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>
BHUBANESWAR: Despite all pro-poor policies and much-hyped food programmes of the State Government, Orissa continues to languish at the bottom rung of the hunger parameters. The State stood 66th along with countries like Nigeria and Kenya in the Global Hunger Index-2008 measured by the International Food Policy Research Institute. This reflects the complexity of food insecurity in the State.
Dealing with the prospect of food shortages in the next 40 years is a bigger problem than climate change, Australian academic Julian Cribb said on Monday. An adjunct professor at University of Technology in Sydney, Mr. Cribbs outlined his concerns to the country
Horticulture Minister Narender Bragta yesterday requested the Centre to formulate a separate policy for food processing industry for hill states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir, keeping in view typical and uniform geographical and topographical conditions of these states.
Pune At a time when all opposition parties are up in arms against the government on the issue of price rise, Union Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Sharad Pawar said that the Central Government has given close to Rs 7,000 crore as food subsidy over the last year.
Jacques Diouf Riding on the momentum generated by the recent food crisis to focus on longer term challenges, some 300 top international experts will meet at FAO in Rome on October 12 and 13 to figure out how to make sure we have enough to eat 40 years from now.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority's track-record suggests it is industry-friendly, not pro-consumer We are discussing a governance-reform initiative
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday called for the rationalisation and simplification of tax structure for the food processing industry that has the potential to transform rural economy.
Kharif Crop Faces A Double Whammy TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The flood fury in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka may affect standing crop, adding to the expected shortfall in kharif production while pushing up food prices. As much as two lakh hectares of paddy is submerged in Andhra Pradesh and in Karnataka, the pigeon pea or arhar crop has been hit.
Lamenting high level of wastage and very low value addition in farm products in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for rationalisation of tax structure for the food processing industry
With the government finding itself in a spot after deficient monsoon adversely affected rice output this year, the government on Tuesday said that it would release about 30 lakh tonnes of wheat in the open market to keep a check on the foodgrain prices in the domestic market.