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>
After Agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar had rejected the Supreme Court proposal for free distribution of excess foodgrains in the government godowns instead of allowing them to rot, the top court again questioned the Centre on "inadequate" storage facilities, saying it would not allow such wastage when people were "dying" of hunger. "This matter (supply of food to BPL families) is pend
Two walls of extremes are closing in fast on mankind. The spectre of climate change threatens agriculture, especially in developing countries where farming is dominated by smallscale farmers heavily relying on rainfall.
Pune Ration at your doorstep project has proved a hit in Pune district, with nearly 44 villages benefiting from this system. State Food and Civil Supply Minister Anil Deshmukh had launched the scheme under a novel initiative of revamping Public Distribution System (PDS) in the state. The government had earlier received flak for the poor flow of PDS.
BJP Accuses UPA Govt Of Creating Food Inflation Jaipur: There seems to be a deeper conspiracy behind the rotting foodgrains in FCI godowns across the country than meets the eye. According to BJP national secretary Kirit Somaiya, the Congress-led UPA government was deliberately allowing the foodgrains to rot so as to benefit foreign institutional investors (FIIs), commodity traders and liqu
The revised draft of food safety and standards regulations 2010 released by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2010.
While India has witnessed 23 per cent reduction in global hunger index (GHI) between 1990 and 2010, its performance is much below rival China whose score has fallen by a huge 48 per cent during the same period. Worse, according to the new GHI released on Monday, India
THE high economic growth in India, unlike in the case of China, has not translated into a rapid reduction of hunger in India, a US-based policy think-tank has said. India ranks 67th in an 84-country ranking and has more hungry people than its neighbouring countries.
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New Delhi: Despite witnessing high economic growth during the last few years, India has been ranked below many of its neighbouring countries like China and Pakistan, a global hunger index published on Monday by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), said. One of the few economies to register healthy growth while large parts of the world see a recession, India has been ranked 67th
CHANDIGARH: Bharatiya Janata Party national secretary Kirit Somaiya said on Sunday that in spite of reprimand by the Supreme Court, the Centre seems little concerned about Rs.58,000 crore worth food grains rotting in various godowns. He was speaking to media persons after inaugurating an exhibition on