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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GMOs will not feed the world
Jeffrey M Smith has written about 65 scientists who have conducted tests on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in his book Genetic Roulette. He talks about the impact and hazards of Bt gene. He spoke to Savvy Soumya Misra at the launch of his book in Delhi recently Safety: Lab tests on mice showed allergies, disruption in reproductive cycle, hormonal imbalance, respiratory
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ACCORDING TO REPORT
Long live the emperor: Emperor penguins, the only penguin variety that breed during the harsh Antarctic winters, are headed towards extinction, said a research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. If climate change continues to melt ice at rates published in the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the population of
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Rs 35 crore to cheer up ration dealers
KOLKATA, Feb. 26: The state government sanctioned Rs 35 crore last evening itself to ensure that the imminent announcement of the dates for the Lok Sabha polls doesn't do their sop ~ supplying rice at Rs 2 a kg ~ in. A senior Writers
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BPL rice: Ration dealers up in arms
KOLKATA, Feb. 24: State finance minister Mr Asim Dasgupta's "fiscal social welfare stimulus package
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Centre may implement Nashik foodgrain plan thoughout India
MUMBAI: Impressed by the success of the pilot project launched at the tribal Surgana village, Nashik district in June 2007, the Centre is now considering the extension of the home delivery system of foodgrains under the public distribution scheme (PDS) throughout the country in a phased manner.
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Allocation to farm sector up by 43%
Taking credit for resurrecting the farm sector, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee highlighted the government
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Salwa Judum is peaceful. We support it
Raman Singh
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African fisheries hit hardest by climate change
The world's poor are increasingly relying on fish, but a combination of climate change and unsustainable fishing practices could wipe out this vital protein source.
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Argentines pray for rain to end worst drought in decades
It is early evening and Pablo Roller, an Argentine farmer, is heading to church. Parishioners are preparing a traditional procession of a statue of the Virgin and he is going along to pray - for rain. "I don't know what else to do," he says.
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Food safety modernization act of 2009
This Act may be cited as the