Food Miles: Here is how we can reduce them
Small efforts like reducing personal vehicular use for buying groceries, eating at farm-to-fork restaurants or growing one’s own vegetable …
Bad year for Muzaffarpur’s litchi farmers? High temperature, hot westerly winds result in high fruit drop
Litchi farmers staring at crop loss planning to demand compensation
Simply Put: Fruit juice doing kids more harm than good
New method to study insect muscles developed
Micro-level computed tomography (microCT) scanning can help scientists understand how human muscles function
A sour companion: The hog plum has much to offer, if people get past its strong taste
Hog plum is a great souring agent and can help in cancer, diabetes treatments
New edible coating to prolong shelf life of fruits and vegetables
The material was tested on potato, tomato, green chili, strawberry, Khasi Mandarin, apple, pineapple and kiwifruit and was found to keep these …
Jamun: A healthy way to welcome the monsoon rains
The jamun fruit has a host of therapeutic properties and the best time to eat it is during the monsoon, when the tree is fruiting
A star among fruits: The profit is sweet for amrakh
The profits from amrakh trees depend on demand. Fruits from 100 odd trees can easily fetch more than Rs 0.5 million each years. …
COVID-19: Bitter lockdown for Chittoor’s mango growers
Fewer fruits, sparse workforce, funds crunch and contamination fears can spoil this year’s trade
These miniature brinjals can be cooked in myriad ways
Khamen akhaba is grown extensively across the northeast and used in indigenous medicines to treat asthma, allergic rhinitis, nasal catarrh, skin …
Meet Sohphie: The wild delight of Meghalaya
Sohphie, a sweet-and-sour fruit, marks the arrival of spring in Meghalaya. It is relished raw as well as in pickles
Why guava is attractive for farmers & consumers alike
Used in street food, chutneys and perfumes, the climate-resistant fruit is a clear option for farmers
Mission Hariyali: This man distributes free saplings to bring back fruit trees to the nearly barren villages of Nalanda
Now, there are at least 4,000-5,000 plants in the villages of Noorsarai block; residents do not just eat the fruits but also sell them for income
The Nipah virus in Kerala may have mutated due to climatic stress: Expert
Urbanisation could cause spillover from other states, scientist says
COVID-19: ‘It is easy to blame bats than to look at ourselves’
Bat expert Tigga Kingston flags societal behaviour, human prejudice amid increasing vilification of bats for novel coronavirus
Dangers of artificial ripening of fruits and vegetables
Chemicals used to ripen fruits artificially are toxic and can also affect people's neurological system
Ozone pollution increases male-male courtship in common fruit flies: Study
High level of ozone leads to drop in sex-determining pheromones
Kerala never fully eradicated Nipah, but contained it: Experts
Kerala will need to increase vigilance, awareness at community level to prevent future Nipah outbreaks, say experts
Fruit flies develop specific defences against common bacteria; may explain human susceptibility to infections
Bacteria in their food and environment mould the immune systems of fruit flies, notes study
Unfounded fears of contagion threaten bat population in Kerala
Destruction of bat habitats and culling is rampant in Kerala despite no evidence linking the animals with disease outbreaks in the state
Why it’s important to study coronaviruses in African bats
Understanding factors that play a role in the spillover of pathogens from bats to humans in Africa is important in view of high species diversity
Are north Indians eating wrong? New study shows imbalances & remedies
The average north Indian diet is high in salt and low in potassium, protein, increasing risk of chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease &…
Climate change alters how plants go about their lives; here’s how
Scientists study 212 plant species across 5 botanical gardens in Germany
Zambian court stops land clearing in Kasanka National Park, where 10 million bats roost annually
Every year, African straw-coloured fruit bats migrate to the park from the Congo and act as pollinators
Known unknowns: India’s apex food regulator has no data on presence of GMOs in fresh produce imported over past 5 years
The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 prohibits import, manufacture, use or sale of GM food without FSSAI’s approval