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>
Food Policy
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Food policies and nutrition transition in Sri Lanka: historical trends, political regimes, and options for interventions
To understand the background of Sri Lanka’s current food security and nutrition challenges, this paper analyzes the political economy and policy processes that shaped the country’s food security and nutrition
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FAO says lack of modern farming techniques threatens Africa’s food security
NAIROBI, (Xinhua) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday warned that lack of modern farming techniques threatens Africa’s food security. Josef Kienzle, FAO’s Leader of the Mechanization
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FAO says lack of modern farming techniques threatens Africa's food security
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday warned that lack of modern farming techniques threatens Africa's food security. Josef Kienzle, FAO's Leader of the Mechanization task team,
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Improving diets in an era of food market transformation: Challenges and opportunities for engagement between the public and private sectors
With poor diets posing a greater global health risk than air pollution, alcohol, drug and tobacco use combined, the private sector needs to play a stronger role in encouraging people to eat more nutritious
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900,000 City residents starving says City Hall
An estimated 900,000 residents living in Nairobi’s slum areas are starving, it has now emerged. According to a survey by City Hall in partnership with the Kenya Red Cross, Oxfam and World Concerns, 30
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Future of food: maximizing finance for development in agricultural value chains
Current levels of investment in agricultural value chains are insufficient to achieve key development goals including ending poverty and hunger, boosting shared prosperity through more and better jobs,
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US earmarks sh274b to improve nutrition in Karamoja
The US, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has earmarked $75m (sh274b) towards improving food and nutrition security in Karamoja sub-region. The US government in
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Future smart food: rediscovering hidden treasures of neglected and underutilized species for zero hunger in Asia
For centuries people in Asia and the Pacific region have grown and consumed a wide variety of nutritious foods. Unfortunately, more recent generations have slowly but surely changed their diets and have
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Indian consumers may get lab-grown meat by 2025
In 2013, the first cultured beef burger (clean meat) was produced and cooked. At that point, the cost of that one patty was USD 375,000. Hyderabad: Laboratory grown 'clean meat' may become available
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Organic food exports surge but certification remains a major issue
Lack of synergy between various endorsing agencies is stifling growth, say experts At a time when India's overall agriculture exports have been stagnating since 2015-16, there is segment within it that