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 Policy
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World resources report: creating a sustainable food future- a menu of solutions to feed nearly 10 Billion people by 2050
<p>Ensuring healthy diets for an expected global population of nearly 10 billion people in 2050, while at the same time improving the world those people live in, will require sweeping changes to farming and how we produce food, according to the World Resources Report 2019.</p>
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Gender inequalities and food insecurity: ten years after the food price crisis, why are women farmers still food-insecure?
The food price crisis of 2007–08 had devastating impacts for the world’s poorest people, especially for smallholder farmers and in particular for women, who face discrimination and a heavy burden of household
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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019: safeguarding against economic slowdowns and downturns
An estimated 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, up from 811 million in the previous year, which is the third year of increase in a row. This underscores the immense challenge of achieving
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As drought stokes urban hunger, Ethiopia dishes up free school meals
Endale Terefe remembers a time when he used to go to school so hungry he had trouble staying awake during lessons. The 14-year-old student in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, was living with his aunt
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Nearly 7 million South Sudanese facing extreme hunger: NRC
As South Sudan prepares to mark eight years of independence, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) called on all parties to the conflict to utilize the extension to the peace deal and work towards ending
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Kenya: Over 2 Million at Risk of Starvation
More than two million Kenyans are staring at food crisis in July as the effects of a drought that hit food production and led to increased prices continue to bite. This comes even as the country's grain
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Edible insects could be a key ingredient to avoiding a global food crisis, researchers insist
Edible insects could be a key ingredient to avoiding a global food crisis, according to a new report, but there are significant barriers to overcome before they are part of the mainstream. The rapidly
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Distribution of Fortified Ration, 27/06/2019
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Distribution of Fortified Ration, 27/06/2019. As per the information received from Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Department of Food & Public
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Food Supply in ICDS, 27/06/2019
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Food Supply in ICDS, 27/06/2019. The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented by States/UTs. The Scheme provides
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Regional overview of food security and nutrition in the Near East and North Africa 2018
Hunger in the Near East and North Africa region (NENA) continues to rise as conflicts and protracted crises have spread and worsened since 2011, threatening the region’s efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda