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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Is urbanization contributing to higher food prices?
The recent spike in food prices has led to a renewal of interest in agricultural issues and in the long-term drivers of food prices. Urbanization has been mentioned as one possible cause of higher food prices.
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Poverty and human development in Sri Lanka
This report traces the causes of poverty in Sri Lanka and provides policy recommendations, especially for areas of conflict. It argues that agriculture suffers from low productivity and competitiveness.
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House Approves New Food-Safety Laws
In a major step toward an overhaul of the nation
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World Falling Short On Emergency Food Aid: U.N. Body
The world is falling far short in feeding its most critically hungry, pledging only $3.7 billion of the $6.7 billion needed to fund the World Food Program for 2009, the head of the United Nations relief agency said on Wednesday.
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China threatens to ban import of Indian seafood
Beijing has threatened to ban import of seafood and other food products from India if New Delhi continues to restrict import of milk products from China, the government informed the Lok Sabha today.
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Rice at Rs 2 leaves them hungry
R Krishna Das / Raipur July 24, 2009, 1:29 IST Rakesh, a youth from Banrasi village in Chhattisgarh, is eager to marry and a trifle annoyed that his father, Tulsidas, has been putting it off.
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Its High Time We Perform
Subodh Kant Sahai, Minister for Food Processing Industries.
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G-8 pledges farm aid for poor nations
Compiled from dispatches L
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G8 Summit To Pledge $15 Billion To Boost Food Supply
Leaders from rich nations at the G8 summit in Italy will commit $15 billion over three years to spur agricultural investment in poorer countries and combat hunger, a final draft statement seen by Reuters said.