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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Public provisioning for social protection and its implications for food security
Persistent hunger and pervasive malnutrition are serious problems in the developing world. Recent literature suggests that well-designed public policies towards provisioning of social protection/security
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Maharashtra sanctions Rs 69 crore for PDS computerisation
The state government has sanctioned Rs 69 crore for end-to-end computerisation of public distribution system, once infamous for massive scale of corruption, diversion of foodgrain and kerosene. The
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New Philippine president to face early test over food security
While Philippine elections this month were dominated by talk about crushing crime, the next president faces another critical early test: ensuring there is enough rice for the country's more than 100 million
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India could lose $49 bn in GDP by global food price shock: UN
India could lose $49 billion in GDP if global food prices double in future, according to a new UN report, which said the world will likely suffer from more volatile food prices due to rising populations.
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More than half of Malawi's population need food relief- minister
More than half of Malawi's population is in need of food aid after an El Nino-induced drought decimated crops, the minister of agriculture said on Wednesday. The drought has ravaged much of southern
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Africa Food Crisis 2016: El Niño Drought To Make More Than 50 Million Go Hungry, UN Says
The lasting impact from the El Niño climate pattern has led some African countries into their most serious food crisis in the past quarter century. There are 31 million people on the continent in urgent
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Southern Africa Faces More Food Shortages
THE number of people struggling to get food in Southern Africa is projected to hit more than 49 million before the end of 2016 as a number of countries declare states of emergency. Currently, an estimated
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Swazi govt spends $3m on 160 000 starving citizens
The government of Swaziland has spent $3 million on food for 158 000 of the 300 0000 people facing starvation due to drought, APA reports on Wednesday.Government Spokesperson in a statement issued this
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Long-term drivers of food and nutrition security
The 2015 Global Hunger Index suggests that despite progress in reducing hunger worldwide, hunger levels in 52 of 117 countries in the 2015 Global Hunger Index remain “serious” or “alarming.” Since achieving
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Study finds 400m meals' worth of edible food wasted each year
More than 400m meals’ worth of edible food waste in the UK grocery supply chain could be redistributed to feed hungry people each year, according to a government-funded report. Just 18% of the 270,000