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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Cash a bad idea, make PDS more reliable, say protesters
THE ITO crossing was full of protest chants against the government's move to provide cash instead of subsidised food and fuel through the Public Distribution System (PDS). Women from slums and resettlement colonies across Delhi-NCR and representatives of 30-odd organisations that participated in the protest -organised by `Rozi-Roti Aadhikar Abhiyan' -expressed discontentment over the decision.
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Global honey bee colony disorders and other threats to insect pollinators
<p>This new UNEP report shows that bee colonies worldwide are under threat, with serious consequences for biodiversity and food security. It analyses possible answers to why the bee group, the most important pollinator worldwide, is declining and what are the possible mitigating measures and recommendations to avert such decline.</p>
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Rising food prices and inflation in the Asia-Pacific region: causes, impact and policy response
<p>This policy brief outlines short, medium- and long-term policy responses and interventions that governments and central banks in the region can make to counter the adverse impact of food inflation in the Asia-Pacific region.<br /> </p>
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Global food price inflation and developing Asia
<p><font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">The specter of high commodity prices has recently reemerged, with global food prices registering a new peak in February 2011, triggered mainly by production shortfalls due to bad weather. The 30% hike in international food prices has translated to an average domestic food price inflation in developing Asia of about 10%.
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The UID project and welfare schemes
<p>This article documents and then examines the various benefi ts that, it is claimed, will fl ow from linking the Unique Identity number with the public distribution system and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. It fi lters the unfounded claims, which arise from a poor understanding of how the PDS and NREGS function, from the genuine ones.
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Kerala: Rice at Rs 2/kg for all PDS families
In an unprecedented election bonanza, the CPM-led government in Kerala on Wednesday decided to give rice at Rs 2 per kg to all families under the public distribution system (PDS). Addressing the media after a Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said the Cabinet had ratified the project, which would benefit all ration card-holders in Kerala.
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Despite growth, hunger pangs reality for millions
Although finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had promised food security and inclusive growth in his budget speech last year, hunger continues to stalk over 300 million citizens of the country. India slipped to 67th place in the Global Hunger Index 2010 rankings of 122 countries prepared by International Food Policy Research Institute.
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Centre in talks with states on Food Act
President Pratibha Patil on Monday said the Centre is consulting state governments on the proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA), which will give the poor a legal entitlement to subsidised foodgrains.
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Food for Thought: 1,10,600-cr Subsidy
Subsidy to increase substantially if NAC recommendations are incorporated into the Food Security Bill The total food subsidy bill will balloon to . 1,10,600 crore if entitlements recommended by the Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council are incorporated into the Food Security Bill, the Ministry of Food And Public Distribution has estimated. The subsidy bill in the initial phase will be .
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NAC report to rebut PMEAC stand
The last word on the UPA government