34% of environmental indicators under SDGs lack standards
Lack of standards means there is no benchmark from which to calculate the Sustainable Development Goals
Can a cash-on-delivery model work for global aid?
As rich nations try to heal the scars of 2008 global financial crisis through deep budget cuts and protectionist policies, business models like …
Climate-smart agriculture: an answer to climate change
Sustainably increasing agricultural production, adapting to climate change and reducing emissions are the main points of climate-smart …
Pitfalls of a uniform food regime
In face of drought and rising food prices, attention shifts to local diet and food diversity
FARM IP, ENTER WIPO
Developing countries will now have to battle IP issues related to new agricultural technologies at WIPO instead of WTO
Ecofriendly subsidies proposed
EU plans to give more weightage to environmental and public safety norms by amending agricultural policy
World’s coffee shops have emerged as plant milk’s front line
Milk made from plants is entering the public consciousness (and stomachs) in coffee shops across the globe.
Big idea
Monsoon vegetable jackfruit has caught the fancy of entrepreneurs in India, one of its biggest producers
World Health Statistics 2015: some achievements, many concerns
Down To Earth highlights the world’s performance on health-related development goals, where our successes lie and where efforts are still a …
Everybody’s loss
Delisting fruits and vegetables from APMC Act in Congress-ruled states will not benefit farmers
Health ministry sets timeframe for keeping animals treated with antibiotics out of food chain
Antibiotics used for therapeutic purposes in animals to carry details of withdrawal period
Healthy kya?
Why are companies across all product categories 'nutracising' their brands? Obviously, to catch a huge market -- growing by the day -- for health …
Chickens from intensive farms worries urban India, shows recent consumer research
In intensive farming, chickens are raised with gained weight, painful lameness, skin lesions, leg fractures, lung problems, bone problems and …
CSE honours over 100 greenest schools in India
Over 700 schools participated in Green Schools Programme; Himachal Pradesh bags the Best Green State Award
Donald Trump is taking hydroxychloroquine to ward off COVID-19. Is that wise?
There is a 20% genetic difference between SARS-CoV-2 and previous SARS coronavirus, meaning we should not assume a drug shown to act against SARS …
Missing pulse
Despite being a world leader in pulses production, India has been forced to import due to crop loss and seed deficit. The sharp rise in prices is …
Sugar-stricken
Reducing the intake of sugar as per the World Health Organization's recommendation is a must to lower the risk of non-communicable diseases
African countries must double investment in agricultural R&D, finds study
The report analyses trends in investments and human resource capacity in African agriculture system
Malaria, diarrhoeal diseases set to rise: IPCC report
Latest report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommends simple measures such as provision of clean water, sanitation and …
Nepal's poor carry it off
As the Himalayan country's forestry scheme for the poor reaps rich dividends, its government entrusts more degraded areas to the underprivileged. …
A can of worms
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High cost of fodder led milk price hike
First pulses, now milk. The common household is compelled to give up on its easy sources of protein. RAVLEEN KAUR found rise in fodder prices, …
Central funds freeze: MGNREGA workers in West Bengal trapped in vicious cycle of illness and poverty
Workers struggling to make ends meet, have had to put new and existing health issues aside
Countries pitch in for early warning systems and accurate weather projections
Workshops in Bonn focus on the development of contingency plans to tackle extreme weather events and their adverse effects on crops