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A village nurtures traditional food systems in response to climate change

Catherine Gilon 10 Jan 2024

Rising air pollution impacts India’s crop yields and food security

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 9 Jan 2024

[Commentary] Paddy, politics and environmentalism in Kerala

M. Manjula, Vipindas P., Girigan Gopi 4 Dec 2023
Workers drying and husking rice at a mill outside Kanchipuram.

Dubai climate summit puts food on high table for first time, India stays away

Soumya Sarkar 4 Dec 2023

Food systems to feature in climate negotiations at COP28

Kundan Pandey 10 Nov 2023
Vegetable market; Kuchaman, Rajasthan, India

Tackling food loss and waste for climate and food security

Arathi Menon 31 Aug 2023

Increasing carbon dioxide is making our food less nutritious

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 15 Aug 2023

This year’s severe heatwave, a threat to the people and food supply in Bangladesh

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 8 May 2023
water buffaloes

The love for momos in Nepal is threatening endangered wild water buffaloes

Abhaya Raj Joshi 17 Apr 2023
A hummingbird moth.

Decline in pollinators linked to half a million premature human deaths every year, shows study

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2023
An egg seller in Delhi. Photo by Pallav.journo/Wikimedia Commons.

[Commentary] As India faces an egg shortage, can insects be a potential solution for protein and nutrition?

Femi E. Benny, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan 27 Mar 2023

The role of urban foraging in building climate-resilient food systems

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 26 Jan 2023

Urban farms offer a fresh perspective on managing kitchen waste and nurturing a community

Saumitra Shinde 14 Nov 2022
Farmers plant paddy in Nepal.

Nepal’s rice farmers brace for loss following lack of timely rains and fertilisers

Abhaya Raj Joshi 17 Aug 2022
Authorities in Kashmir, over the years, have been advising farmers to shift to alternate crops. Photo by Umer Asif.

Dual threat of drought-like conditions and flash floods puts Kashmir Valley’s food security at risk

Zubair Amin 12 Jul 2022

Wheat production stagnant in MP’s fertile Narmadapuram, fertiliser overuse raises concern

Rakesh Kumar Malviya 7 Jul 2022

[Interview] Prabhu Pingali on the pathways to minimise tradeoffs between hunger reduction and climate mitigation

Sahana Ghosh 5 May 2022

Glacier loss pushing India’s mountain region towards water insecurity

Kapil Kajal 13 Dec 2021

[Commentary] Transformative adaptation: Ways to improve India’s long-term food security

Parvathi Preethan, Namrata Ginoya 30 Aug 2021

Mass deaths of birds in Faridkot linked to use of chemicals on fruit trees

Vivek Gupta 5 Aug 2021