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>
REASONS often cited for increase in commodity prices range from soaring global prices to drought as in the last kharif season. Thus, price rise is typically taken as a short-run phenomenon, expected to disappear with the passage of time.
SANJEEB MUKHERJEE New Delhi: To augment storage facilities for food grain storage, the central government plans to tweak its existing seven-year guarantee scheme. The move will encourage more private participation in storage and warehousing.
The world is vocal in unison today that there is a gradual shift of power from West to East; and India and China are the growth drivers in the eastern region.
Brinda Karat The struggle for an effective and equitable Food Security Bill (FSB) has received a setback with the disappointing proposals put forward by the National Advisory Council. There is a disturbing disjuncture between what is being claimed and the actual implications of the proposals. Indeed it may be said that the NAC proposals create new discriminations.
The Food Bill Is About Securing Poor Millions, Not Just Subsidy Math BY BIRAJ PATNAIK
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LUCKNOW: On one hand, there is crippling price rise, on the other, criminal wastage of foodgrains and other agricultural produce continues in Uttar Pradesh. Despite being an agrarian economy, the state government has done precious little to put its warehouse and cold storage mechanism in order.
The Food Security Act
Praveen Kumar Singh New Delhi: Indian Railways has come to Food Corporation of India
ROHIT KHANNA Kolkata: Faced with acute shortage in supply of foodgrain in the public distribution system (PDS), all fair price shop owners in the state have decided to down their shutters from September 20 for an indefinite period. Three year ago, ration shops were gutted and many dealers had to go underground after food riots due to shortage.