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>
A pitiable harvest this year has left small farmers all over central and northern Afghanistan facing hunger, and aid officials are warning of an acute food shortage this winter for nine million Afghan
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The United States will give $8.4 million to Pakistan through the World Food Programme to provide approximately 11,000 metric tons of wheat for over 1,600,000 people, including students of 3,200 school
DRAVI KANTHG Geneva, 18 September As the world's absolute hunger threshold (or absolute poverty of less than $1.25 a day) rose to 923 million last year due to rising food prices, India accounted for a lion's share of over 231 million, according to the latest figures released by the United Nations food and agriculture agency yesterday.
Global numbers afflicted by acute hunger rose from 850 million to 925 million by the start of this year because of rising prices, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said yesterday.
Bs Reporter / New Delhi September 18, 2008, 3:49 IST Open market sale to check inflationary trends in food items.
The future of small and marginal farmers and small-scale food production, and thereby food security to a large extent, revolves around access.
TIRUCHI: About seven lakh ration card holders in the district would benefit from the supply of rice at Re.1 a kg through the public distribution system, said Transport Minister K.N. Nehru. Inaugurating the supply of the subsidised rice at a ration shop at Woraiyur here on Tuesday, Mr. Nehru said that about 12,000 tonnes of rice, worth Rs.28 crore in the open market, would be supplied to the cardholders through 1,016 PDS shops in the district every month.
DINDIGUL: A total of 5.79 lakh people in Dindigul and over 3.75 lakh people in Theni district will benefit from the Re 1 a kg rice scheme of the State government. Launching the scheme at a fair price shop here on Tuesday, Revenue Minister I. Periasami said that sale of rice, condiments and spices at subsidised rates in ration shops will reduce burden of the poor. People should make use of the scheme.