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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Indian economy: selected methodological advances
This paper develops tools to examine selected major issues in the Indian economy. The study computes the potential growth rate of the economy and the agricultural sector, extends the analysis of the fiscal stimulus and its effects, and estimates the short and long run elasticities of India
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Food price watch 2011
<p>Global food prices continue to rise. The World Bank's food price index increased by 15% between October 2010 and January 2011 and is only 3% below its 2008 peak. The last six months have seen sharp increases in the global prices of wheat, maize, sugar and edible oils, with a relatively smaller increase in rice prices.
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Escalating food prices: the threat to poor households and policies to safeguard a recovery for all
<p>This working paper: briefly reviews possible causes of the food price spike that began in mid-2010; examines recent local food price movements in 58 developing countries during 2010; discusses the adverse impacts of food price increases on households; presents a rapid desk review of international and domestic policy responses in 98 developing countries under a three-pillar policy fr
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My top priority is to check food prices,says KV Thomas
THE prices of persihables such as onions for which the retail consumer is paying 40 a kilo would come down to 22 in cities such as Delhi by this week, said KV Thomas, minister of state for consumer affairs, food and public distribution.
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Indias foodgrain policy: An economic theory perspective
The simultaneous occurrence of high food inflation and large foodgrain stocks in our granaries has been a matter of concern. The aim of this paper is to understand the fundamentals of our foodgrain market and policy that lead to this situation and to suggest policies for rectifying this.
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Is universal PDS a good idea?
THIRUVOIPATI NANDAKUMAR How is better delivery expected by allocating more foodgrains, when the system is not equipped to handle even the current level of allocation? The debate about the proposed national food security act seems to be centred on the magnitude of the allocation of food grains. But the issue is far beyond only foodgrains.
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Dispur to hike BPL rice quota
Guwahati: The Congress-led government in Assam is going into an overdrive before the polls to reach out to all sections of the population. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi today announced his government
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Where are the Cereals?
The 2009 electoral promise of a right to food is likely to remain just that, an electoral promise. (Editorial)
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Dont water down food security
There comes a moment in the life of a nation when small differences of opinion are responsible for missing a historic opportunity that the nation may come to regret forever. The regret is greater when realisation strikes later that what seemed like irreconcilable differences could have been easily bridged with a little foresight.
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Government to do away with storage agents
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to abolish the storage agent arrangement in a bid to expedite the reform process in the public distribution system. A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.