Hidden hunger threatens India’s food security

By Ellen Carseldine: Earlier this year, India was officially ranked as the world’s most malnourished country by the FAO, with nearly 200 million of its people going hungry on a daily basis. With a population of 1.2 billion, it may not seem that surprising for India to rank so highly in a world hunger chart.…

Searching for Delhi’s invisible farms

By Ellen Carseldine: Along the banks of Delhi’s Yamuna River live thousands of urban farmers, intensively cultivating small blocks of land that many have occupied for generations. Despite being a largely unacknowledged population in the nation’s capital, according to Dr. Jessica Cook, a behavioural scientist from the University of Denver, these farming communities play a…