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>
P. Sainath<br /><br />The NREGS is restricted. The PDS is targeted. Only exploitation is universal.<br />
R. Krishna Kumar<br /><br />MYSORE: Renowned food scientist and former Director of Central Food Technological Research Institute H.A.B. Parpia has called for effective food storage measures to prevent losses and ensure food for all.<br />
  <br />The Centre is finding it difficult to fix the criteria for identifying families living below the poverty line
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<br /><p>BHUBANESWAR: The Rs 2-a-kg rice scheme was launched by the Orissa Government to ensure food security to the poor.</p>
<br />BHUBANESWAR: For a BPL household in Orissa, collecting monthly PDS quota involves more walking comparable to its counterparts in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. This problem is more glaring in tribal hinterlands than in coastal areas.
S. Vydhianathan and R.K. Radhakrishnan<br /><br />Technological interventions, innovative and fool-proof delivery mechanisms, constant reviews and fixing responsibility at each level ensure that an effective delivery system is in place.<br /><br />Rice at Re.1 a kg is an essential part of Tamil Nadu's Public Distribution System.<br />
<br /><br />Shyam Ranganathan<br /><br />CHENNAI: Interdependence and knowledge-sharing are keys to global food security, and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is the only legally binding treaty that promotes this, according to Xuan Li, Treaty Support Officer.<br />
The recommendation by the National Advisory Council for a revised Food Security Bill is, in essence, a proposal to enhance entitlements in some spheres while reducing them in others. The enhancement lies in the fact that the Bill will recognise, for the first time, a justiciable right to food for all persons in the yet-to-be-identified 150
<br />NEW DELHI: Punjab lost rice worth Rs 450 crore, more than that of neighbour Haryana, between 2003 and 2008 as the state's procurement far exceeded storage capacity, leading to loss of moisture in the food grain, says a CAG report.