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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Eastern Equatoria state official warns of looming hunger
Thousands of people in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state are likely to face severe hunger due to lack of rainfall and unexpected crop failure, an official told Sudan Tribune Monday. The state minister
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Food riots and food rights: the moral and political economy of accountability for hunger in Kenya
The green revolution and the global integration of food markets were supposed to relegate scarcity to the annals of history. So why did thousands of people in dozens of countries take to the streets when
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Public Distribution System, 21/07/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Public Distribution System, 21/07/2015. TPDS is operated under the joint responsibility of the Central and the State/Union Territory (UT) Governments wherein the operational
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on National Food Security Act, 21/07/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on National Food Security Act, 21/07/2015. Central Government enacted the National Food Security Act 2013 (NFSA) to provide for food and nutritional security in human life
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on PDS beneficiaries, 21/07/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on PDS beneficiaries, 21/07/2015 . Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in its Consumer expenditure survey collects data
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'Real risk' of famine in Yemen as death toll passes 3,000
Conflict-ridden Yemen, where more than 3,000 people have been killed and one million displaced since war broke out in March, is at risk of famine, aid chiefs said on Tuesday, the day after the conflict's
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Campaign to cut supermarket food waste reaches European parliament
A French councillor’s campaign to stamp out food waste by forcing supermarkets to give unwanted items to charity will reach the European level on Wednesday. Arash Derambarsh, who has already persuaded
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UN: Foodgrain prices will see steady decline in next 10yrs
A UN report has projected steady decline in prices of foodgrains over the next decade, attributing the gradual price fall to increase in overall agricultural production and diversification of dietary choices
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National food security act to take effect in state
The state food and supplies department will take strong action against ration dealers in case they violate the National Food Security Act, Jyotipriya Mallick, the state minister for food and supplies said
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CAG report paints a grim picture of midday meal
A performance audit of the mid-day meal scheme by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has revealed that only 1,154 children were covered under the scheme during 2013-24, out of 18,000 studying in