Survival menu
Bajra is nutritious, tasty and freely available
Mineral-packed crops
Failure to study climate change impact on wild foods can show on global health indicators
Climate change is set to take the benefits of eating good food away from us
Meagre gains
In search of hunger
While the fare at the Rome Food Summit was aimed mainly to help tummy trimming of ambitious plans drawn up earlier, the general feeling of the …
60% of Africa’s food is based on wheat, rice and maize – the continent’s crop treasure trove is being neglected
Historically, Africa had 30,000 edible plant species, and 7,000 were traditionally cultivated or foraged for food
Thought for food
Thailand
Bread, values and politics
The forthcoming World Food Summit must ensure that the umbrella of food security also extends to encompass the Southern nations' poor
INDONESIA
Green sees red
Another setback
Fast food - Poor man's amaranth is now expensive health food
Scientists classify Amaranth as a grain, but most Indians treat it as non-cereal
Good food for the climate-risked world
Nine of India’s top cuisiniers share their recipes with ingredients from local biodiversity in upcoming book
Keeping pace with climate change in crop development
The problem of climate change and crop development represents a challenge for agricultural systems across the globe
Increasing population puts pressure on land and water too: UNCCD
Demand of water for agricultural purposes will double by 2050 due to increasing demands for food
Fall of the bees
Population of bees, the main pollinators of food crops, is declining. This can constrain food supply, warns a UN report
Eating the banana (tree)
Virtually every part of the banana tree finds use in kitchens across south, east and northeastern India. Here are a few recipes from Bengal
Food versus fodder
Increasing livestock in the Asian countries could result In lower foodgrain production
THAILAND
Wheat Bluff
Why everyone's critical of import
Tradition of food migration bypassed
Evolution ensured people adopted new foods through generations of experiments. but in a fast globalising age, we don’t seem to have …
Food production experts call for more “quality and indigeneity” in agriculture
The remarks were made at a two-day event in Delhi to discuss how food systems can best be transformed in line with the 2030 Agenda for …
Tracing the history of farming across Africa gives clues to low production outputs
The focus must move from what the developed world dictates to what Africa needs. This requires countries developing production systems and …
Macdosa, future food
To save the world it may be necessary to create a culture where the humble samosa replaces the mighty burger