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>
<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>
Drought To Worsen Zimbabwe Food Situation
Drought To Worsen Zimbabwe Food Situation
Advice for those trying to solve the global food crisis: do not start from here. As governments across the developing world impose export bans on staple foods, further worsening the shortages on inter
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday said the government will build up a bigger food stock through import and local procurement in order to ensure food security and keep food prices, especially of rice, at tolerable levels. Unveiling a package of contingency measures, he said increased allocation for agriculture and employment generation would be high on the list of priorities in next budget to overcome the wayward market situation.
Rising food prices could spark worldwide unrest and threaten political stability, the UN's top humanitarian official warned yesterday after two days of rioting in Egypt over the doubling of prices of basic foods in a year and protests in other parts of the world.
Food crisis will end with boro harvest: Gen Moeen Bdnews24.com . Tangail The army chief, General Moeen U Ahmed, said on Sunday the ongoing food crisis would end with the boro harvest as cultivation was high this season. Addressing a rally of farmers at Bhuapur upazila in Tangail, the army chief said there was no alternative to boosting agricultural output.
Rising food prices across the world are generating a great deal of heat and dust. Some of that high-decibel debate about food versus fuel and end of an era when food prices were declining, has found its way into India as well.
4 killed at Haiti anti-poverty demo Agence France-Presse . Port-Au-Prince Four people were shot dead and some 20 injured Friday on the second day of demonstrations in Haiti against rising prices and poverty, a politician said.
Government slated for failure in food management Staff Correspondent Politicians, economist and rights defenders on Saturday slated the government for failing to ensure food security for people, and unanimously called for an immediate dialogue among government, political parties and experts to resolve the present food crisis.
Call to introduce rationing system DU Correspondent Progressive Students' Alliance, a combine of five left leaning student organisations, on Saturday demanded introduction of rationing system to avert possible famine in the country. At a rally held in front of the Central Library at Dhaka University, leaders of the alliance also demanded reduction in prices of essentials, including rice, pulses and edible oil. They said many people had been suffering from various diseases stemming from malnutrition caused by silent famine in the country.