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>
Priyadarshi Siddhanta
Abantika Ghosh | TNN New Delhi: It was supposed to be the beginning of the end of the public distribution system (PDS). But several months after it was first mooted, the state department of food and civil supplies (FCS) is still awaiting the central go-ahead for the pilot project under the
Samudra Gupta Kashyap Over 10,000 people, all tribal inhabitants of Phungyar subdivision in Manipur
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ROME: A bumper cereal crop had stabilised the world food supply, but food prices remained high in many developing countries, said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in a report on Thursday. Easing of market conditions was reflected in the benchmark FAO Food Price Index, which had fallen by one-third from its peak in June 2008 .
New Delhi: The government committed itself to coming true on its
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: With the second-highest global cereals crop expected this year and stocks replenished, the world food supply appeared less vulnerable to [external] shocks than it was during last year
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Thursday that it was a challenge to legally provide 25 kg of rice or wheat at Rs.3 per kg to all Below Poverty Line category of Public Distribution System beneficiaries and his Ministry was working towards it.
THE High Court directive to the government to set up food courts in every district and to appoint an adequate number of food analysts and inspectors within a year brings to the fore once again an issue of serious public concern.
Food security refers to a situation that exists when all people at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. In order to provide food security to all citizens of the country especially the BPL households, it is proposed to enact a National Food Security Act.