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
Designer food raises storm
The American government's announcement that genetically engineered food will not be tested or labelled has caused much concern among the people.
Soft drinks do contain pesticides
The Joint Parliamentary Committee has finally delivered its verdict. Affirming that the Centre for Science and Environment's findings about the …
Local smorgasbord
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Supermarket on a cart
IIM alumnus’ mantra for vegetable retailing—involve vendors, families
Contest for pesticide
Demand for state control as Pesticides Management Bill is set to be tabled in Parliament
Everything about desert locusts — and how to control them amid COVID-19 crisis
From Yemen to Indo-Pakistan border, how the swarms made way into India — and how the situation should be monitored
The escape route
Punjab, which accounts for only 1.5 per cent of the total geographical area of the country, cannot continue producing for the whole country. It …
Cancer-struck
Incidence of cancer and other diseases have increased. But callous officials prefer to call it a 'coincidence'
Punjab: end of the revolution ?
Cost of production has spiralled, but the rate of increase in production has not shown a similar trend. Ecological and social costs, meanwhile, …
World Zoonoses Day: Changing our relationship with animals to avoid another pandemic
Growing severity of COVID-19 is compelling us to re-think ways to reduce transmission risk of emerging diseases from animals to humans
Dangers ahead at WTO
The trade facilitation agreement paves the way for fresh pressures on developing countries such as tariff cuts on industrial products
India cannot afford organic farming
S K SINHA national professor at the Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, spoke to Manish Tiwari on food …
Keep on the grass
Alpine pastures are thriving despite policies to encourage grazing. But Himalayan pastures languish despite strong conservationist policies
Quarter-billion people face extreme poverty in 2022 as the rich get richer: Oxfam
Inflation driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine a major factors behind financial crisis
Degraded land the size of China needs to be restored by 2030 to prevent biodiversity loss: UN Report
Every single year, we lose ecosystem services worth more than 10 per cent of our global economic output, the report said
At least 40% global crops lost to pests every year: FAO
Invasive pests cost countries at least $70 billion annually, among main drivers of biodiversity loss
The end of meat and GMOs or the end of us: Part 1
The first in a three-part series series on effects of GMOs and the meat industry on our environment
Kashmir gets warmer
Rising winter temperatures make rain and snowfall erratic in the valley, deplete streams
Claims we buy
For food manufacturers, misleading claims are a way of marketing in India. It's time the government made the regulations stringent and brought …
Centre hikes MSP as kharif sowing begins
MSP hike for 17 crops was approved June 8; this is likely to encourage farmers to diversify and switch to these crops
Need to triple investments for restoring degraded land by 2030: Seoul Declaration
The Declaration focuses on identifying key areas that can help combat multiple crises humanity faces
Global agricultural productivity not growing as fast as food demand: Report
Accelerate investments in agricultural research and development to increase and preserve productivity gains, especially for small farmers
Ivermectin: why a potential COVID treatment isn’t recommended for use
There is currently insufficient evidence to support the use of ivermectin in treatment of COVID-19
Handle with care: The dictum for using antibiotics in livestock
Using natural additives in animal feed, educating farmers, timely vaccination, ethnoveterinary practices and strict implementation of rules can …