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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Southern Africa: Climate Change Threatens Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Bank projects a 1,5 to 2˚Celsius temperature increase as a result of climatic change by 2030, a situation that threatens food security in sub-Saharan Africa. The increase is set to trigger
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Food shortage looms large in Mugu
Poor harvest of summer crops triggered by scanty rainfall has worsened food security situation in Mugu district. Around 90 percent people in the district are involved in agriculture, and they are worried
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Odisha too comes under the food security net
With Odisha, which has a substantial number of poor families, rolling out the National Food Security Act (NFSA) on Sunday in 14 districts of the state, the total number of states and union territories
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UN official ask Africa to change policy, curriculum to end food insecurity
The UN on Thursday called on African governments to act urgently to change how business and wealth can be created in the agricultural value chain. Richard Munang, Coordinator for Africa Regional Climate
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Namibia: Food Insecurity Affects 580 000 Namibians
About 580 000 Namibians are adversely affected by the current drought and will have to rely on government assistance until at least March 2016, a crop and vulnerability assessment found. As such, Deputy
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Namibia forges ahead with setting up of food banks
Namibia has set aside N$50 million (about US$364,635) for the establishment of food banks across the country to feed the poor, President Hage Geingob has revealed.The establishment of food bank will enable
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Kenya: Poor Land Use and Lack of Sound Policies Blamed for Perennial Food Crisis in Kenya
The government's failure to transform the agriculture sector into a viable business is to blame for food insecurity in Kenya, say experts. Agriculture experts say Kenya's potential in food production
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In Odisha, no dal for the dalma
With pulses too expensive and unavailable on PDS, the urban and rural poor are relying heavily on starch for sustenance Women and men working on the hillsides is a common sight when travelling through
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State food provisioning as social protection: debating India’s national food security law
This publication provides an overview on the main issues debated during the development and passage of the India’s National Food Security Act (2013), which legally binds national and state governments
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Food Security Act: Grains distribution to begin on Oct 11
State Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Saryu Roy said that distribution of rice and wheat under the recently rolled out National Food Security Act in Jharkhand would start October 11.