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>
Food Policy
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It's Pinching Everyone
Here's what the government must do to tackle inflation Bhaskar Dutta Warwick: I wrote in this column a couple of months ago that the rate of inflation had just crossed 7 per cent, and went on to add that this was the highest price rise witnessed in the previous 40 months. There was an air of acute despair amongst top Congress leaders since no easy options seemed to be available to the government to control the surge in prices of a wide range of commodities, including most unfortunately staple food items.
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Security fears over food and fuel crisis
Carola Hoyos & Javier Blas Western countries have upgraded the food and fuel crisis into a national security concern as they fear record high energy and agriculture commodity costs are destabilising key developing regions of the world. The concerns come as the world suffers for the first time since 1973 from the confluence of record oil and food prices. Corn, soyabean and meat prices jumped this week to all-time highs, while oil prices hit a record of almost $140 a barrel.
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Paddy price puzzle
Last week the government, in an ad hoc decision, raised the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy from Rs.745 to Rs.850 per quintal for most common varieties. On the face of it, a 14 per cent hike might seem good enough, neither disheartening the farmers nor hurting the consumers. However, for a variety of reasons, the decision has drawn flak. The Commission of Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) has recommended an MSP of Rs.1,000.
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Food security programme: decks cleared in Kerala
Rs.112.50 crore for programme as special sanction This is in addition to Rs.1,119 crore for farm activities
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PDS edible oil sale from July
Aarti Dhar Edible oils will be sold at subsidised rates through ration shops from the next month. The announcement, made by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar during the budget session, envisages distribution of 10 lakh tonnes of imported edible oils in 2008-09 at a subsidised price of Rs.15 a kg. The subsidy will be to the tune of Rs. 1,500 crore. Every cardholder can buy one kg a month, according to an official release issued here on Friday by the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Ministry.
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Rice, lentil, oil prices increase
The prices of coarse rice, lentils, edible oil and some spices increased and sugar price declined in the city in a week. Market sources said poor supply from mills and the closure of the BDR-un OMS outlets instigated the fresh round of increase in rice prices. Lentil prices increased after a price increase at import sources and edible oil prices registered a rise as
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Fuelled by oil & riding on rain, prices soar
Oil Price Hike Has Led To Increase In Transportation Costs, Say Mandi Sources; Rain Damaging Veggies New Delhi: If you are reeling under rising prices, then brace yourself for more next week
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Severe food insecurity in 9 districts
World Food Program (WFP)-Nepal said more than 250,000 people in nine districts of the countries mid and far western regions were facing a precarious food security situation due to significant crop failures locally. "The food security situation in the mid and far western regions is very worrying,' said an emergency update of WFP-Nepal . According to the report, more than 250,000 people in Achham, Bajura, Dailekh, Dolpa, Humla, Jajarkot, Kalikot, Mugu and Rukum are facing severe food insecurity with crops failing by a whopping 20-70 percent during the last harvesting season.
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Prices of food, fuels govt's main challenge: ADB
The Asian Development Bank said on Thursday that tackling the price-hike of fuels, food and fertilizers would be the interim government's main challenge.
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Food shortages curb global appetite for free trade
Free-trade policies long advanced by World Bank President Robert Zoellick and US President George W. Bush are losing favour as countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America find they can't buy enough food to feed their people. Global food prices have spiked 60% since the beginning of 2007, sparking riots in more than 30 countries that depend on imported food, including Cameroon and Egypt. The surge in prices threatens to push the number of malnourished people in the world from 860 million to almost 1 billion, according to the World Food Programme in Rome.