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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Hunger a weapon of war in Syria, Yemen, Nigeria
PARIS – While grain silos in many Western countries may overflow this winter, tens of millions of people risk going without food as hunger is being used more than ever as a weapon of war. More than
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Teeth of Irish famine victims reveal scientific markers for starvation
Scientific evidence of starvation has been extracted from the teeth of people who died in the Great Famine in 19th century Ireland. It is the first time analysis of the stable isotopes of nitrogen and
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Civil society innovation and resilience in the struggle for the right to food in India
India’s national network of social justice activists and civil society organisations helped achieve legal recognition for the Right to Food in the early 2000’s and are engaged in an ongoing struggle to
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Global food prices down slightly in July – UN agency
The international prices for major food commodities saw a modest decline in July, following five consecutive months of increases, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
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Jharkhand becomes fifth State to launch automated PDS
Jharkhand becomes fifth State in the country after Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, to launch machine based PDS in the country following completion of all works related to National
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UNICEF warns of ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in S. Sudan
“The situation in South Sudan is catastrophic, and even more so for children,” UNICEF spokesperson Christophe Boulierac said in a statement on Friday. This year, UNICEF has reportedly treated 120,000
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Hunger Costs Ghana Ghc4.6 Billion per Year
The economy of Ghana loses some GHC4.6 billion annually (equivalent of US$2.6 billion in 2012) due to the effects of child undernutrition, according to a study released in Accra today. This amount represents
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Traders still reluctant to acquire FSSAI licence
Even as food safety and standards authority of India (FSSAI) and its officers in state claim to have made concerted efforts and repeatedly postponed the deadline since the Food Safety and Standards Act
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Food and nutrition security and the eradication of hunger CELAC 2025: Furthering discussion and regional cooperation
The region of Latin America and the Caribbean can boast a successful track record in the process of eradicating hunger: it is the only region in the world that has halved both the proportion of people
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Monitoring food security in countries with conflict situations
Protracted conflicts affecting 17 countries have driven millions of people into severe food insecurity and are hindering global efforts to eradicate malnutrition, two UN agencies have warned in a report