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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WTO DG signals movement in India's food security concerns
India awaits General Council meet outcome, which might make it clear if the members will be ready to negotiate its demand on food security or not Even as India is keen on an early resolution of its
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Hunger - Half of SA At Risk
One in four South Africans suffers from hunger on a regular basis, according to an Oxfam report released ahead of World Food Day, October 16. That amounts to 13 million hungry people, despite the fact
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China to donate $50m to FAO
ROME - Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Wednesday that his country will donate 50 million US dollars in the next five years to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Li announced
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India to stick to food security stand at WTO panel meet
In July, India had clarified it wouldn't ratify a trade facilitation agreement until a permanent solution on food security was arrived at A day before the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s trade negotiations
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Hungry Being Squeezed By Climate Change, Rising Commodity Costs and Land Exploitation
Rising food costs, climate change and dramatic changes in land tenure are increasing the reality of hunger and leaving food-insecure people feeling they "are rated as the cheapest of the cheapest".
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As World Food Day Approaches, One in Four South Africans Are Hungry
October 16 is World Food Day. As the 20th World Food Day since the establishment of our democracy dawns on South Africa, a grim shadow of hunger and malnutrition hangs over the gains of the democratic
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India moves up on hunger index
The latest Global Hunger Index report has revealed that the number of hungry people has declined in India with its score improving to 55th position in 2014 due to progress made in addressing underweight
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ICDS in a mess: Forum seeks Govt intervention
The Right to Food Campaign, a State-level forum of civil society groups undertaking a campaign for effective implementation of food security programmes, alleged that many beneficiaries in the State under
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Hidden hunger’ affects 2 billion despite better access to food
Though hunger has been reduced substantially, poor-quality food perpetuates a ‘vicious cycle of poverty and malnutrition’. More than 2 billion people are malnourished because they do not receive enough
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Analytics of food inflation in India
Food inflation in India has remained stubborn in recent years. A number of proximate factors such as increasing demand particularly arising from higher rural wages, rising agricultural cost of production,