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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Nigeria: Africa Spends U.S.$35.4 Billion On Food Imports Annually, Says AfDB
Worried about the staggering annual food importation bill in the continent of over $35 billion, especially the commodities for which there is comparative advantage, the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) on
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IRRI warns of looming global food crisis
A global food crisis is looming which may rival the one in 2007-2008 because of the ongoing El Niño weather phenomenon. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Baños, Laguna warned that
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Food waste accounts for a tenth of global greenhouse gas emissions
Cutting down food waste could help avoid a tenth of greenhouse gas emissions arising from agriculture, says a study from Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Agriculture accounted for more than
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Govt releases Rs 25,800-crore food subsidy to FCI
The govt has earmarked Rs 1,34,835 crore as food subsidy for 2016-17 The Centre has released Rs 25,834 crore as food subsidy to the Food Corporation of India (FCI), which will help in smooth procurement
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Food security cards: Many poor families in Vadodara left out of scheme, despair
31,357 beneficiaries from middle-class area to receive Annapurna cards today. After the state government announced the implementation of the Centre’s Food Security Act as Maa Annapurna Yojana, Fatehpura
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Israel Green-lights Ambitious Food Security Program to Fight Hunger
Social Affairs Minister Haim Katz is implementing a long-gestating program aimed at providing nutritional security for the estimated 110,000 Israeli families (over 400,000 individuals) who are living below
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Mozambique: Food Insecurity Affecting 1.5 Million
Maputo — Almost 1.5 million people in Mozambique are now affected by food insecurity, caused essentially by the drought hitting the southern and central regions of the country, Antonio Paulo, an official
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Sudan: Nearly $68 Million Additional US Humanitarian Assistance for Sudan
Washington, D.c. — The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced it is providing nearly $68 million for emergency food assistance, to reach approximately 2.5 million Sudanese as well as
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Southern Africa bracing for acute food shortages – report
A report released by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNet) on Thursday is predicting severe hunger in countries in Southern Africa including Malawi during the 2016/17 consumption season.It
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We now live in a world in which more people are obese than underweight, major global analysis reveals
In the past 40 years, there has been a startling increase in the number of obese people worldwide—rising from 105 million in 1975 to 641 million in 2014, according to the most comprehensive analysis of