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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Determinants of structural changes of food exports from Developing Countries
Over the past three decades, there has been a rapid expansion of processed food exports in developing countries, replacing traditional agriculture exports such as coffee and tea. However, this development and its policy implications have received little attention in the literature.
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Manmohan's second coming
This time, with reinforced backing, he needs to send out the right signals and take the right decisions
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No relief in remote south yet Official death toll rises to 147
No relief materials reached many remote areas in the south and south-west left battered by tidal surges whipped up by cyclone Aila even three days after the inundation in which thousands of people were marooned without food and drinking water. The unofficial death toll rose to 178. The disaster management ministry on Thursday confirmed the death of 147 people.
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Promise of discounted foodgrains will be fulfilled: Sharad Pawar
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will deliver on the Congress
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African land grab for food security not profit, says UN
Only a short time ago, African farmland seemed of little interest to outsiders. But last year's food crisis and water scarcity in many countries has changed foreigners' appetite with the result being that fertile soil in Africa is now sought by international investors to the tune of hundreds of thousands of hectares.
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WHO Urges Hospitals To Join Climate Change Battle
Hospitals and their emergency vehicles, which are major polluters, must join the fight against climate change, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.
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One-third of children die of malnutrition in country
Around one-third of children in the country die of malnutrition which can be prevented easily by creating awareness about breastfeeding, said the speakers at the national launching of One Million Campaign, a global web-based initiative to support women to breastfeed, in the city yesterday. The campaign was launched with the slogan 'No more milk scandals like the one with melamine'.
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Daishin Eyes Climate Change Commodity Plays
Daishin Investment Trust Management, which runs a climate change fund that invests in companies engaged in disaster relief, plans a new commodities fund this year to capitalize on the effects of global warming.
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Grain mountain, again
Seven years ago, a mountain of foodgrain inventory proved led to huge losses
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'Substandard drugs add to sufferings of ailing IDPs'
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior Senator Talha Mehmood has said that substandard drugs at the camps of internally displaced persons (IDPs) may add to the sufferings of ailing individuals, and urged the authorities to intensify inspection of drugs being distributed at these camps.