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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BRAZIL
The coffee output in Brazil has been below 30 million 60-kg bags because of the severe drought. However, officials said that it is very early to fully quantify the loss. "Whatever we are seeing
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Premium non GM food
japanese traders have recently bought corn and soybeans grown exclusively from non-genetically modified (gm) seeds, at premiums roughly 40-50 per cent higher than those for mixed gm
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Green illusios
Germany is swamped in a controversy about a study which says sustainable development can be achieved only when the consumption of resources is reduced and relations between the North and the South are more equitable
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Government taking measures to amend water policy laws
A little over five years after the passage of a series of sweeping legislation that paved the way for private and foreign participation on hydropower development, the Nepal government is now taking
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Pariahs, no more?
Zimbabwe s urban farmers are finally being seen as answers to its development ills
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At the recieving end
a number of international organisations are working towards beefing up food security by creating awareness among consumers. "All future agricultural research, policies and trade opportunities must
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"We are close to crisis point"
Agriculture and its subsequent effect on the environment, rapidly depleting natural resources like arable land and water, the slackening of the green revolution and the loomingprospect offeeding India's growing population have been the subject of in
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ETHIOPIA
A 2.33 millioan-year-old human jaw was discovered late last year on a barren slope at Hadar in northern Ethiopia. An international team of American, Ethiopian and Israeli scientists which found
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The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution Ordinance, 1985
An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of an Institution for standardisation, testing, metrology, quality control, grading and marking of goods.
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Ministry of Agriculture
The Ministry of Agriculture,a branch of the Government of India, is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to agriculture in India.