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 UPA government
NEW DELHI: As food prices soar to the skies, the poor are eating less and the Government has camouflaged this brand of inflation by combining food with other commodities like steel and metals whose prices are falling, said environment activist Vandana Shiva here on Thursday. Hunger: causes, cures
Did anyone check if they want such love? organizing agricultural markets is an exercise in managing contradictions. There is the need to ensure farmers earn from their efforts, both for reasons of social justice and the country
Economic survey ignores the recommendation a parliamentary committee has recommended a complete ban on foreign direct investment (fdi) in retail trade in grocery and food products. The committee has also opposed entry of Indian corporate houses in retailing and sale of their products in malls. The report tabled in the Rajya Sabha on June 8 said pricing tactics adopted by retail
Climate change and adaptive agriculture given a miss finance minister Pranab Mukherjee
DAM Turkey to go ahead without aid Turkey decided to go ahead with the construction of the US $1.68 billion Ilisu dam project even after credit agencies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland withdrew from the project. In December 2008, the three governments suspended funds claiming Turkey did not fulfill certain criteria including research into the biological diversity of the
The world is falling far short in feeding its most critically hungry, pledging only $3.7 billion of the $6.7 billion needed to fund the World Food Program for 2009, the head of the United Nations relief agency said on Wednesday.
Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food, according to a major study published Wednesday. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said consumers were paying higher prices for organic food because of its perceived health benefits, creating a global organic market worth an estimated $48 billion in 2007.
There is an imbalance between the expansive vision expressed by the draft Act and the narrow means it seeks to achieve it.
Noted environment activist Vandana Shiva on Monday said India had beaten Africa in hunger as half of the country