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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Food crisis, fuel price hike to figure at SAARC Summit
B. Muralidhar Reddy Member nations to sign accord for launch of SDF Heads of state likely to hold bilateral meetings To sign pact for Afghanistan's entry into SAFTA COLOMBO: The process for the SAARC Summit, scheduled here on August 2 and 3 was set in motion on Sunday with the meeting of the programming committee consisting of senior officials from the member countries.
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View Point: Child deaths due to hunger, malnutrition
Hunger and malnutrition deaths continue to be reported from Madhya Pradesh. Press reported that hunger forced a 11-year-old girl to commit suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur town. It is story of Sanjeeda, a resident of Moti Nagar in Jabalpur, who committed suicide by hanging herself. She was hungry for the past two days because there was nothing to eat in the house. 'I tried to get foodgrain under the Chief Minister's Annapurna Yojana (scheme) but all in vain', said Sanjeeda's mother Praveen to the police as per press reports.
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Millions facing starvation in Zimbabwe
MILLIONS of Zimbabweans face starvation after the widespread failure of the latest harvest brought on by the Government's mishandling of land redistribution, and shortages in the shops caused by hyperinflation. The United Nations said hundreds of thousands of people required food aid immediately because they had harvested little or nothing in recent weeks. It has warned that up to 5 million will need help in coming months
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Food, PDS problems under scanner
-NGOs, activists point to government mismanagement SANTOSH KIRO An activist addresses NGO members at the symposium on Monday. Picture by Manik Bose Ranchi, July 21: Repeated reminders to the Jharkhand government to safeguard the common man's right to food have fallen on deaf ears in the state, some activists believe. Public problems and solutions were brought forth today in a symposium held by a group of activists, all working in the development field, especially for the right to food.
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Focus on temporary ration cards
BHUBANESWAR: All set to launch the Rs 2- a-kg BPL rice scheme from August 1, the State Government today decided to issue temporary ration cards by July 25 to those beneficiaries who have lost their cards. A high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik discussed the modalities of delivery of the specially subsidised rice to the beneficiaries and major part of the discussion was on how to check diversion from the public distribution system (PDS).
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$100m first phase budgetary support: Food crisis Bangladesh's urgent challenge: WB VP
World Bank would provide US$100m to Bangladesh in the first phase as budgetary support to help the country build food security. The assurance came yesterday after a meeting between WB Vice President for South Asia Region Isabel Guerrero and Finance Adviser Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam at Planning Commission office in the city. Later, World Bank Country Director Xian Zhu told reporters they would provide the amount in the first phase but it would be increased further in phases.
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Shahbaz Sharif reviews launch of food scheme
Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that the Rs22 billion Food Stamp Scheme is being launched from Aug 14 for the people living below the poverty line in the province and 1.8 to two million families will benefit from it. He was presiding over a high-level meeting regarding the scheme at Chief Minister's Secretariat here on Sunday, says a handout. He said the scheme would be made transparent so that only deserving people could benefit from it. All DCOs would be responsible in this regard.
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UN needs fund for crises
The UN agencies and various NGOs are facing major shortfall in resources to respond to growing global food shortages and environmental disasters.
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Annapurna Yojna is a fake: Cong
An eleven-years-old girl, Sanjeeda of Anand Nagar, Jabalpur committed suicide due to hunger. Congress party on this surrounding the state government said that Mukhyamantri Annapurna Yojna is only on papers in such scenario the slogan of state government Garib Ki Thali Na Rahegi Khali has proved to be failed. Congress demanded high level investigation, action against the accused and proper compensation to the affected family. In a statement issued by the Congress, the party speaker, KK Mishra saying the incident of suicide a serious incident condemned the insensitive government.
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Pilferage-proof ration on the cards
Maharashtra to introduce biometric cards, computerize PDS the Maharashtra government has decided to introduce biometric ration cards across the state to check corruption in the public distribution system (pds). Biometric cards will first be introduced in Mumbai and Pune in a year. The government will soon sign a contract with Mumbai-based Spanco Telesystems for issuing over 22 million