Hunger

The Centre has allocated Rs 2.07 lakh crore for food subsidies this year. Extending the scheme further is likely to cost the government another...

The pandemic initially exposed cracks in our supposedly efficient industrialized food system through supply chain breakdowns, worker shortages and trade restrictions. Now, we can add high food prices and growing inequality to...

Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange reserves have hit a low of US$1.9 billion, equivalent to funds that could finance less than one month’s imports while...

FAO report flags risks to food security from high food and agricultural input prices. It says that real prices for farmers are low and...

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-NIN), no study has been conducted to ascertain the impact...

The economic crisis was exacerbated by the loss of livelihoods, particularly by urban and rural daily wage earners, who consequently faced food insecurity due...

Regional agriculture industrial parks could boost food production and distribution, but, access to land is a major hurdle and relationship building remains critical to...

Instead of food shortage, the reality is that the world produces far more food than we eat. Over 33 percent of the food produced globally is...