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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This tribal village gets its first ration shop after Independence
More than six decades after Independence, the Tamil Nadu government has woken up to the demands of tribals living in Vettukkadu village, surrounded by the Mullaiperiyar river and thick jungles of the Western Ghats, by opening a part-time ration shop in their area. This is the first government project in the village, which is largely inaccessible due to its location between thick forests and the
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Plan panel against PDS for all, to propose differential pricing
Nistula Hebbar New Delhi: To avoid a big burden on the exchequer from the proposed food security law, the Planning Commission will propose some key changes to the plan, including a virtual abandonment of the concept of universal public distribution system (PDS) endorsed by the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC).
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Russian drought, Pakistan floods will impact prices: WFP official
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The drought in Russia and the floods in Pakistan that have affected wheat production will impact food prices as in 2007-08, says a senior official of the World Food Programme. WFP Deputy Executive Director Ramiro Lopes da Silva says:
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Q2 growth to be lower than Q1: Kaushik Basu
KOLKATA, 13 SEPT: Economic growth in the second quarter of this fiscal will be lower than the 8.8 per cent expansion witnessed in the first quarter, chief economic adviser to the ministry of finance, Mr Kaushik Basu, said here today.
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Govt refutes allegations of gastro deaths in KBK
Bhubaneswar: Refuting allegations that poor people in the KBK region died of gastroenteritis by consuming mango kernel and other uneatable stuff in recent months, the Odisha government on Monday claimed that Rs 2 a kg rice scheme was doing well in the area. Allegations that the people are deprived of cheap rice in KBK region, is incorrect.
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Hunger politics takes centrestage
BHUBANESWAR: As people keep falling ill or even drop dead in the tribal pockets of undivided Koraput, the politics of mango kernel has come back to haunt the State. Both the government and the Congress have begun quibbling over facts and figures as the epidemic keeps spreading dangerously.
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Distribute, procure, store and sow
The goal of food for all can be achieved only through sustained efforts in producing, saving and sharing foodgrains. The Supreme Court of India has rendered great service by arousing public, professional and political concern about the co-existence of rotting grain mountains and mounting hungry mouths.
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How right you are, Dr. Singh
P. Sainath When we have policies trample on people's rights, and people go to courts seeking redress, what should the courts do, Prime Minister? Dear Prime Minister, I was delighted to learn that you said, while also
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Problems of plenty
It's all very well for the government to be happy about the increase in crop acreage, but what about food storage? A K Bhattacharya / New Delhi September 14, 2010, 0:07 IST The current mood in the various Bhavans around Raisina Hill is a little different from the general gloominess that marks the conversation of most residents of New Delhi.
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Sugar subsidy plan is sweet news
Ajay Modi / New Delhi September 14, 2010, 0:13 IST In what could lead to an overhaul of policy, the Union government is looking at a new sugar subsidy mechanism as part of its decontrol proposal. It plans to rope in state governments for the purchase and distribution of sugar to below-poverty-line (BPL) consumers at market prices.