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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5 steps that have been taken for technological upgradation of PDS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government has taken a number of steps for the technological upgradation of the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the country. According to the government, multiple
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Hunger stalks southern Africa as drought dries up food supply
Each week, Lucia Thedzi and her five children go one or two days without eating. Some weeks, the family survives on nuts the size of golf balls but with meager flesh inside. Living in a small village on
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Unilever, Hubbub, and WRAP launch 'Joint Ambition' on food waste plan
Organisations launch five-point action plan to boost business collaboration and customer awareness of food waste reduction efforts A five-point action plan for tackling food waste at a consumer, business
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Global Food Security Act of 2016
An Act To authorize a comprehensive strategic approach for United States foreign assistance to developing countries to reduce global poverty and hunger, achieve food and nutrition security, promote inclusive,
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Why Americans waste so much food
Even though American consumers throw away about 80 billion pounds of food a year, only about half are aware that food waste is a problem. Even more, researchers have identified that most people perceive
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Zimbabwe: Food Insecurity to Worsen
ZIMBABWE's food insecure population in the rural areas will increase from 2,8 million to 4,1 million people during the peak of the hunger period from January to March 2017, according to the Zimbabwe Vulnerability
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West Africa: NASA's New Mission- Improving Food Security in West Africa
Dakar — NASA has launched a hub in Niger that will use space-based observations to improve food security A drive by NASA to stream climate data to West African nations using its earth-observing satellites
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Uganda: New Plan to Fight Food Insecurity, Poverty Launched
Kampala — Send a cow Uganda Non Government Organization has launched five years strategic plan which will see over 200,000 Ugandan families supported to overcome food Insecurity challenges. The 2015/2020
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WFP appeals for $204 for southern Africa emergency food aid
Some 18 million people from seven southern Africa countries require emergency food aid, according to the latest report by World Food Programme. The food security crisis in the region has been attributed
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Obama signs Global Food Security Act to end hunger
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill promoting global food security, resilience and nutrition could make hunger history, President Obama announced Wednesday during the White House Summit on Global Development.