Almost 50% of adult South Africans are overweight or obese. Poverty and poor nutrition are largely to blame

69% of obese adults from food insecure households where families had little dietary choices

All you need to know about Universal Basic Income

Here’s a lowdown on what the basic income scheme is and what it entails

FDA orders withdrawal of ranitidine drug from markets

US drug regulator completes seven-month investigation, finds high levels of carcinogen

Watch: What Sitharaman promised to counter COVID-19

Finance minister announces Rs 1.7 lakh crore relief package

COVID-19: Odisha fishermen feel lockdown heat

Prices plummet drastically, movement of fishermen to other states hit

Kendriya Bhandar to open outlets in more states

More than 60-year-old cooperative commits to Gandhian values to stay relevant

Simply Put: Sugary beverage

Simply Put: Honey fraud

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: FAO launches action plan 2021–2025

The new plan aims to extend FAO’s capacity development assistance to its members

Superbugs found in pork products in Walmart US

9 of the 16 Walmart batches tested contained at least one multi-drug-resistant bacteria

Rice yields could plummet 40% by 2100 due to climate change: Stanford University

At least 2 billion people, especially in Asia, could be affected due to the scarcity

KENYA

Down the drain

The recently launched food for work programme may not ensure local food security

Feeding Africa: How small-scale irrigation can help farmers to change the game

Small-scale irrigation can improve nutritional outcomes in several important ways

Health in news on May 14

A round-up of what's new in health

Climate change affects nature’s dinner time: study

Moving out of nature's timing can mess up the food chain

Not a promissory note

Demonetisation casts a long shadow over the rural economy

The end of coconut water? The world's trendiest nut is under threat of species collapse

Coconut water may be the 'it' drink, but its producers face multiple threats

Relish history

Rich in its mythological antecedents, the prickly pear has many medicinal merits

Children under five account for 30 per cent of deaths due to food borne diseases globally: WHO

Calls food borne diseases a ‘global concern’

Fukushima to food

Food Fair>> Nuclear Disaster • Singapore/Japan

From the blurbs

Afghan ravioli with mint

Wards off stomach ailments and cold

From the blurbs

Novel incentive