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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Gambia: Threat to Food Security Spotted in Gambia FAO, Partners Mount Sensitiasation
The Fall Army Worm (FAW), a destructive and dreadful crop pest which poses a great threat to food security, was spotted in the Gambia some months ago. As a result, the Food and Agriculture Organisation
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Effects of food price spikes on household welfare in Nigeria
The dramatic global food price upsurges of 2007/2008 and the resurgence of 2010/2011 have kept the welfare effects of food price shocks at the epicentre of policy discussions worldwide. Studies have found
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Assessment of the 2016/17 food insecurity response programme in Malawi
Following poor harvests in the 2015/16 cropping season in Malawi, vulnerability assessments found that nearly 6.7 million people, primarily in the Southern and Central regions, were likely to suffer from
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Ecological degradation will bethe greatest challenge: HC Judge
Urges youth to have the courage to follow their heart and intuition Highlighting that graduating students have to deal with many key challenges facing the society, Justice S. Vimala, Judge, Madras
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Somalia: Government plans to reduce famine threat
The United Nations is warning humanitarian assistance will remain vital to millions over the next six months. Somalis have been particularly vulnerable to food shortages due to drought and the displacement
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Somali leaders, partners and UN determined to make Somalia famine resistant
One year after Somalia declared drought as a national emergency, famine has so far been averted due to collective and unprecedented humanitarian action, and on Tuesday, the country marked a turning point
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UN: 'We Stand No Chance of Ending Hunger' Without Peace
Conflict is worsening global starvation, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as it called for greater peace-building efforts to end hunger for almost 500 million people living in war zones. In the world's
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Africa most affected by food insecurity, says UN chief
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said the food insecurity is on the rise and Africa is the continent most affected by it. Guterres was speaking at a high-level event organized
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Achieving zero hunger in Africa by 2025: taking stock of progress
Proceedings of the High-Level Meeting “Renewed Partnership to End Hunger in Africa by 2025-Five Years Later: Taking Stock of Progress and Lessons in Light of the Sustainable Development Goals”, which took
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Innovation with a purpose: the role of technology innovation in accelerating food systems transformation
This report, developed by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with McKinsey & Company, identifies emerging technology innovations that have the potential to drive rapid progress in the sustainability,