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>
THE prices of persihables such as onions for which the retail consumer is paying 40 a kilo would come down to 22 in cities such as Delhi by this week, said KV Thomas, minister of state for consumer affairs, food and public distribution.
The simultaneous occurrence of high food inflation and large foodgrain stocks in our granaries has been a matter of concern. The aim of this paper is to understand the fundamentals of our foodgrain market and policy that lead to this situation and to suggest policies for rectifying this.
THIRUVOIPATI NANDAKUMAR How is better delivery expected by allocating more foodgrains, when the system is not equipped to handle even the current level of allocation? The debate about the proposed national food security act seems to be centred on the magnitude of the allocation of food grains. But the issue is far beyond only foodgrains.
The 2009 electoral promise of a right to food is likely to remain just that, an electoral promise. (Editorial)
The debate over food security is becoming an exercise in callow dissimulation, where we devote our energies to ensure that food security remains a mirage. The core objective should be simple. It is a scandal that after two decades of high growth, India still does not make adequate nutrition available to large sections of the population.
<p>The draft Food Safety and Standards Rules 2011 has been notified in the Gazette of India on 19/01/2011. These rules may be called the Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2010. The draft Food Safety and Standard Rules, 2011 which the central Government proposes to make, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 91 of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006).</p>
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The Haryana government on Wednesday urged the Centre for a comprehensive policy for insurance coverage of all important food crops and livestock, a technology mission on farm mechanisation and National Food Security Mission cover for all districts of the state. Haryana finance minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, who was speaking in a pre-budget meeting of states finance minister with Union finance
It is important for the states to come out with solutions to achieve long-term foodgrain self-sufficiency. Production of foodgrain, that is, cereals and pulses, has been rising in India, from an average of 65 million tonnes in the fifties to 211 million tonnes in the 2000s. Foodgrain yield rose from 606 kg/hectare to 1,731 kg/hectare.
There comes a moment in the life of a nation when small differences of opinion are responsible for missing a historic opportunity that the nation may come to regret forever. The regret is greater when realisation strikes later that what seemed like irreconcilable differences could have been easily bridged with a little foresight.