food production news

Processing mechanisms key to food security in South Asia

According to the FAO, India is among the world’s largest producers of milk, pulses, fruits and vegetables. This production record has changed the country’s food-security horizon. The next question, for India and for the region, is how to retain more value from what is already grown. (Praful Gangurde/HT Photo)

opinion

Published on Jun 08, 2026 04:27 pm IST

Bitter harvest: Yields and the illusion of farm productivity

The challenge is not whether enough food is produced, but whether it can be produced sustainably, given shrinking water tables, deteriorating soils, and the impact of the climate crisis. (AFP)

opinion

Published on May 21, 2026 08:54 pm IST

Why El Niño leaves pain in its wake

India is the world’s largest exporter of rice and an agricultural powerhouse. (AFP)

india news

Published on Apr 22, 2026 11:28 am IST

Common AI framework key to future development

The G20 summit in Johannesburg may be over, but its signal that a shared AI governance future is no longer optional — it is integral to how we design resilient, equitable economies. (@PresidencyZA X/ANI)

opinion

Published on Dec 04, 2025 10:31 pm IST

Our two main problems: An essay by Lal Bahadur Shastri, from the HT archives

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Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at a refugee camp in Srinagar in 1948. ‘Khadi should be given the utmost encouragement and the people encouraged to use it even if it is somewhat costly. Government should also patronise it fully,’ Shastri writes. (HT Archives)

art culture

Updated on Jan 25, 2025 12:13 am IST

From the Archive: In independent India - A struggle beyond freedom

Lal Bahadur Shastri wrote the article on January 16, 1951

india news

Updated on Dec 01, 2024 03:47 pm IST

Experts address climate change impact on agri-food systems at PAU, Ludhiana

The global discussion is being held at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana. (HT Photo)

chandigarh news

Published on Nov 13, 2024 10:44 pm IST

Ensure speedy lifting of paddy: Punjab CM

The CM said that the state government has made elaborate arrangements for procurement of paddy. (HT File)

chandigarh news

Updated on Oct 22, 2024 05:14 am IST

A push for FCI modernisation

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FCI, a state-owned corporation through which 70% of federal food subsidies are routed, is critical for the country’s food security as it procures millions of tonnes of farm produce at federally fixed minimum support prices (HT File)

editorials

Published on Apr 22, 2024 10:59 pm IST

Wheat output to reach 112 mn tonne during 2023-24: Centre

The output of winter-sown rice is expected to be 12.3 million tonne, according to data. Wheat is sown in November and harvested during March-April. (PTI)

india news

Updated on Mar 01, 2024 01:09 am IST

Conscious kitchens serve food for thought

On World Food Day, restaurants share how they save water and food in their kitchens.

htcity

Updated on Oct 16, 2023 05:45 pm IST

ISRO chief meets late MS Swaminathan's family: ‘His passion.. drives all of us’

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath

india news

Published on Oct 15, 2023 10:21 pm IST

World Food Day 2023: Date, history, significance

festivals

Updated on Oct 16, 2023 07:56 am IST

Dwelling in the ‘Anthroposea’

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Mumbai’s sea, like other seas, is an “Anthroposea”: It is made up not just of water, tides, and non-human biota, but also of the matter and metabolic waste of its more than fifteen million human (and nonhuman) residents.

opinion

Published on Aug 04, 2023 02:42 pm IST

Plan for the looming El Niño trade-off

India defines average, or normal, rainfall as between 96% and 104% of a 50-year average of 89 cm for the entire four-month season. El Nino, a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific that typically occurs every few years, is linked to crop damage, fires and flash floods.

opinion

Published on Jul 10, 2023 09:20 pm IST

NASA to spice up astronaut menu with deep space food production

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science

Published on May 29, 2023 03:46 pm IST

Wholesale Price Index inflation up at 2.03% for January against 1.22% last month

business

Updated on Feb 15, 2021 01:27 pm IST

The HT Brunch Celebrating Simplicity Series: The humble, ubiquitous spud!

Potatoes are also not empty calories, as they are thought to be

brunch

Published on Jul 26, 2020 07:26 am IST

Looking at Italian cuisine beyond pizza,pasta and Parmesan

Chef Massimiliano Sperli prepares pasta and other Italian dishes on the spot

brunch

Published on Oct 19, 2019 10:07 pm IST

An India-Pak nuke war could trigger another ice age: Study

The study, published in the journal Science Advances, looks at a nuclear war scenario between the two neighbours in 2025.

india news

Updated on Jul 06, 2020 06:26 am IST

Kharif output expected to fall this year

Subdued food inflation benefits consumers or net buyers of food items, but they also hurt farm incomes, especially because commodity prices are not keeping pace with rising costs of cultivation.

india news

Updated on Sept 11, 2019 03:51 am IST

The Good Food Guide: Fit for you, fit for the Earth

The Planetary Health Diet is the world’s first scientifically validated diet plan

health

Updated on Aug 31, 2019 08:00 pm IST

Unemployment fuels food insecurity in India: UN

In the Indian Himalayas, an economic slowdown coupled with natural resource depletion and climate change had a negative impact on food production and employment opportunities.

india news

Updated on Jul 17, 2019 07:29 am IST