Trade unions organised a march to Parliament and a rally to protest food inflation which stands at 11.05% More...

An international and national report both warn that climate change and current policies could lead to acute food scarcity by 2020 More...

The number of suicides by farmers continues to rise countrywide with Maharashtra topping the list for the tenth consecutive year More...

India, like other emerging economies, is experiencing what the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation calls a ‘food price shock’, with food inflation doubling in just one month More...

Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has asked the government to strike a balance between industrial development and environment protection, and has suggested a comprehensive rehabilitation scheme for those who lose their land More...

The Maharashtra government approaches the Centre for a second prime minister’s relief package of Rs 7,200 crore for farmers in suicide-affected Vidarbha More...

Noting that climate change posed a threat to food security, experts and farmers have sought an adequate adaptation policy and budgetary support to ensure agriculture productivity in the country More...

The Kolkata Group, an independent initiative inspired and chaired by Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, has demanded that the Right to Food Act be made non-discriminatory and universal to cover justiciable food entitlements for all Indians More...

The Indian government puts commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal on hold following pressure from 13 state governments, groups opposed to genetically modified food, and members of the scientific community More...

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