mode after 7-month-old dies due to malnutrition
The girl from Sheopur district was admitted in a centre for malnutrition treatment; in the past hundreds of children have died in several …
Kerala botanists discover 2 new ginger species in Arunachal
The first species is named after a sacred abode of a spirit invoked by Mishmi community in Lohit district, & second acknowledges …
WHO releases policy recommendations to protect children from harmful effects of food marketing
Food marketing involves the use of numerous persuasive techniques to influence children's food attitudes, preferences & consumption
Temperature rise in India’s northern plains unlikely to impact wheat: Centre
With February being abnormally warm, farmers have been worried about a repetition of last year’s impact of heat on the staple crop
Regulation of GM food subject to life inside it: Activists decry Centre’s strange decision
The government must uphold its duty to regulate the environment, health and nature, activists say as a consignment of GM soya gets clearance
Promote insect-eating to benefit indigenous peoples
Ethnic communities are traditional custodians of entomophagy. They must not be sidelined as policymakers and industry ready plans to promote …
Fertiliser industry to make $57 billion in profits this year as farmers, govts grapple with the bill
Analysis finds 189 per cent increase in costs for the key imported fertilisers in 2021
Food Systems Summit: How government is robbing billions of dollars from farmers
India’s policies block farmers’ earning in order to keep food cost low for consumers, according to the latest UN report
Why climate change studies on rice production are important in Wayanad
Area under rice cultivation has been declining rapidly in north Kerala district between 2004-05 and 2018-19
African ministers call for accelerating actions towards achieving food security
They advocated mainstreaming cross-cutting issues such as gender, nutrition and climate change post-COVID-19
COVID-19: ‘Inadequate food for children, pregnant women at Delhi Anganwadi centres’
Half-kg panjiri, 250-gm groundnuts being supplied to beneficiaries instead of nutrition kits, claimed Anganwadi workers in letter to Delhi …
Are eco-friendly products really any good?
Eco-friendly products come with thick wrapping and an expensive price tag not everyone can afford.
COVID-19: Bracing for agrarian crisis and food insecurity
Distress among marginal farmers and unavailability of food to migrant labourers has been largely ignored in Union government’s economic …
Anti-mifepristone court decisions rely on medical misinformation about abortion & questionable legal reasoning
The Food and Drug Administration approved mifepristone in the year 2000 for use in medication abortion up to seven weeks
Inflation can kill Africa human development, World Bank warns
Most poverty-struck rural households in Africa spend between 57 and 59 per cent of their income on food
New edible coating to prolong shelf life of fruits and vegetables
The material was tested on potato, tomato, green chili, strawberry, Khasi Mandarin, apple, pineapple and kiwifruit and was found to keep these …
Empty stomachs today, sick workshops tomorrow: The need for nutrition NOW
The world’s hunger clock has regressed back to 2015 when the global community had resolved to get good food to all plates by 2030