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 States wants a G8 summit this week to commit $15 billion over several years for agricultural development in poor countries to fight food insecurity, according to a draft declaration seen by Reuters. The declaration said Washington was ready to mobilize $3-4 billion and wanted other partners to match that commitment to reach the $15 billion target.
Rajat Roy / Kolkata July 09, 2009, 0:30 IST The much-awaited announcement in the Union Budget 2009-10 to ensure entitlement of 25 kg rice or wheat per month at Rs 3 per kg to every family living below the poverty line (BPL) in rural and urban areas, has raised more questions than it sought to answer.
Mulualem Tegegn bought a donkey last year. As a hard-working Ethiopian farmer, aged 58, he saw the purchase of the beast as a return to better times after several seasons in which drought and high prices had forced him to sell his livestock and take his grandchildren out of school to work on the farm.
ALOK SHARMA
In what has come as a major relief to Punjab foodgrain storage crisis, the Planning Commission has approved state
BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Sharad Pawar today advised the State Government to take steps to stop production of parboiled rice from next year as it is not beneficial to Orissa.
Surinder Sud / New Delhi July 05, 2009, 0:01 IST The agriculture sector has shown more resilience to the global economic crisis than other industries, largely due to food being a basic necessity. As the downturn lowers food prices, pressure is eased on the recession-hit consumers.
MULUALEM TEGEGN bought a donkey last year. As a hard-working Ethiopian farmer, aged 58, he saw the purchase of the beast as a return to better times after several seasons in which drought and high prices had forced him to sell his livestock and take his grandchildren out of school to work on the farm.
Freedom to export and import foodgrain within a domestic price band. To insulate poor producers and poor consumers of agricultural commodities, including consumer goods like cereals and pulses, the Economic Survey suggests the government should announce a price band for domestic prices in which imports and exports are freely allowed without any duty controls.
Funds are increasingly looking to invest in farmland as a rising global population and changing diets lead to growing demand for food crops. But the emergence of the asset class is not without pitfalls with the provision of food always highly political and a tentative global economic recovery potentially threatened by the H1N1 flu pandemic, fund managers said.