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>
<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>
AMIT AGNIHOTRI The Indo-US cooperation in the agriculture sector is all set for a big push with the US likely to unveil a huge financial package to help India fight hunger and achieve its food security target. "We will be announcing five pillars of our cooperation with India on Monday.
This article attempts to flag some of the issues that are likely to come up in the debate on the Right to Food Act in the coming months. It is important to ensure that this debate focuses on the substantive issues. In the run-up to the enactment of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the debate was somewhat derailed by a loud anti-NREGA lobby, particularly vocal in the business press.
New Delhi: With foodgrain stocks at a record 329 lakh tonnes, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Climatic changes are generating most intense cyclones in the Arabian Sea thus disturbing the food and water availability of the country, say scientists. According to a study the number of intense cyclones in the Arabian Sea has increased five fold in past 12 years due to sea warming, which in turn would likely jeopardise the food and water security of the country.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State cannot implement the Food Security Act mooted by the Union Government, as it has been framed against the interests of the State, Food and Civil Supplies Minister C.Divakaran has said. If the Act is implemented, there will be a considerable decrease in the number of BPL cardholders in the State, he said.
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday constituted an empowered Group of Ministers to decide on strategies for procurement and management of foodgrain stocks, revision of central issue prices of foodgrains and the proposed law on food security.
With the deficient monsoon bringing to the forefront concerns about inadequate foodgrain production, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday constituted an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) to work on the modalities of the proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA).
With deficient rainfall in many parts of the country raising the spectre of a dip in agricultural production, a concerned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday took stock of the monsoon situation and instructed officials to be ready with contingency measures to meet any eventuality.
The ambitious Food Security Bill may look at being more inclusive------------- Every Morsel Counts The alternative version Jean Dreze, Economist 1. Food security guarantee will have to come from the Centre 2. Does not want to freeze number of BPL families at any inflexible level 3. Wants clear criteria to determine BPL and APL categories, but not with an aim to exclude anyone
Our ability to manage the monsoon will determine our ability to reduce hunger and ensure food, water, and livelihood security.