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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Sudan: U.S. Food and Cash Contribution Boosts WFP Response to Vulnerable People in Sudan
The in-kind contribution of mixed food items worth US$75 million will meet the food needs of more than 2 million people, including displaced people, school children and vulnerable households in Darfur
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Ireland to donate €60m to UN’s World Food Programme
The Irish State is set to donate €60 million to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) over the next three years. The commitment, which was made by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney
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Policy push to cheer industry
The cabinet today approved the much-awaited Jharkhand Food Processing Policy-2015 and Jharkhand Industrial Park Policy-2015 to provide an impetus to the state's growth. The cabinet also approved the
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Africa: In Somalia Some 855,000 People Face Acute Food Insecurity
Nairobi/Washington — Widespread acute malnutrition persists across Somalia and large numbers of people will be acutely food insecure through December 2015, following below average cereal harvests in crop
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Hunger rises in Somalia as el Nino floods loom: U.N
The number of Somalis in hunger has risen in the past six months, the United Nations said on Monday, predicting a further spike as the Horn of Africa nation braces itself for the worst flooding in decades.
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FSSAI’s product approval norms within 6 months
After scrapping product approval process following court orders, including the Maggi case, food safety watchdog Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has invited legal firms to help frame
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Sharp rise in hungry Ethiopians needing aid: UN
The number of hungry Ethiopians needing food aid has risen sharply this year to 4.5 million due to poor rains and the El Nino weather phenomenon, the UN has said. With rains poorer than predicted, "food
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UN says 4.5 million Ethiopians now in need of food aid after poor rains
The number of Ethiopians who will need food aid by the end of this year has surged by more than 1.5 million from earlier estimates, according to United Nations agencies. After failed rains, some 4.5m people
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Zimbabwe: Hunger Hits 1.5 Million in Zimbabwe As Maize Production Halves-WFP
Around 1.5 million Zimbabweans are predicted to go hungry this year after a dramatic fall in maize production, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Some 16 percent of the population are expected
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Number of Ethiopians needing food aid surges to 4.5 million after failed rains
The number of Ethiopians who will need food aid by the end of this year has surged by more than 1.5 million from earlier estimates due to failed rains, United Nations agencies said on Monday. Ethiopia