Food waste index report 2024
<p>The world wasted an estimated 19 per cent of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to this new report by the UNEP.</p>
<p>The world wasted an estimated 19 per cent of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to this new report by the UNEP.</p>
Having resisted the export of foodgrain since taking charge in January, Food Minister K V Thomas on Wednesday said that he was not opposed to export of
New Delhi Grain procurement by the government could see a quantum jump in coming years if the proposed Food Security Bill, which assures distribution of subsidised grain to large section of population, is enacted. Food minister KV Thomas on Wednesday said the annual foodgrain procurement could reach more than 60 million tonne from the current level of 40 million tonne. Correspondingly, the g
While the record wheat procurement this year has made the government realise the need to have more storage capacity, a projection for the implementation of the proposed food security law in the last two years of the UPA-II indicates that the government stocks may fall well below buffer norms at the time of next general elections in April 2014. An estimate of food grain budget submitted by the F
Experts and environmentalists at a workshop in the city have suggested regional combined effort to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change for ensuring food security in the South Asia region. They said the regional food production would face a great threat in the coming days due to global warming and only the combined efforts involving governments, NGOs and forums like SAARC might addre
49 amendments to be made to communal violence Bill Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) has cleared the draft National Food Security Bill, 2011, which guarantees subsidised foodgrain to at least 90 per cent of rural households and 50 per cent urban households.
Food inflation rose to a 11-week high at 9.13 per cent for the week ended June 11 on rising prices of egg, meat and fish and milk.
After a year in which food inflation reached 10 per cent, the price of basic food items in Bangladesh increased in the first half of 2011, according to a recent Oxfam report. The report said as a net food importer, Bangladesh depends on the international market for additional food imports, and changes in global prices are expected to have a local impact.
The food price hike in 2011 has forced the poor to work harder, eat less, live more frugally than ever before, and draw on any resources or assets that they have to cope with the situation. It was revealed in a research report released on Wednesday by the Institute of Development Studies and Oxfam GB at the latter
The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council Wednesday approved the draft of the Food Security Bill
Higher farm growth, cash transfers and better public distribution will yield superior results, says Ashok Gulati Ensuring food security to all is one of India