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 Supply
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Food Entitlements Act, 2009
An Act to ensure dignified economic and social access to adequate food and other requirements of good nutrition for all residents of the country, at all times, in pursuance of their fundamental right to be free from hunger, malnutrition and other deprivations associated with the lack of food.
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Church to help state on drought
The Roman Catholic church has agreed to extend its help to the state which is struggling to ensure proper distribution of foodgrain to the poor and the needy in the wake of acute drought conditions in most parts of Jharkhand.
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Governor firm on PDS sugar - More outlets across state promised
Governor K. Sankaranarayanan today iterated that sugar would be made available through all PDS outlets in Jharkhand in a determined move aimed at undoing a nearly seven-year-old anomaly when the state, then newly carved out of Bihar, gradually abandoned picking up stocks due to high transportation costs leading to exorbitant prices.
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Give rice at Re 1 per kg: Bhakta
BHUBANESWAR: Congress has demanded supply of rice at Re 1 a kilogram in backward districts of Orissa by the State Government as the Centre has increased subsidy from Rs 11 to Rs 13 a kg.
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Writing on wall: Cgarh bid to spot real poor
To deter ineligible people from grabbing the benefits of the state government
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Drought of ideas plagues food ministry?
THE NCP-manned food ministry is yet to work out the increase in demand for foodgrain in the public distribution system (PDS) on account of drought and deficient rainfall. Last week, officials of the food ministry made a presentation before the estimates committee of Parliament, giving details about the foodgrain situation and projections of both demand and production.
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Oxfam says millions in Nepal could face hunger due to climate change
Poor crop yields, water shortages and more extreme temperatures are pushing rural villagers in Nepal closer to the brink as a result of climate change, a new report launched Oxfam, an international aid agency, aid, describing the situation "deeply worrying".
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Agro-biotechnology may fulfil future demands of food
The Agro-Biotechnology can play an important role in the agriculture development of the country. The products of agriculture biotechnology, especially the disease resistance crops, high yielding varieties and new varieties with essential nutrients can fulfil our present and future needs.
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Food for all
IT is not surprising that questions of food security and the right to food have become such urgent political issues in India today. The rapid growth of aggregate income over the past two decades has not addressed the basic issue of ensuring the food security of the population.