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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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017
After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 per cent of the global population, says a new edition of the annual United Nations
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Two women from Kenya and Mali jointly win the 2017 Africa Food Prize
The 2017 Africa Food Prize for African achievers in agriculture was awarded to academic Professor Ruth Oniang’o of Kenya and entrepreneur Mrs Maïmouna Sidibe Coulibaly of Mali for their outstanding effort
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ECA, UN agencies commit to fighting food insecurity in Africa
Addis Ababa – Economic Commission for Africa’s executive secretary Vera Songwe on Monday met with the principals of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP) and the International
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Livestock production, a much smaller challenge to global food security than often reported
Livestock production, a much smaller challenge to global food security than often reported A new study in Global Food Security found that livestock place less burden on the human food supply than previously
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More effort needed to curb malnutrition in Ghana- Report
More efforts are needed, particularly by the government to curb the spate of malnutrition in Ghana and other parts of Africa, an international report has recommended. The report launched on Monday by
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Delhi's food subsidy denial report wrong: Probing officer
Says Cases Relate To Time When Aadhaar Wasn't Must The claims in a petition that food subsidy has been denied due to lack of Aadhaar linkage under a Delhi government-administered scheme was found to be
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China to give Ethiopia 15-mln-USD food aid
China and Ethiopia Wednesday signed an emergency humanitarian food aid agreement where China will provide wheat worth 15 million U.S. dollars to support people affected by drought in the East African country.
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Africa could stop food imports by 2030- study
The heightened agribusiness activities in Africa could see the continent stop importing food by 2030, the Africa Agriculture Status Report has forecasted. According to the report, the power of entrepreneurs
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Kenyan don wins African Food award
Two women, Prof Ruth Oniang’o and MmeMaimouna Coulibali of Mali, have jointly won the award, which was announced yesterday at the ongoing African Green Revolution Forum in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Oniang’o
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9.5 million people starving in Ethiopia
More investment is needed in long-term projects to protect people in developing countries from droughts, the heads of the United Nations food agencies said on Tuesday after a visit to Ethiopia, where 9.5