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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'Time to act' on hunger, Annan says
Secretary General Kofi Annan told the UN World Food Summit that it was time to halt 'the gnawing pain of hunger', but hardly a leader of a major power up to hear his message. 'In a world of plenty,
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Cash-strapped state trims funds for mid-day meal scheme
On Monday, the supreme court warned State Governments against lax implementation of its earlier order to provide cooked meals to students instead of food grains. But the legists of the scheme have
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Musahar community reeling under starvation
Musahar, a deprived ethnic community at Gothauli of Ratnanagar Municipality 5 (Nepal) is reeling under harsh situation of starvation for the past two months. Banned from fishing their ancestral
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46 green cards to be distributed in May
Food and civil supplies minister Ramalingareddy has said that 46 lakh green cards will be distributed to beneficiaries within May 1,2003. Besides, foodgrains were being distributed to the public
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UN markets images of hunger to pull in aid
Barely 10 weeks after India announced its first-ever donation through the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations' largest humanitarian agency has arrived at a partnership with global clothes
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U.N. officials draw attention to starvation in Ethiopia
The world is not watching, but more than 12 million Ethiopians risk starving to death if there is no extensive mobilization of aid to prevent a famine, a senior United States official said. The
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Orissa's war against hunger yet to end
This is one of the most famous reruns of the poverty and starvation script that is being screened on the stark canvas of Kalahandi, Bolangir and Nuapada. The characters are the same, the original
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Roadmap for a hunger-free India
An ambitious roadmap has been drawn up by the Chennai-based MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) here for achieving the goal of a hunger-free India by August 15, 2007, which marks the 60th
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FAO says millions of Iraqis desperately hungry
Several million Iraqis remain desperately hungry despite a better cereals crop and the lifting of economic sanctions, U.N. food agencies said. "While starvation has been averted, chronic malnutrition
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Aid from World Food Programme rots
Food aid worth several millions has been rotting in warehouses in eastern Serunuwara (Sri Lanka)for over nine years. The aid had been sent by the World Food Programme to be distributed among