Tackling AMR: For LMICs, prevention is the best solution, say experts at CSE's international workshop

Recommendations from workshop to inform High-Level Meeting on AMR scheduled at UN General Assembly later this year

Scaling sustainable food production in face of climate change is the defining challenge of our times

Localised and climate-smart agriculture can help preserve agrobiodiversity and reshape the larger narrative of responsible food production  &…

“Rich countries need to consume and produce less animal-source foods”

World Food Prize winner Lawrence Haddad on the impact of climate change on food systems

Food production accounts for 15% fossil fuel use, as big oil locks in dependence on petroleum-based pesticides

The fossil fuel usage in fertiliser production is expected to increase significantly through 2050

Adverse weather pushes up food prices

Prices of sugar, palm oil and milk have gone up sharply

Focus on climate change: Food majors to US government

Sustainable Food Policy Alliance pushes for carbon pricing system for industries 

Climate change causes famine

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Food production hit, farmers need immediate assistance, says FAO

FAO seeking $25 million for Turkey & $10 million for Syria immediately

El Nino fallout: food prices to shoot northward

The weather phenomenon will bring down production, increase food prices worldwide

Work capacity of farm labourers in key food-producing areas to reduce with rising temperatures, shows study

Physical work capacity begins to decline around 20°C ambient temperature & further diminishes as temperature, humidity & exposure to …

Pulse varieties in the Himalayas are decreasing

Lack of planning, introduction of hybrid seeds, chemical fertilisers, insecticides and weed killers are responsible for decline in pulses’ …

Four more countries join global coalition to protect pollinators

This takes the number of signatories for the ‘Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators’ to 16

Delhi’s crop area reduced by 34%; less than 1% workforce engaged in agriculture

The Economic Survey of Delhi also revealed that the area under food-grain crops has decreased substantially

Kenya needs to grow more food: A focus on how to irrigate its vast dry areas is key

Only 19% of the area of Kenya officially assessed for irrigation has been developed

Onion price crash, farmers’ distress fail to move governments

While farmers are in distress due to crash in onion, tomato and potato prices, government paints a rosy picture

Why we need to look beyond the farm to achieve sustainability in agri-food systems

Time is ripe to start focusing on the whole agricultural value chain to tackle the three-fold challenges of rural livelihoods, climate adaptation …

Pesticides not just threaten bees, but also food production

Experts say 80 per cent of food production depends on pollination, but pesticides are affecting pollinators like bees

To reduce environmental impact, change the way we produce food: study

The biggest hurdle is finding uniform production processes across diverse geographies and climatic conditions

Food crisis in Africa: The high cost of imported fertilisers is adding to the problem

If farmers earned better returns, with cheaper input costs, then production could be a multiple of the current levels

Climate resilient agriculture systems: The way ahead

Climate resilient agriculture practices can help reduce hunger and poverty in the face of climate change   

German scientists decode adhesive properties of pollen

The findings may one day aid people suffering with pollen allergy as well as help develop alternative strategies for agriculture and food …

We live in a sugar rich and protein poor world

The world over-produces grains, fats and sugar while greatly underproducing fruits and vegetables and proteins. A correction in the imbalance can …

Agricultural transformation vital to produce 50% more food in 2050

In sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, agricultural output would need to more than double by the middle of the century

A third of global greenhouse gas emissions from food production: Study

The study draws from a new database that provides emission estimates from food production from 1990 to 2015

Hidden cost of global food, land use at $12 trillion: Report

This is expected to rise to more than $16 trillion a year by 2050, finds a report by Food and Land use Coalition