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>
MUKESH RANJAN Plan expenditure to be brought down by 10 per cent to create fiscal space for National Food Security Act in 2010-11 The revised estimates (actual expenditure) of the ongoing Budget (2009-10) is likely to witness a major cut with finance ministry deciding to bring down plan expenditure by 10 per cent.
S. Vydhianathan CHENNAI: There will be a substantial increase in the food subsidy bill of the State government, which is likely to cross the Rs.4,000-crore mark in the current financial year, as against the budget provision of Rs.2,800 crore.
NEW DELHI: Rejecting the United Progressive Alliance Government
Lester R Brown As the number of hungry people rise, so too has the number of failing states If China can no longer grow enough wheat and rice to feed its 1.3 billion people and goes shopping for massive quantities of grain, global food costs will rise dramatically
The recent World Food Summit in Rome clearly failed to do its job. It did well to focus attention on the risk of food price shocks of the magnitude experienced in mid-2008, which led to civil unrest in over 30 countries. Yet it abjured its responsibility to the vision of a world free from chronic hunger and malnutrition, especially child malnutrition.
Against the backdrop of rising global prices, the government on Friday decided against rice import stating it has enough stocks to manage demand despite a shortfall of 15 million tonnes in Kharif production.
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The deadlock at the Centre over the sugarcane policy was resolved today after the government agreed to delete a controversial clause in the pricing ordinance to ensure that the responsibility of payment to farmers is borne by millowners and not the state government.
NEW DELHI: Riding on the back of rising prices of staple items like potatoes, onions and pulses, food inflation rose to 14.55 per cent in the first week of November. On a weekly basis, inflation rose 0.87 percentage points from 13.68 per cent.
Washington: The number of Americans who lived in households that lacked consistent access to adequate food soared last year, to 49 million, the highest since the government began tracking what it calls