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>
Pradeep Pillai I THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: While the Government is gleefully choking new SEZ applicants, the State
Sri Lanka Ministry of Health and Nutrition is to launch an island wide program to inspect all hotels and food sales centers for hygiene and safety during the forthcoming 'food safety week'. The program inspecting the food safety will be launched on October 17 and will be continued for a week.
Namrata Acharya Despite a steep increase in the minimum support prices (MSP) of various agri-commodities this year, farmers are unlikely to gain much, as the open market operations and manipulative practices of traders continue to hit their profitability. The fact has been highlighted by a recent study conducted by the National Centre for Agriculture Economics and Policy Research (NCAP).
Sri Lanka government said yesterday that it plans to send convoys every week carrying 750- metric tons of food to the uncleared areas of the Wanni as 29 of the 51 trucks in the first convoy already reached the destinations and unloaded their shipment.
FOR THE PEOPLE: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests S. Regupathy, right, inaugurating the sale of spices and condiments at subsidised rates through a fair price shop in Nagapattinam on Friday.
Cuban markets offered a dwindling selection of food and a growing expanse of empty shelves on Wednesday as food shortages the government warned about after hurricanes Gustav and Ike became increasingly evident. The shortages were exacerbated in the Cuban capital when shipments from food suppliers slowed in a conflict with the government over newly imposed price controls.
NEW DELHI: To commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, former Prime Minister I. K. Gujral launched a charitable trust called
M.S. Swaminathan Achieving the goal of nutrition security for all Indians will need a fusion of political will and action, professional skill, and peoples
The 2008 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that the world has made slow progress in reducing food insecurity since 1990, with dramatic differences among regions and countries. In the nearly two decades since 1990, some regions
Ajay Modi / New Delhi October 1, 2008, 20:44 IST Two weeks after the Union food ministry made open market sale of 909,000 tonnes of wheat operational, the state governments have not lifted a single grain even though the festive season has set in. It is learnt that there are no buyers at the rates fixed by the ministry.