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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High commodity prices and food security in South Asia: policy initiatives in view of supply uncertainty and price volatility
High food prices have put increasing inflationary pressures across the South Asian region and threatened food security. Bad weather in important food-producing countries and speculation in commodity markets
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The impact of the global food and financial crises on Sri Lanka's agricultural sector
The purpose of this study is to ascertain the impact of and Sri Lankan policy responses to the global food and financial crises with special emphasis on the country's agricultural sector.
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Usar reclamation in Uttar Pradesh and food security
It was Mahatma Gandhi's dream to see an India free from hunger. Today, India is going to operate the largest social protection programme against hunger in human history. Right to food through the National
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Live on 32 a day: Aruna to Montek
New Delhi: Aruna Roy and Harsh Mander, members of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council, have joined Right to Food campaigners in demanding that Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh
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Major rivers have enough water to sustain growing populations
A new study says the world’s major river systems contain more than enough water to meet global food production needs in the 21st century. Following a five-year study of 10 river basins, including the Nile.
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Smart Card Solution for PDS
Smart cards already in use for the insurance scheme for the poor can also be used to transfer food subsidy The government of India’s Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)… is now internationally recognised
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More spice in Andhra rice: BPL to pay Re 1/kg
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday announced introduction of 1 kg rice for Re 1 for below poverty line families in the state, a move that is being seen as an attempt to upstage the populist
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Relief reaches worst quake-hit areas
Gangtok-Mangan Road Opens, Toll May Go Up As Recue Teams Enter Interiors New Delhi: Two days after an earthquake hit Sikkim, the road connecting the worst-affected town of Mangan was reopened on Tuesday.
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39 enough for med expenditure
New Delhi: Updating the poverty line cutoff figures, the Planning Commission said that those spending in excess of Rs 32 a day in urban areas or Rs 26 a day in villages would no longer be eligible to draw
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Digitisation of ration cards, PDS likely
KOLKATA, 19 SEPT: The state food and supplies department has decided to introduce digitised ration cards and computerise the entire public distribution system (PDS) to prevent forgery and duplication of