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>
HIGH price and not bio-safety concerns is likely to be the key deterrent to the commercial acceptance of Bt brinjal, a January 2010 IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute) study has suggested, even as the environment ministry gears up to take a final decision on whether to accept an expert panel
The Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association has taken strong exception to the implementation Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. In a memorandum submitted to the Union Government of India, the association president, Mr S.P. Jeyaprakasam, said the Act has been a death blow to Indian food industry and many of the clauses are not appropriate to the prevailing trade situation and are ambiguous.
THE state government's initiative to distribute rice at Re 1 per kg to the poor cannot ensure food security, unless and until other essential commodities needed to tackle malnourishment are simultaneously given at subsidised prices to the people, said Sabine Pabst, Asia coordinator of Food First Information and Action Network (FIAN), a German-based NGO.
THRISSUR: Punjab Agriculture Minister Sardar Sucha Singh Langah hailed the concept of Food Security Army (FSA) conceived and promoted by the Agricultural Research Station (ARS) of Kerala Agricultural University(KAU) in Mannuthy.
In a note prepared for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Pune With decreased food grain production in Maharashtra and around 80 lakh farmers quitting the occupation over the last two decades, the state is in for a severe food crisis, said senior journalist P Sainath here on Thursday. Sainath was interacting with journalism students and reporters at a programme organised by the Pune Union of Working Journalists.
Pune Students should sacrifice one meal a week as the country is reeling under scarcity of food grains, said founder president of Vanrai and former Union Minister Mohan Dharia.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today urged state governments to improve food productivity and address concerns of food inflation. At the same time, he assured all support from the Union government in this regard.
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday expressed concern at the rising prices of essential commodities and urged the State governments to use all instruments at their disposal to make available these items to the poor and others at reasonable rates.
Food prices have been on fire over the past several months