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>
Amid concerns of a rising fiscal deficit, the government is unlikely to include Above Poverty Line (APL) families under the ambit of the proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA). This will mean that the government may not be legally bound to provide 25 kg of rice or wheat to 13.26 crore APL families at the hugely-subsidised rate of Rs 3 per kg.
To say that agriculture minister Sharad Pawar is an embattled man is an understatement. Food prices have been on a relentless upward march in the past few months, and everybody is blaming him for that. The Prime Minister himself seems in no mood to cut Pawar any slack for the food price increase, and there are rumours that he might be asked to move to another ministry.
'Food Security Bill will be introduced by the Central government to ensure food security to all those who are below poverty line,' said Union Minister for Law and Justice M Veerappa Moily.
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With the prospects for the farm sector improving, the UPA has renewed efforts to put in motion its poll promise of a Food Security Bill. In its quest to ensure
Unable to identify the actual number of BPL families but facing growing pressure from Congress president Sonia Gandhi to put in place a National Food Security Act (NFSA) at the earliest, the Centre could look at a proposal to enforce the legislation with the poorest of the poor
THE draft Food Security Bill, which has returned to the negotiating table of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) after a gap, is, among other things, expected to witness discussions on the number of people to be covered by the scheme across the country, whether the other vulnerable sections of the society are to brought within its ambit, whether it should be confined to the distribution of ei
Prices of essential commodities, such as rice, sugar and wheat, have increased due to supply of poor quality food grains by the fair price shops. Addressing a press conference here today, Michael N Syiem, leader of an NGO Mait Shaphrang Movement, said that people are buying most of the essential commodities from the open market leading to price rice.
Could an African caterpillar be the new beefsteak? As the world diverts more of its grain harvests into producing meat, some scientists are pushing policymakers to take a closer look at insects as an environmentally friendlier source of protein. Whereas a cow needs to eat roughly 8 grams of food to gain a gram in weight, for instance, insects need less than two. The U.N.
Food prices are likely to remain high even till 2026 because of the demand-supply situation. Production has not kept pace with demand and so the current food inflation and food supply constraints have been aggravated by last year's drought situation. However, drought was not the reason for high prices according to a report by Credit Suisse.