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 Supply
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Future diets: implications for agriculture and food prices
Should the world go on a diet in 2014? There has been a dramatic increase in the numbers of overweight or obese people in the past 30 years. Previously considered a problem in richer countries, the biggest
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Famine looms over 11 Bajura VDCs
As in previous years, residents of 11 VDCs in the northern belt of Kolti region in Bajura are reeling under acute food crisis. The crops they had harvested is over and the state-owned food corporation’s
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Food fight
A fierce public debate over GM food exposes concerns about America. Of the many thousands of usually small protests that break out in China every year, few relate to national policy. Many consider the
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Pesticides potentially toxic but without them food supply will be affected: WHO
Over 35 per cent of the world's food supply would be lost without the use of pesticides. With already over one billion people, which is about 15 per cent of the human population, hungry and with an expected
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World livestock 2013: changing disease landscapes
In this new report, FAO presents an alarming picture about growing numbers of new diseases infecting humans originating in wildlife and also reveals that majority of these virulent, drug-resistant diseases occur in low- and middle-income countries, the highest rates of incidence being in India, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Nigeria.
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Fish to 2030: prospects for fisheries and aquaculture
This report analyzes global prospects for fisheries and aquaculture. The World Bank Group (WBG) Agriculture Action Plan 2013-15 summarizes critical challenges facing the global food and agriculture sector.
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From food insufficiency towards trade dependency: A historical analysis of global food availability
<p>Achieving global food security is one of the major challenges of the coming decades. In order to tackle future food security challenges we must understand the past. This study presents a historical
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The food wastage & cold storage infrastructure relationship in India: developing realistic solutions
<p>India, the world’s second largest producer of fruits and vegetables, is throwing away fresh produce worth Rs133 bn every year because of lack of adequate cold storage facilities and refrigerated transport, according to data compiled in this new report by Emerson Climate Technologies</p>
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Japan grants Sri Lanka over Rs. 280 million in assistance to provide school meals in Northern Province
Nov 27, Colombo: The government of Japan has granted approximately Rs.282 million (Japanese Yen 220 million) to Sri Lanka as food grant assistance through the World Food Program (WFP) to support the ongoing
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More frequent droughts as climate change hits Pacific: New Zealand scientist
Severe droughts that happen once every 20 years will affect New Zealand once every two to five years by the year 2100 and the country's Pacific neighbors will need help to deal with the impacts of climate