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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All smiles for bumper harvest
Jharkhand has produced more rice than it needs this season, thanks to the monsoon bounty after three consecutive years of drought, enabling the state to set up procurement centres in all 24 districts for
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Identifying Poor: Ramesh Tries to Assuage Civil Society Concerns
The government is reaching out to civil society to avoid being caught on the wrong foot while identifying the poor. Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has written to members of the Right to Food
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Revival of the public distribution system: Evidence and explanations
Contrary to a common belief that India’s public distribution system is irreparably dysfunctional, a nine-state survey of the pds finds that the respondents received 84-88% of their full entitlement. The
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PDS Mess Cure Lies in IT: Nilekani
UIDAI chairman-led panel report suggests creation of Public Distribution System Network by April 2012 Apanel headed by Unique ID Authority chairman Nandan Nilekani has suggested computerisation of public
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State initiates abolition of storage agent system in 4 dists
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday formally implemented one of the major recommendations of Justice Wadhwa Committee, the abolition of Storage Agent chain in order to streamline the Public Distribution
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AP Govt unveils Rs 1 per kg rice scheme
The race for competitive populism gets hotter as the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh today unveiled the Rs 1per kg rice scheme, covering 2.26 crore families in the state. Coinciding with the 56th
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Growing world population triggers food security worries
The world population today touched the 7 billion mark, logically a cause for worry for planners in terms of food security. Concerns over the burgeoning population’s impact on the environment has led to
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Energy-smart food for people and climate
The food sector accounts for around 30 percent of global energy consumption and produces over 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new FAO report released at the climate talks
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Radiation Cleanup Confounds Japan
Nearly eight months after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident scattered radioactive material over surrounding communities, Japan still is struggling to figure out how to clean up the mess, exacerbating
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Further Study Urged On Virus Found In Pacific Salmon
U.S. senators from Alaska and Washington state called on Thursday for more investigation of a contagious and lethal fish virus recently detected for the first time in wild Pacific salmon, alarming marine