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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Grains of doubt
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has rejected the food ministry’s suggestion that 25 per cent of wages under the rural employment guarantee programme be paid in foodgrains. Food minister
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"Green bullet" innovations aim to feed world of 9 billion
In flood-hit fields in the Philippines, farmers are testing a hardy new variety of rice that can survive completely submerged for more than two weeks. In Kenya's Kibera slum, poor urban families are
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PDS requires 61 mt of foodgrains: Govt
The requirement of foodgrains for public distribution system and other welfare scheme is about 61 million tonnes which is 30 per cent of the nation's grain output, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. The
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Roads from Rio+20: pathways to achieve global sustainability goals by 2050
In 1992, governments worldwide agreed to work towards a more sustainable development that would eradicate poverty, halt climate change and conserve ecosystems. Although progress has been made in some areas,
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Study Indicates a Greater Threat of Extreme Weather
New research suggests that global warming is causing the cycle of evaporation and rainfall over the oceans to intensify more than scientists had expected, an ominous finding that may indicate a higher
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Chhattisgarh Goes for Smart Solution to Plug PDS Leaks
State takes lead in using biometric data from RSBY cards, first phase likely in May. Chhattisgarh government plans to plug leakages in the public distribution system by identifying the beneficiaries through
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FCI warns govt of foodgrain rotting
‘Raise PDS Allocation Or Wheat Will Go Waste Due to Lack Of Storage Facilities’ India could see unprecedented levels of foodgrain rotting this year in government godowns unless the central government
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Managing childhood under-nutrition- Role and scope of health services
This study provides insights to some of the key functions of the Integrated Child Development Scheme and health services in the management of childhood under-nutrition in six key empowered action group
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Wheat treat
From a state that barely made its presence felt on India’s wheat procurement map till recently, Madhya Pradesh has taken giant strides, forcing everyone to notice the turnaround. Hardly a month into this
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Low rates by transport agencies raise doubts
BHAWANIPATNA: The revamped public distribution system (PDS) has already been implemented in Kalahandi. Even as the new system aims at curbing pilferage in the PDS, questions are being raised over its effective