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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For inclusive approach to food security
Brinda Karat The proposed Food Security Act is flawed. The PDS should be made universal, as it was prior to the targeted system introduced in the 1990s as part of the neo-liberal agenda.
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According to report
climate strikes back: The annual death toll due to climate change is expected to rise half-a-million by 2030, said a study commissioned by the Global Humanitarian Forum, a Geneva-based organization. The study said climate change kills 325 million people every year through hunger, sickness and weather disasters and results in US $125 billion economic loss annually. food prices will rise
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Monsoon wont hit food stocks
AMIT AGNIHOTRI NEW DELHI June 25: The government is not pressing the panic button despite a rain-deficient June riding on the hope that the delayed monsoon will not affect its food stocks.
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Tk 61cr Japanese food aid for ultra poor
Japan has contributed Tk 61 crore of food assistance to United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Bangladesh. Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Masayuki Inoue yesterday handed over of 7,260 metric tons of rice to John Aylieff, WFP Representative in Bangladesh, says a press release.
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Canadian Farmers Opposed To GM Wheat: Survey
Canadian farmers oppose the introduction of genetically modified wheat until market conditions change, a Canadian Wheat Board survey has found.
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Govt puts Act together on Right to Food
Consultations With Food Depts Over; Bill May Come Up In Winter Session; Beneficiary Base To Widen
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Food security first, Sonia writes to PM
Amitav Ranjan New Delhi: Taking the lead in setting the agenda for UPA II, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to fulfill the party
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First letter to PM, Sonia sets agenda: calls for food security law, sends a draft
New Delhi: If the national job guarantee law was the flagship scheme of the first UPA, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has, in her first letter to re-elected Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, asked him to fulfil the party
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Poverty alleviation schemes not for poor!
ROURKELA: Several undeserving families continue to avail of the benefits of government
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Argentine Farmers Pray For Winds of Change
It's wheat sowing season on Argentina's Pampas plains, but farmers are biding their time -- praying for rain and a government defeat in Sunday's mid-term election.