Food waste index report 2024
<p>The world wasted an estimated 19 per cent of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to this new report by the UNEP.</p>
Food Security
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GMOs will not feed the world
Jeffrey M Smith has written about 65 scientists who have conducted tests on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in his book Genetic Roulette. He talks about the impact and hazards of Bt gene. He spoke to Savvy Soumya Misra at the launch of his book in Delhi recently Safety: Lab tests on mice showed allergies, disruption in reproductive cycle, hormonal imbalance, respiratory
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India tops world hunger chart
With 230 Million Undernourished, It Accounts For 27% Of Global Total New Delhi: India is failing its rural poor with 230 million people being undernourished
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Indias Jamals cant afford dal-roti daily
New Delhi: The child stars of Slumdog Millionaire are truly the lucky ones. Government spend on child-specific schemes has doubled in the last five years of the UPA
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Rural sanitation improves but anaemia a concern
New Delhi: The latest report of the Food Insecurity Situation in Rural India has revealed that while the stunting in children, access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation facilities have improved, the prevalence of anaemia has worsened in rural India.
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Salwa Judum is peaceful. We support it
Raman Singh
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One persons weed, anothers medicinal plant
Utility, too, lies in the eyes of the beholder THERE is a sweet irony in farm labourers earning from harvest and sale of weeds
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African fisheries hit hardest by climate change
The world's poor are increasingly relying on fish, but a combination of climate change and unsustainable fishing practices could wipe out this vital protein source.
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Ensuring food security (Editorial)
Time to rely on yield within the country by Sucha Singh Gill
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Government plans cattlefeed factory
PATHANAMTHITTA: Transport Minister Mathews T Thomas has said that the State Government will set up a cattlefeed factory at Karunagappally at a cost of Rs 39 crore.
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Closed OPM infuses new life into agriculture
SAMBALPUR: The closure of Orient Paper Mills (OPM) way back in 1999 may have dealt a blow to thousands of families besides derailing the district