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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The wheat market: Distortions caused by government interventions
Wheat stocks are rising again, well beyond the minimum required, and a large procurement is expected from the 2009-10 wheat marketing season that begins on 1 April. India appears set once again for yet another phase of rising stocks, mounting carrying costs, and a crisis of plenty.
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Do nations go to war over water?
The United Nations warned as recently as last week that climate change harbours the potential for serious conflicts over water. In its World Water Development Report of March 2009, it quotes UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noting the risk of water scarcity
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South Asia
some relief: Sri Lanka will supply special energy food packages to civilians fleeing the war regions in northern Sri Lanka. More than 30,000 civilians are living in welfare centres and some in camps, said Sri Lanka
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UNICEF to provide malnourished children Unimix
UNICEF has brought 60 MT of supplementary food (Unimix) to Jaffna, to be distributed to 4,500 moderately malnourished children (including those in the new IDP camps) in the Jaffna District over the next six months, the joint humanitarian update released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
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US initiates probe against India on agri imports
Concerned over its low share in India
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PDS operations in Himachal to go online
The Himachal Pradesh Government has directed all fair price shops in the State under the public distribution system to issue cash memos to ration card holders drawing rations from these retail outlets, as the State Government was planning to prepare e-ration cards for different categories of consumers, Chief Minister PK Dhumal said on Thursday.
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Food insecurity
Climate change is affecting foodgrain production. The prospect of a serious shortage of foodgrains looms large over Karnataka. The Economic Survey, 2008-09, has predicted that foodgrain production in the state will fall short of the 125.25 lakh tonnes target set for 2008-09 by at least 16.48 lakh tonnes. The deficit in production of cereals alone is expected to be around 13 lakh tonnes.
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Dream project to feed slum residents bags coveted award
Mumbai: It all started with a dream that MBA student Ankit Jain had around a year ago in which he saw himself serving food to the poor at a slum near his college Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) at Juhu.
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Making the most of underutilised crops
Spreading risk is an essential means to reduce vulnerability, especially for already vulnerable people. Increasing the use of underutilised crops is one of the better buffers to help farmers diversify, and sustain, nutritional, environmental and financial security in times of change.
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Small is nutritional
A recent workshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh, focused on the role of small indigenous fi sh species in ensuring incomes and nutrition for the rural poor.