Danielle Nierenberg April 10 to April 18, 2017, marks the Jewish holiday of Passover. Here are seven tips to help observers to celebrate this important holiday while keeping in line with environmental values and supporting a more sustainable food system:
By Kanis Dursin Jakarta, Mar (IPS) – Fifty-two-year-old farmer Theresia Loda was effusive when asked how conservation agriculture has changed her economic situation. “My corn harvest has increased fourfold per season since I started practicing conservation agriculture,” Loda told IPS…
Disseminating their indigenous knowledge and expertise, some grassroots aged farmers unanimously mentioned that protection of plant diversity can be the vital means of boosting food security. They viewed as many as 29 non-conventional plant varieties have both food and medicinal…
Mojisola Ojebode Ibadan, Nigeria – A new report issued by the United Nations (UN) takes a controversial stance on synthetic pesticides. The conventional wisdom is that they are essential to feed the world’s growing population, which is expected to hit…
Dhaka – France wants to help Bangladesh by providing technical support to explore and exploit the potentiality of blue economy.
A Singaporean couple who starved their Philippine maid until she weighed just 29kg were jailed on Monday, in a case described as “shocking” by prosecutors who are appealing for stiffer sentences. Trader Lim Choon Hong, 48, was sentenced to three…
Mymensingh – Students of B.Sc. Food Engg made a human chain in front of ‘Mukhtomanch” of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Tuesday.
Dhaka – A total of 1,750 kilograms high yielding jute seeds were distributed free of cost among one thousand small and marginal farmers of Gurudashpur upazila in Natore today.Agency
A new study has found that low pesticide use rarely decreased productivity and profitability on arable farms. Researchers from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research assessed whether herbicides, fungicides and insecticides were associated with productivity or profitability in 946…
Dhaka – On Saturday, March 25 between 8:30 to 9.30 pm, as part of our Corporate Social Responsibility, Amari Dhaka had taken part in Earth Hour – the world’s largest global climate change event.
Geneva, 20 Mar (D. Ravi Kanth) – The G33 farm coalition led by Indonesia has called for a permanent solution for public stockholding programs to address the concerns of all developing countries, instead of any one country-specific solution, at the…
Few things are better than biting into a good piece of chocolate. But melting into dark chocolate autopilot may be hiding a darker side of this sweet treat. Take a bite. Then take a minute to think. Have you ever…
Amari Dhaka, March – This Independence Day, set yourself free and celebrate freedom with delicious delicacies at Amaya. Amari presents to you a tribute to culinary skills with four different live kitchens- a multi sensual experience awaits you from 23…
Anas Uddin Ovi Dhaka – Residents of Mir Mosharraf Hossain (MMH) Hall, the largest student-dormitory in Jahangirnagar University (JU) are facing various problems like shortage of accommodation, serving of unhygienic food and unhealthy living environment. Accommodation crisis has hit the…
Dhaka – “Taste of Australia” has been launched on March 17 at the already renowned Water Garden Brasserie Restaurant, Radisson Blu Dhaka. The Australian Executive Chef Jed Archdeacon has meticulously planned the event in order to give the guest a…
By Baher Kamal Rome, Mar (IPS) – New evidence is deepening scientific fears, advanced few years ago, that the Middle East and North Africa risk becoming uninhabitable in a few decades, as accessible fresh water has fallen by two-thirds over…
Danielle Nierenberg From authors to chefs, business owners to activists, this list is a collection of changemakers in every industry working to fix inequalities and problems in the food system all over the world. Their examples have inspired movements and…
I believe that not agriculture but the farmers who keep the agriculture moving is the backbone of a nation which depends on agriculture. So, priorities should be given on protecting farmers’ interests.
Mymensingh – Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) authority carried out a drive on jobbarer more’s hotels on the campus Thursday.
South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) has launched its fifth triennial Poverty Report in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 10 March, 2017 at the Women’s Education and Research Centre. Dinushika Dissanayake, Executive Director of Law & Society Trust (LST), Colombo,…
Mymensingh – A Two day long training on ‘Hybrid Rice Technology’ was held at Graduate Training institute (GTI) of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh recently.
Dhaka – Bangladesh will attain self-sufficiency in rice and fish by 2018, fisheries and livestock minister Sayedul Haque said on Saturday. The country earned the status of fourth major fish producer in the world. Fish production is increasing every year…
A report by the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the right to food being presented to the Human Rights Council this week states that “Pesticides, which have been aggressively promoted, are a global human rights concern, and their use can have…
Danielle Nierenberg On Tuesday, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture released Letters to a Young Farmer, a book which compiles insight from some of the most influential farmers, writers, and leaders in the food system in an anthology of…
Strategic blending can delay hunger. James Hamblin Imagine you have a glass of water and a plate of chicken, broccoli, and mushrooms. If you were already imagining that, keep imagining it. Then consider a non-trivial question: Would it be better…
Dhaka – The government came to power with the shortage of 26 lakh tones of food grains in 2009 but now it has achieved food sufficiency due to its sincerity and commitment to the people, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury said…
Dhaka – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) announced the launching of its 16th Conference with the release of a new edition of GFSI’s flagship Benchmarking Requirements. According to a press release, the new edition will share groundbreaking strides in…
Dhaka – Quoting from a World Health Organisation (WHO) report, experts at a roundtable yesterday said more people are dying of obesity related diseases caused by overweight or over eating than those who are malnourished. One third of people in…
Patrick AIlan love books. I can’t leave a bookstore without at least one. But I also have a tendency to buy books and not actually read them. Somewhere along the way reading fell by the wayside in favor of other…
Dhaka, February 27 – Four-year-old Maruf Hossain sits listlessly, staring with large, sunken eyes at the whitewashed walls of the health clinic. His mother, Monwara Begum, looks on with increasing anxiety as the doctor examines Maruf, who has been suffering…