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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Right to Food versus Right to Profit
The world food summit in Rome failed to even recognise the basic problem, let alone remedy it. (Editorial)
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How science can help feed the world
We thought wide-scale food shortages were behind us. Just a few years ago, most countries - with the exception of some in Africa - were looking as if they would be capable of adequately feeding their people, and the rich world was trying to figure out what to do with its food mountains. How things have changed. Droughts, high oil prices, changing diets, the rush to grow biofuels and other factors have caused shortages of most of the major food crops. On every continent there is concern over high food prices, and in some places even rioting. (Editorial)
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What price more food?
What do a student in New York, a farmer near Mexico City, a family in London and a nurse in Bangkok have in common?
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Global food crisis: Why blame India?
Lambasting India for its policy to deal with the global food crisis, the United States says that the ban imposed by India on foodgrains exports has hit hard its neighbours in South Asia. This is also fueling inflation world over. At a conference organised in Washington on 'India's rising responsibility & partnership in the 21st century, organised by the Heritage Foundation, the US deputy secretary for international trade, Christopher A Padilla also accused India for creating unstable conditions in the market.
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G8 sees more squalls on horizon
The waters are rarely calm for finance ministers attending Group of Eight meetings. As soon as the stewards of the global economy feel ready to take some pride in navigating through one squall, they get a better view of others looming ahead. At the G7 gatherings this year in Tokyo and Washington - Russia is only invited once a year - the prime concern was stabilising global financial markets as credit dried up, banks teetered and economic prospects dimmed.
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Weather adds to challenge of food shortage
David Streitfeld and Keith Bradsher In a year when global harvests need to be excellent to ease the threat of per
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37 lakh MT wheat procured on support price
So far, 22,37,892 metric tonnes of wheat has been procured on support price from farmers and Rs 1266.32 core has been paid to them. Farmers are being given Rs 100 bonus declared by the state government on the procurement of wheat at support price of Rs 1000 per quintal. Bulk of procurement is being made by state Civil Supplies Corporation. The quantity of procurement for this season is 47 fold more than the last year. During the entire Rabi season last year, only 47000 MT wheat was purchased.
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Food export ban may go on better supplies'
Agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar has said the restrictions imposed on export of major foodgrain are not permanent and the government could lift the ban once the supply situation improves. "I am confident that prices will go down and in such a situation we don't want to continue with these types of restrictions," Pawar said when asked about the demand being raised by world leaders on lifting export ban.
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Free the gene genie
For the first time in two generations, world population is growing faster than agricultural production
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$20bn a year to avoid food crisis, says UN chief
Pledges of almost three billion dollars of emergency aid were made at a food price crisis summit on Wednesday but UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned that up to 20 billion dollars a year would be needed to avoid disaster. "We simply cannot afford to fail," the UN Secretary-General said at the food security summit. "Hundreds of millions of people expect no less," he added.