Dying for ration: Deep in debt, Rajasthan villagers sell animals
Many across the state say received no ration for years; no help from authorities
Africa climate programme to benefit 5.4 million small-scale farmers in Sahel
The programme aims to restore degraded land, provide climate information systems and agricultural insurance
Food poverty growing among older adults in India: LASI study
Nearly 6% of individuals in India aged 45 and above studied consumed smaller portions or skipped meals; 5.3% did not eat even when they were …
COVID-19: Experts urge fresh stimulus package to boost economy, help marginalised
India’s 2020 stimulus package has not been able to solve problems of informal workers, MSMEs and food security
Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the COVID-19 response
The available evidence suggests these measures could bolster people’s health and well-being while also building their resilience to …
World Food Day: Looking for a new avatar in COVID-19 times
What we now need is smart, systemic action to get the food to those who need it and improve it for those who have it, says FAO Director-…
COVID-19: Integrating urban and rural safety nets in Africa
Helping urban residents cover costs of return, providing sanitary supplies and scaling up health system surveillance can constitute a safe rural …
India's ambitious plan to boost biofuel likely to fail without roadmap
In Chhattisgarh, which was supposed to emerge as a biofuel hub by 2014, the plan for establishing biodiesel industry never took off
Andhra farmers taste success with Zero Budget Natural Farming
Ensuring food security, producing more with less resources and building the resilience of smallholder farmers are important towards creating a …
Indian scientists convert wild legume into edible dal
A recent research shows it is possible to knock off genes that are responsible for the production of a class of anti-nutrients that make the …
At death's door
Around three million people are estimated to be severely food-insecure in north-eastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Somalia. The writer looks at the …
Lake Chad Basin: 1.4 million children displaced; many suffer from malnutrition
About 67,000 children under five are likely to die in Nigeria’s Borno and Yobe states in September
How true were PM Modi’s claims made during Independence Day speech?
A probing look into his claims reveals that not all that he said is in sync with the official data
This week from the world of science and environment
The discovery of an important piece in evolutionary science and the threat of extreme weather events to our food security—a quick look at …
Reduce food security benefits from 67% to 40% population, says panel on restructuring FCI
Shanta Kumar committee report recommends privatisation, outsourcing and cash benefit transfer to cut food procurement and distribution costs
Why people want to be poor
Crisis in Chhattisgarh over implementation of food security law has crucial lessons for India's public distribution system
Book One Valley and A Thousand Dams, Nationalism and Development
Book>> Daniel Klingensmith, 'One Valley and a Thousand' Dams, Nationalism and Development Oxford University Press New Delhi 2007
Dying for ration: No health aid for those without PDS cards
Ground report from Jharkhand villages shows many pending applications; Rejected applicants told quota for beneficiaries full
Poor harvest in 2019 may push 6.3 million Somalis to hunger by year end
The rainy season in 2019 has been the third-driest in Somalia since the early 1980s
Madhya Pradesh's high-tech solution for PDS
State links PDS to UID to plug leakages in food supplies but gaps remain
Poverty begets poverty
A 30-year survey of the poor gives a wake-up call
Fixing the drought
To uplift the poor it is important to understand the root cause of poverty
Fuelling a food crisis
Organic fish farms
Morocco — a top fertiliser producer — could hold a key to the world’s food supply
Morocco plans to produce an additional 8.2 million tonnes of phosphorus fertiliser by 2026
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