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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Govt to open grocery shops
The Delhi government plans to tackle price rise by opening a large number of retail grocery shops in the city. The Delhi government plans to tie up with the Kendriya Bhandar for opening grocery shops. The official added that the food items will be available in these shops at the wholesale rates.
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Food price, safety concerns on rise
Concerns among Japanese people about prices and food safety have increased sharply since a year ago, according to a government survey. The survey of 5,494 adults nationwide also found that a record high 57.0 percent have a sense of patriotism, the Cabinet Office said. Asked about areas where they see deterioration, prices were mentioned by 42.3 percent and food was cited by 40.9 percent in the survey conducted in February.
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Food crisis moves up global agenda at IMF, World Bank meets
Rising food prices and their threat to political stability and development gains captured the attention of world economic leaders meeting here, with a call to arms launched by the World Bank. The issue steadily gained prominence during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings over the weekend that mainly were focused on the unfolding global financial turmoil and deteriorating economic growth prospects.
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Biofuels Fall victim to the law of good intentions
The idea of turning farms into fuel plants seemed, for a time, like one of the answers to high global oil prices and supply worries. That strategy seemed to reach a high point last year when Congress mandated a fivefold increase in the use of biofuels.
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Sri Lanka sets price control on rice at midnight
The Sri Lankan government has imposed price control over retail sales of rice with effect from midnight tonight. Trade, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Market Development Minister Bandula Gunawardena, playing a key role in issuing this extra-ordinary gazette notification on rice prices, states that price control on the retail price of rice is essential to safeguard the consumer.
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EU Environment Chief Raises New Biofuels Condition
EU Environment Chief Raises New Biofuels Condition BELGIUM: April 16, 2008 BRUSSELS - The European Union's environment chief raised new conditions on Tuesday for the use of biofuels in road transport, saying social concerns such as food prices and food security must be taken into account. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas did not explicitly question the EU's target of producing 10 percent of road transport fuel from crops and biomass by 2020, but he made clear that goal must be subservient to strict conditions.
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Bush Officials Defend Ethanol As Food Prices Rise
Bush Officials Defend Ethanol As Food Prices Rise US: April 16, 2008 WASHINGTON
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Free Food Trade Threatens Environment, Poor - Report
Free Food Trade Threatens Environment, Poor - Report UK: April 16, 2008 LONDON - Food trade liberalisation in developing countries can hurt attempts to alleviate poverty and damage the environment, according to a report from a United Nations and World Bank sponsored group issued on Tuesday. "Opening national markets to international competition can offer economic benefits but can lead to long term negative effects on poverty alleviation, food security and the environment without basic national institutions and infrastructure being place," the report said.
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Fuel Choices, Food Crises and Finger-Pointing
Fuel Choices, Food Crises and Finger-Pointing Published: April 15, 2008 Food Prices Rise But now a reaction is building against policies in the United States and Europe to promote ethanol and similar fuels, with political leaders from poor countries contending that these fuels are driving up food prices and starving poor people. Biofuels are fast becoming a new flash point in global diplomacy, putting pressure on Western politicians to reconsider their policies, even as they argue that biofuels are only one factor in the seemingly inexorable rise in food prices.
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Food prices trump trade talks
The Doha round of global trade negotiations has been stalled since 2001 because developing nations have refused to lower import tariffs that protect their farmers and rich countries won't give up farm-price supports. Now, import duties are being slashed from Brazil to Burkina Faso in response to prices that the World Bank says have risen 83 per cent the past three years; subsidies in the US and Europe are falling.