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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Harvesting peace: Food security, conflict, and cooperation
Since 2008, when rapid increases in the prices for major grains helped to trigger outbreaks of civil unrest in more than 40 countries, scholars and policymakers have paid increased attention to the potential
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Govt passes resolution on Food Security Bill
The Delhi Legislative Assembly today on the first day of the Monsoon Session passed a resolution on the Food Security Bill, moved by Mukesh Sharma, Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister, Sheila
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UPA secures food Bill as Opposition is in disarray
If the Opposition parties co-operated with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the end to pass the long-pending Food Security Bill in the Lok Sabha, it was because they had little choice, with the
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Onus on states to identify food Bill beneficiaries in one year
Lok Sabha passed the National Food Security Bill 2013 on Monday after a series of amendments, including one-year time for states to identify beneficiaries and fixing annual grain allocation to the states.
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State govt to revise Atta-Dal Scheme
Punjab has decided not to change the name of its flagship Atta-Dal Scheme even as it readies to implement the Food Security Bill. The state will be revising its Atta-Dal Scheme to provide wheat to beneficiaries
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Israeli Researcher Creates Drought-Resistant 'Superplants'
Israeli researchers engineer drought resistant plants that could be a game-changer in the global food crisis, requiring less water, yielding bigger harvests, and staying fresh longer. Professor of Biology
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K'taka to distribute grains at Re 1 per kg from October 2
The BPL families have been saving about Rs 800 per month after the launch of the Anna Bhagya scheme. The Karnataka government will distribute ragi, jowar and wheat at Rs 1 per kg to the families living
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LS passes food security bill, Cong, Oppn battle for credit
NewDelhi:The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the food security bill, barely eight months ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election amid a fierce competition between Congress and the opposition to daub themselves
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Maha to launch food security scheme in Dec: Minister
Maharashtra government is all set to roll out the ambitious food security scheme in the state from early December which will benefit about 7.17 crore people, a state minister has said. This includes 4.70
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Fixing midday meals
The tragic episode in a school in Bihar, where 23 children died because of contaminated food, is unacceptable. But it is also a fact that the midday meal scheme, under which cooked food is compulsorily