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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Developing a food (in) security map for South Africa
This study applies a survey matching technique to match the income and expenditure survey (IES) of 2005/06 and the Community Survey (CS) of 2007 to produce a food (in)security map for South Africa at various
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The role of sanitation in malnutrition – A science and policy controversy in India
<p>Over the past decade, India’s economic growth has been remarkable – yet almost half of India’s children under 5 remain stunted. The National Food Security Bill is the country’s
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Tripura, Mizoram to implement food security act from April
Tripura and Mizoram governments are compu-terising their Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) to implement the National Food Security Act from April, officials said on Thursday. “Over 95 percent
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Build better roads in developing world to bolster food supplies: study
Billion-dollar investments in basic transport and electricity in developing nations are among the best ways to curb hunger by 2030 since a quarter of all food is now wasted after harvest, according to
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Census says 16m US children are living on food stamps, double the number in 2007
Census bureau finds about 16 million – or one in five – US children lived in families that received food stamps in 2014 Even as Barack Obama tours the country to promote his middle-class economic plan,
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FCI revamp committee suggests lower food security law coverage
Cash transfers, devolution of procurement & stocking burden, changes in MSP policy, full ops computerisation The committee constituted by the government on how to reform the Food Corporation of India
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EU lifts ban on Indian mangoes
The EU Tuesday decided to lift a seven-month-long ban on the import of mangoes from India after the world’s biggest producer made significant improvements in plant health controls and certification system,
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Vietnam launches anti-famine plan
Vietnam launched here on Wednesday a national action plan to promote the Zero Hunger Challenge, an important initiative to remove famine raised by the United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
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BD signs $ 20.14m deal with FAO for food security
An agreement was signed on Wednesday between the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the government of Bangladesh for $ 20.14 million (approximately Tk 1.56 billion) to strengthen
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Famine looms large in Jajarkot
JAJARKOT, JAN 15 - The threat of acute shortage of food looms large in the remote region owing to the failure of Nepal Food Corporation (NFC) to transport subsidized rice to its depots located in remote