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>
DINDIGUL: Concrete plans are essential to protect agriculture and prevent migration of farmers to neighbouring towns and cities of survival. Ensuring better price for agriculture produces, bridging gap between lab and land and protecting existing cultivable lands alone will save agriculture and agriculturists in future, said Dindigul MLA K. Balabarathi.
some relief: Sri Lanka will supply special energy food packages to civilians fleeing the war regions in northern Sri Lanka. More than 30,000 civilians are living in welfare centres and some in camps, said Sri Lanka
Traditional approaches to supplying food are an inefficient 'band aid', says Pedro A. Sanchez. New evidence shows that helping farmers to help themselves is more effective and would be six times cheaper.
The World Bank (WB) will assist Bangladesh in building modern silos and food warehouses to increase stock and ensure food security in the country. The WB would also continue its cooperation in renovating the storehouses at upazila level. It has also expressed willingness to cooperate in social security programmes.
Dasuya(Hoshiarpur): After pioneering Green Revolution in India, Punjab is ready with the state
Climate change is affecting foodgrain production. The prospect of a serious shortage of foodgrains looms large over Karnataka. The Economic Survey, 2008-09, has predicted that foodgrain production in the state will fall short of the 125.25 lakh tonnes target set for 2008-09 by at least 16.48 lakh tonnes. The deficit in production of cereals alone is expected to be around 13 lakh tonnes.
The paper broadly examines the core trade interests of the EU and India, the content of the negotiations and outlines some key concerns of a potential deal for India in the areas of goods, services and investments, intellectual property rights and government procurement.
The small farmers of Central Himalayan region are achieving high level of diversification through rotation of pure crops in space and time, and through mixed cropping systems. The system with a potential to feed the hill population and conserve natural resources, requires serious attention from the policy makers, to survive.
Hill farming system involves diverse crops and their varieties, medicinal plants, forest species, practiced by the Adi tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. These tribal farmers are conserving biodiversity and meeting the food, balanced nutrition and health benefits from this farming system.
The past few months have seen unprecedented turmoil in worldwide financial markets. With the global economy in a recession and the decreased price of oil, many may be wondering what the future holds for biofuels.