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 security scheme: More worries for states
Rajat Roy / Kolkata July 09, 2009, 0:30 IST The much-awaited announcement in the Union Budget 2009-10 to ensure entitlement of 25 kg rice or wheat per month at Rs 3 per kg to every family living below the poverty line (BPL) in rural and urban areas, has raised more questions than it sought to answer.
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Whatever happened to the food crisis?
Mulualem Tegegn bought a donkey last year. As a hard-working Ethiopian farmer, aged 58, he saw the purchase of the beast as a return to better times after several seasons in which drought and high prices had forced him to sell his livestock and take his grandchildren out of school to work on the farm.
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Stop parboiled rice production, State told
BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Sharad Pawar today advised the State Government to take steps to stop production of parboiled rice from next year as it is not beneficial to Orissa.
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Food insecurity and hunger still a big problem: Report
Surinder Sud / New Delhi July 05, 2009, 0:01 IST The agriculture sector has shown more resilience to the global economic crisis than other industries, largely due to food being a basic necessity. As the downturn lowers food prices, pressure is eased on the recession-hit consumers.
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Whatever happened to the food crisis?
MULUALEM TEGEGN bought a donkey last year. As a hard-working Ethiopian farmer, aged 58, he saw the purchase of the beast as a return to better times after several seasons in which drought and high prices had forced him to sell his livestock and take his grandchildren out of school to work on the farm.
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Heat on wheat as agri hits a dry patch
The agriculture sector, which in previous Economic Surveys seemed to be pulling out of a bad patch, slipped back into a dismal 1.6% growth in 2008-09, the latest report said. The worst show was in the third quarter, which, on a year-on-year basis, showed a 0.8% decline.
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Food coupons to tackle malnutrition
Terming mal nutrition as a major threat to social and economic development, the Economic Survey 2008-09 stressed on the need to modify the existing policies and programmes to tackle the problem
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Food Security Act to yield only marginal benefit for State
T. Ramakrishnan Rice is already being sold through PDS outlets at Re.1 a kg CHENNAI: The Centre
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Chhattisgarh govt plans rice festival to reach out to the poor
Raipur: Ahead of the local body elections, the Raman Singh Government in Chhattisgarh is gearing up for a propaganda blitz by organising a
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BPL nos: Nitishs food for thought
Bihar CM Points To Discrepancies In Central And State Estimates To Puncture UPA