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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Food security situation gets critical in Somalia – FAO
The latest food security and nutrition assessment for Somalia released Tuesday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in collaboration with the Famine Early Warning
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Meghalaya all set to launch food security scheme
Meghalaya is ready to roll out the National Food Security Act (NFSA) from this month. According to Meghalaya Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Clement Marak, under the NFSA there are a total of 21,
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Sudan: Conflict areas under danger of famine: Report
The famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS Net) disclosed in a report seen by APA that famine is likely to hit the Sudanese conflict zones by March. The report the food security situation will worsen
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US pledges to boost Africa’s food security with N20bn
The Administrator of United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Ms Gayle Smith, on Monday announced the U.S. government’s provision of an additional N20 billion ($100m) to Africa’s food
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Supreme Court pulls up Gujarat for not implementing FSA
The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the Gujarat government for not implementing the National Food Security Act and wondered whether it was not part of India or wanted to break away from the Union of India.
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Mozambique: Food Security Set to Deteriorate
London — The US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) on Saturday warned that drought conditions caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon are likely to cause further deterioration in food
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Why some are more equal than others: country typologies of food security
This paper examines the different approaches and methodologies for classification of countries in terms of their food and nutrition security conditions. Its objective is to identify a number of country
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India needs home-grown GM food to stop starvation
<p>Indian scientists must develop domestic genetically modified crops rather than rely on unsuitable foreign technology.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.nature.com/polopoly_fs/1.19238!/menu/main/topColumns/topLeftColumn/pdf/529439a.pdf"
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Food Security Act to cover all States by April
Consumer Affairs and Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Thursday that by April the National Food Security Act (NFSA) was likely to cover all States and Union Territories. After one year of NFSA coming
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Namibia: Food Security Weakens in the North
The household food security has significantly weakened in the country's major seven northern communal crop-producing regions, as most households have exhausted their harvest of the last season which was