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>
The United Progressive Alliance government will provide wheat and rice to below poverty line people at Rs 3 a kg under the proposed Food Security Act only till it remains in power at the Centre.
Food prices in the immediate future can be controlled only through large imports. Wheat stocks are adequate but rice stocks are not. There will be a fiscal cost because global prices are above domestic prices, but this will not be above 1 per cent of central government expenditure. This may be the best option since food inflation is now threatening to become generalised.
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said a draft State Food Processing Policy is ready and has been circulated among stakeholders for their response. Once finalised, the policy would go a long way in tapping the potential of agri and food processing sector, he said.
Gargi Parsai This staggering loss has affected India's agri business Sustainable supply chains needed to link farmer to marketing centres MUMBAI: The decline in the farm sector will hit the food and grocery retail sector too. It is estimated that the growth rate in the food and grocery retail sector will dip to 8.8 per cent during 2009-10 from 9.5 per cent during 2008-09.
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Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi March 04, 2010, 0:50 IST Expanding its commitment to provide subsidised foodgrain to the poor, the Manmohan Singh government is looking at a host of social sector initiatives along with its soon-to-be-unveiled Food Security Bill.
New Delhi: Though finance minister Pranab Mukherjee blamed poor delivery as a key factor for the rise in food prices, the Union Budget has actually slashed funds allocated to strengthening the public distribution system after last year
Just Like NREGA Party Leadership May Intervene To Rework Food Security Bill TIMES NEWS NETWORK
State not lifting full share of subsidised rice: Aryadan Charge of wheat allotment being sold to flour mills THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Opposition walked out of the Kerala Assembly on Tuesday after a two-and-a-half-hour discussion on whether it was the State government or the Centre that was responsible for the food inflation being experienced in the State.
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