LivestockILRI traces the 'nigongee' egg sold at Nairobi bus stops back to the hens, mostly kept by women, and to research on Newcastle vaccination, improved breeds, enriched feed and food safety.
VegetablesUSDA's Economic Research Service priced 93 fresh and processed vegetable products in 2023 and found 69 of them cost less than $1 per serving.
OpinionIn a Dhaka Tribune column, food scientist Dr Shahidul Islam argues that because rice is washed before cooking, flour may be the practical vehicle for fortification in Bangladesh, but an up-to-date micronutrient survey must come first. The views are the writer's own.
Daily lifeA bun that cost Tk 10 six months ago now costs Tk 15 and loitta fish has doubled to Tk 300; an elderly Chattogram hawker lives on buns and water, and a driver is sending his family back to the village.
OpinionIndia's protein market is put at about Rs 15,300 crore in 2026, yet egg prices rose 35-40% in a year. A Down To Earth column by Swasti Pachauri asks whether affordable protein is slipping out of reach of poorer households.
Dietitian Nazneen S Mousumi says fried and sugary food at the school gate brings excess calories, salt and foodborne illness; fruit, boiled eggs or flattened rice with yoghurt make better snacks.
AgrotechThe Department of Agricultural Extension is holding a farm technology and nutrition fair at the Ramu upazila agriculture office in Cox's Bazar from 14 to 16 October under the PRO-ACT Bangladesh project.
HealthA Harris Poll survey of 2,000 adults for the American Heart Association finds 90% have heard of ultra-processed foods but only a third know them well, as a federal definition stays in draft.
Tanvir Ahmed, assistant professor and clinical nutritionist at Jashore University of Science and Technology, proposes cutting duty on nuts, seeds and olive oil, raising tax on soft drinks, fast food and processed food, and subsidising hall dining.
HealthAdults need 0.8 g of protein per kilogram of body weight a day, 56 g for a 70 kg person, which a balanced diet supplies; protein shakes help only those whose needs food does not meet.
CropsIntensive farming, climate change and depleted soils are raising the risk that food grains carry fewer nutrients, a BSS special report says, leaving people short of zinc, iron and protein even when they eat enough.
OpinionWriting for World Egg Day, A K M Humayun Kabir of Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University says egg output rose from 6.08 billion in 2010-11 to 24.41 billion in 2024-25, and that the gain now has to reach children's diets.
OrganicFirst-year results from the Regenerative Organic Alliance and food-testing firm Edacious found 46 certified products from 13 brands measured better than USDA reference values on several nutrients, including a much lower omega-6 to omega-3 ratio in meat.
