Climate change eats into output of top 10 food crops
Production decreased unequally for barley, cassava, maize, oil palm, rapeseed, rice, sorghum, soybean, sugarcane and wheat
World Food Day: Preserving food diversity vital to achieve zero hunger by 2030
Increasing production of staple crops such as wheat, rice and maize cannot meet the rising food demand. That is why we need to fall back on …
Indian scientists find a way to enhance fat-burning capacity of chilli
Capsaicin, an active ingredient of chilli, is known to have anti-obesity or fat reducing properties
Earth health
Clinically clean, gleamingly coloured, hermetically sealed fruits and vegetables face the challenge of organic food
‘Green should be the colour of the future’: Global bodies launch campaign to protect forests
Joint Call to Action for Forests to highlight need for increased action, political commitment to implement forest solutions in pursuit of SDGs
What’s in your food? Bournvita row sparks front-of-package labelling discourse
The product allegedly has an absurdly high sugar content, which remains hidden or missing in its advertising, packaging and labelling
As synthetic microfibers infiltrate food, water and air, how can we prevent future release?
Scientists and manufacturers are looking for ways to keep synthetic microfibers from getting into the environment in the first place
A five-point plan to make Buhari’s council on food security a success
Previous attempts to ensure a sustainable food security project have failed in Nigeria. Will this one too?
Hunger and Poverty in South Africa: The Hidden Faces of Food Insecurity
This book explores food insecurity as an issue of socioeconomic, political, cultural and environmental inequity and inequality.
Talking heads
Agriculture ministers from key African countries speak to Down To Earth on strategies to make Africa food-sufficient once again
First Food: Celebrating India's Food Biodiversity
Down to Earth collaborated with Chor Bizarre, an Indian restaurant chain, to celebrate an evening of traditional Indian food. Chef Rajiv Malhotra …
The hidden valley
Our photographer Vikas Choudhary captures the breathtaking landscape of Apatani valley nestled in the midst of wooded hills in Lower Subansiri …
Revival of Kadaknath: rare breed of black chicken from Madhya Pradesh
An almost extinct indigenous breed of poultry is improving the lives of farmers in drought-hit Jhabua
Uncultivated wisdom
India witnesses a revival of its uncultivated food culture through a boom in local food festivals
Agriculture, rural jobs, food subsidy need big boost
Will the drubbing it faced in Delhi election and the huge controversy over its land Bill make BJP reconsider its economic thrust areas?
Mapping Food
Online>> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1276177353/food-an-atlas-0
A bank to save the embarrassment of riches
Surplus food from hotels in the Capital is no longer thrown away: A non-profit organisation that started recently collects the food and …
On the dotted line
India's decision to ratify the Biosafety Protocol is meaningless unless domestic laws are tightened
With a pinch of salt
Fast food can be made less salty, finds research. But companies refuse to do so
Watch before you eat
Air pollution contributes to heavy metals in vegetables
Sikkim bans gutkha
It is the 13th state to do so after FSSAI issued a regulation last year
Dying for ration: Denied full benefits, 62-year-old widow eats a meal a day to survive
Around 80 households out of 250 denied PDS welfare in Baramsar
A token gesture for food security
Activists say the budget lays bare governmentÔÇÖs intentions over food security bill
Parties steal Congress show
BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh enacts its own food security law, non-Congress states to follow
Ban on futures trading to go