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US biotech industry gears up to play dirty in Europe

Gareeb Kalyan Anna Yojana has been extended for five more months

Activists and experts welcome Prime Minister Modi’s announcement

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European food regulatory body rejects French ban on GM maize

Scientific evidence found lacking in indicating risk to health, environment

Why are farmers in Haryana leaving their fields vacant?

Excessive cropping of paddy has completely depleted groundwater in some places; in others, there is the problem of waterlogging

As told to Parliament (February 7, 2024): India had over 32 million stunted children as of December 2023

Underweight and wasting levels lower than that projected by National Family Health Survey-5, says Smriti Irani

Simply Put: All about diet

Silent famine: What exactly changed in India’s wheat and rice?

The crops gained quantity but lost quality in the quest to feed India’s millions

DTE Exclusive: Did focus on yield cost India nutrition?

Down To Earth special report on how the wheat and rice that the country eats have lost their nutritional value

Silent famine: Can India halt its own weakening nutritional security?

If India has to have any chance in arresting malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency burden, nutrition has to be made a priority at par with …

Indians consuming rice and wheat low in food value, high in toxins: ICAR study

DTE and CSE hold webinar on magazine’s coverage of ICAR research

Silent famine: Has India weakened its own nutritional security?

A study led by Indian Council of Agricultural Research scientists has found the grains that we eat have lost food value; instead they are …

Brown, red, black, riceberry – what are these white rice alternatives, and are they actually healthier?

If you enjoy trying foods with unique flavours, try experimenting with black or red rice varieties. Whatever the colour, all types of rice have a …

Shifting to millets increases groundwater recharge more than drip irrigation in India’s northern plains: Study

Switching from rice to millets such as pearl millet & sorghum during the Kharif season and shifting from wheat to sorghum in the Rabi season …

Short-duration paddy cultivation can help solve Punjab and Haryana’s stubble burning problem

Along with in situ incorporation of stubble into soil is an effective solution for both air pollution and groundwater conservation

Tarnished terrain

Pesticides used in rice cultivation are having just the reverse effect than the one intended -instead of decimating pests, extensive studies …

India must focus on rainfed farming

There was a time when it was said that the Indian budget was a gamble on the monsoons. That is not the case any more, with industrial production …

Warming bad for rice

Rice is a staple diet for many. But a recent study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) under the United States department of agriculture has …

‘The price of millets is 3 times higher than that of regular rice’

J Suresh is an Engineering graduate, and had been working for six years as a techie before he left his job to start a millet restaurant. After …

In deep water

Rivers Krishna and Mahanadi are in crisis. In the race to industrialise, states have drawn plans to exploit their last drop. For four decades, …

A rice by another name

Thailand threatens to take the US to the WTO for allowing a Texas-based company to use "jasmati" as a trademark for a variety of rice

Dharohar's dividends

Farmers and activists in Bastar reject high-yielding rice varieties to preserve traditional varieties

Was ethanol the reason for the ban on broken rice exports

A look at official data shows that the allocation of Food Corporation of India rice for ethanol was drastically increased in 2021-22, as compared …