Adaptation finance for agriculture is the need of the hour
Efforts for adaptation finance will have to be multiplied greatly as the needs of today are not being met, leave alone the needs of a more …
Supreme Court issues directive for implementing MGNREGA, food security Act to tackle drought
In a bid to provide relief to households in drought-hit areas, the apex court directed the Centre to release funds to states for providing …
CBSE lists detailed measures to limit junk food in schools
CBSE-affiliated schools will have to ensure that foods such as chips, carbonated beverages and ready-to-eat noodles are not available in …
Global production of wood products registers growth
Governments need to ensure that principles of sustainable forest management are enforced, says forestry expert
We created a new material from orange peel that can clean up mercury pollution: researchers
When researchers combined two industrial waste products, they created a material that could clean up mercury
El Niño gathers strength, likely to continue into winter: Japan Met agency
There are fears that a strong El Niño this year like the one in 1997-98, will push up food inflation across South and Southeast Asia
Yamilicious!
During her visit to Indore, Aparna Pallavi tickles her taste buds with crispy fried purple yam or garadu and discovers the health benefits of the …
Food habits getting worse around the world, warn studies
Researchers implicate the role of junk food industry in the changing food habits, particularly of the young generation
Ebola spurs food insecurity fears in African countries
Areas most affected by the outbreak are among the most productive in Sierra Leone and Liberia
UN warns against one of the world’s ‘most destructive banana diseases’
After Asia, Latin America, a region where about 70 per cent of the world’s banana exports are grown, could be next to be affected
A billion strong or weak?
Recently, India crossed the one-billion population mark. The question on everyone's lips is what does the future hold for babies born this …
"We have to produce more rice using less water"
Robert Zeigler, director general of the Manila, Phillipines-based, International Rice Research Institution (IRRI) talks to Sourav Mishra about …
Insect attacks affected 142 mn ha forest between 2003 and 2012: Report
The State of the World’s Forests report warned climate change will exacerbate wildfires and pest attacks in the future
"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"
Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) speaks to Down To Earth.
Ladakh on the move
Ladakh is the one region in India where sustainable development is the only way ahead. Dry toilets, water efficient crops, cooperative farming, a …
Fragile, conflict-affected states disproportionately affected by climate change concentrated in Africa: IMF
By 2040, fragile states could face 61 days a year of temperatures above 35°C — four times more than other countries
How COVID lockdowns triggered changes in peregrine falcon diets
Urban pest control needs rethinking; pigeons contribute to the success of apex predators like the peregrine falcon
Millets should be mainstreamed for better nutritional outcomes in children
Civil society organisations can play an enabling role in helping the government to combat malnutrition by introducing millets in ICDS
State of the Climate in Africa 2021: High water stress to displace up to 700 million Africans by 2030
Extreme weather and climate change are undermining human health and safety, food and water security and socio-economic development in Africa
Food Systems Summit: ‘Supports to farmers keeping the world away from SDGs and the Paris Agreement’
United Nations calls for repurposing and reforming price-distorting and environmentally harmful supports to farmers
India-Pakistan nuclear war can starve humanity: Study
Food supplies may drop over 20% in 70 poor countries with 1.3 bln people, the study estimated
Extreme climate can halve crop yields: Study
Global research quantifies impact of climate extremes on staple crops maize, spring wheat, rice and soybeans
Report flags growing threat of monoculture in crop production
Only 9 plant species account for 66 per cent of total crop production, says Food and Agriculture Organisation 2019 report
9 human-animal conflicts every day in Bandipore, Nagarhole National Park
Most of these involved crop and property damage, shows data by the Wildlife Conservation Society
Draft global guidelines to reduce plastic fishing gear in oceans agreed upon
A set of draft Voluntary Guidelines on marking fishing gear have been adopted by countries to monitor the use of fishing gear, which is …