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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Food Bill proposal hazy about who and how much
The way the government will implement the Food Security Bill, which took two-and-a-half years to formulate, remains vague as ever. The Cabinet will on Tuesday take up a Food Ministry proposal that does
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Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture
Global food demand is increasing rapidly, as are the environmental impacts of agricultural expansion. Here, we project global demand for crop production in 2050 and evaluate the environmental impacts of
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Caste, religion and malnutrition linkages
The poor are not uniformly disadvantaged. Across most health indicators, the situation of the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and Muslims is significantly worse than that of others. While nutritional
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Naveen woos fishermen with Rs 30-crore package
BHUBANESWAR: As the panchayat elections are on the threshold, the Naveen Patnaik Government seems to have gone into a overdrive. Scheme after scheme; package after package, there is no end to playing to
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No supply from FCI, Arunachal districts face foodgrain shortage
Ten districts of Arunachal Pradesh are reeling under an acute shortage of foodgrain for the past two months as the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has failed to transport grain since September. Chief Minister
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Food Bill: MPs back demand for uniform entitlement
With the government hurrying up internal deliberations to push its National Food Security Bill in the current session of Parliament, activists under the ‘Right to Food Campaign’ on Tuesday got MPs across
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Right to Food campaign faults govt policy
NEW DELHI: If you have a kutcha house or have a tarpaulin to cover youself, the socio-caste survey will not consider you homeless. If a farmer has a hand-pump provided by the government or a kisan patra
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Cong states join protests on Food Bill
Cutting across party lines, most state governments have objected to the National Food Security Bill proposed by the Centre, which is likely to be tabled in the Winter Session of Parliament. Their objections
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Pranab approves key changes in food Bill
NEW DELHI, 17 NOV: Finance minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee, the head of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Food, has approved key changes in the proposed National Food Security Bill and the revised
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Rs 5/kg rise likely soon
When high food inflation is already punching big holes in consumers’ pockets, they should be ready to pay a minimum Rs 5 per kg on sugar in a week’s time. As Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Maharashtra raised State