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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Low-cost festive cheer: Middle class to get 30 lakh tonnes PDS wheat
Nidhi Nath Srinivas NEW DELHI THE government may once again start selling wheat to the middle class. Nervous at the climbing grain prices, there is a proposal to pump in 30 lakh tonnes into the market through ration shops that would be meant just for the abovepoverty-line (APL) families. With the festival season slated to start early this year
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Discord marks EU power handover
Disunity and recrimination marked the start of France's European Union presidency on Tuesday as Nicolas Sarkozy exchanged accusations with the European Commission over world trade talks. The French president denounced Peter Mandelson, EU trade commissioner, in a television interview on Monday evening for allegedly selling out EU farmers
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Corrupt ration dealers exposed
TAMLUK: Flood victims caught two ration dealers red-handed while they were illegally transporting food grains for selling in the open-market today. The ration dealers were allegedly enjoying CPI-M patronage. This comes at a time when thousands of people are suffering from improper distribution of relief materials due to the devastating floods continuing in the vast areas of Midnapore East district.
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Reducing hazardous pesticide practice in coffee supply chains
This study looks at the approaches of different private, voluntary standards in coffee supply chains on controlling the use of hazardous pesticides and moving to safer pest management. It draws some conclusions from the different schemes and highlights issues for private and public sector stakeholders.
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Empty Promises
The high-level conference at Rome was called to find a way out of the global food crisis. A series of consultations with experts preceded this important event that went to show that the UN had all good intentions. The good intentions unfortunately did not translate into good policy decisions that could slow, stop and reverse the food shortage. <font class="UCASE"><b>savvy soumya misra</b></font> reports from Rome on an opportunity squandered <br>
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Enter the Bank
REUTERS World Bank President Robert B Zoellick holds up a bag of rice and a loaf of bread at a news conference in Washington The un acknowledges that in the past few decades governments and international financial institutions have not paid any attention to agriculture. Now the un, states and
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Biofuel right choice under right conditions
ASTRID AGOSTINI Economist
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Farmer harmer
NILOTPAL BASU The United Progressive Alliance (upa) government completed four years on May 22. Four years in government is a significant achievement for any coalition, more so if the coalition is in minority in the Lok Sabha and its principal party
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Stale food from Rome
the run-up to the high-level conference on food security in Rome promised a substantial shift in agricul-tural outlook, given host Food and Agricultural Organization