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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DYFI activists expose expired energy food sachets at anganwadi
The DYFI workers have exposed the stock of expired energy food sachets meant for free supply among poor children at an Anganwadi belonging to Women and Child Welfare Department near Baikampadi here on Saturday. The energy food sachets which were expired on March 1, 2009 was spotted by the DYFI members at Anganagundi Anganwadi near Baikampadi on the outskirts of the city.
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Coping with increasing food prices in Nakuru, Kenya: Urban school farming as a way to make school lunches affordable
School feeding is common in Africa and widely recognised as beneficial for both the physical and mental development of the children. However, mainly due to the sharp increase of food prices, many parents are no longer able to pay for their children
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Agricultural biodiversity strengthening livelihoods in periurban Hyderabad, India
In periurban Hyderabad, India, leafy vegetables are increasingly grown along the Musi River and sold in urban markets. This agricultural biodiversity can significantly help urban and periurban farmers become more resilient to the impacts of such changes.
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Adapting to climate change and building urban resilience in Australia
Increasing urban production of perishable foods can increase diversity in the food system, adding new products, producers, techniques and systems that will resist different threats and meet different needs. As Australia continues to struggle with water scarcity and increasing climate extremes, food production in and around its cities can contribute to healthy and resilient communities.
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Resilient Chinese cities: Examples from Beijing and Shanghai
Resilience is a dynamic process. City resilience refers to the ability of a city to adapt or adjust to changing situations or recover from economic, social or ecological disturbances. The current high rate of urbanisation in China creates many such disturbances. Urban agriculture plays a role in enhancing the resilience of China
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Building resilient cities
Urban growth is projected to increase significantly in the coming decades. The world
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Food for all on govts agenda
Ravish Tiwari Posted: Monday , Jun 01, 2009 at 0100 hrs IST
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Synergy between Food Security Act & NREGA
The successful implementation of NREGA and the Right to Information Act indicates that the climate is conducive for a far-reaching, rights-based legislation to eliminate hunger and deprivation.
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Putting food security back on the table
The good intentions of governments and donors to ensure long-term food security for all may be melting away in the face of the current global financial and economic crisis.
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FAO/WFP crop and food security assessment mission to Zimbabwe
High food insecurity persists in Zimbabwe in spite of improvements in agricultural production and a more liberal import policy this year, according to a report issued by FAO and the World Food Programme (WFP).