Tag: food shortage
CSR: Biodiversity and our Daily Bread
“Biodiversity” is a fairly recent word, used for the first time in a publication by entomologist Edward O. Wilson in 1986. It tends to...
CSR: GM Food Crops In India
India is the second most populous country in the world which consists of one fifth of the world’s population. According to a UN report,...
Food Wastage In India
According to a report by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in association with the Rockefeller Foundation and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the...
A Bug-licious Solution for Food Shortage
Entomophagy, for the uninitiated, is the practice of eating insects. And if the growing ‘buzz’ around ‘bug food’ is to be believed, it may well be an addition to our diet that is worth serious consideration both in terms of health benefits and a possible solution to FAO’s ominous Global famine forecast.