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 prices: from crisis to stability on World Food Day 2011
Food prices - from crisis to stability has been chosen as this year’s World Food Day theme to shed some light on this trend and what can be done to mitigate its impact on the most vulnerable. At the level
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Terms of reference for panel on PDS reforms framed
KOLKATA, 12 OCT: The state government has framed terms of reference for state Apex Committee on Public Distribution System (PDS) Reforms. The terms of references are issues related to ration cards; inventory
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World less hungry but many still at grave risk: report
The level of hunger worldwide has dropped in recent years but 26 countries still face extremely dangerous food shortages and are threatened by rising prices, a major report said Tuesday. The Global
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Montek defends poverty line
Unfazed by criticisms over its affidavit regarding the poverty line, the Planning Commission has decided to stick to its poverty benchmark contending that the level might not be comfortable but it is also
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In Chhattisgarh, bureaucratic enthusiasm leaves lakhs without rations
“There is never enough rice to go around for the whole family,” says tribal woman Leela With a handful of grain and a head full of recipes, Leela cooks rice in a pot balanced on three stones in a room
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AADHAR to be linked to MGNREGS wages
Bid to add social content to UID scheme, otherwise in limbo With the AADHAR scheme apparently in limbo, the Centre is making a desperate effort to provide it social content. As of now, only 3.5 crore
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Food Bill must have strong safeguards for cash transfer: Dreze
Food rights campaigner and former NAC member Jean Dreze has written to the Prime Minister suggesting that the proposed Food Bill should incorporate strong safeguards if the government intends to go for
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Maharashtra favours ration for kids, NGOs fume
The state government is adamant in providing daily ration food to children aged between six months and three years in the tribal areas of Melghat in Amravati district. However, social activists and NGOs
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World livestock 2011: livestock in food security
This new FAO report examines the way in which livestock contributes to the food security of three different human populations –livestock-dependent societies, small-scale mixed farmers and urban dweller. It presents a global overview, examines the role that livestock play in human nutrition, the world food supply and access to food particularly for poor families.
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Report of the task force on an IT strategy for PDS and an implementable solution for the direct transfer of subsidy for PDS food and kerosene
This report focuses on a detailed IT strategy for PDS including the institutional structures and processes required for effective use of IT in PDS as well as an implementable solution of direct transfer