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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Comment: Why I had to walk out of farming talks
Four years ago, the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) was born. This ground-breaking exercise brought together government, non-governmental organisations and industry representatives, including Syngenta, to assess world agriculture. Potential authors were nominated and selected - and I was among them. All the authors were expected to draw on their own experience and interpretations of the available evidence, including that taken from peer-reviewed literature, but to leave their affiliations behind.
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How to kickstart an agricultural revolution
"Agriculture can do more than just focus on production," says Bob Watson, director of the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), the project that he hopes will change agriculture forever when the final draft of its report is published on 15 April. "Farming can help supply clean water, it can help to protect biodiversity, and it should be managed in a way that manages our soils sustainably," says Watson, who used to be head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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Bridging gulfs to feed the world
The International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) was set up to take stock of our knowledge, technology and policy, and help find a way to feed the world without destroying it . With $12 million funding from the World Bank, UN Environment Programme, UN Food and Agriculture Organization and others, it has been a staggering enterprise, involving dialogue between farmers, industry, governments, non-governmental organisations and other civil society groups.
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PDS rice stock position comfortable: official
Rice stock position for the public distribution system in the State is comfortable.
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Dhaka urges developed countries to help check food price hike
Dhaka urges developed countries to help check food price hike United News of Bangladesh . New York The foreign adviser, Iftekhar Ahmed, has urged the surplus developed countries to do more to rein in the rising food price.
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WB calls for new deal to fight hunger
WB calls for new deal to fight hunger Agence France-Presse . Washington The World Bank on Wednesday called on the international community to mount a wide-ranging fight against hunger as skyrocketing food prices critically threaten the world's poor.
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Food adviser calls it hidden hunger'
Food adviser calls it
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Dhaka urges developed countries to help check food price hike
Dhaka urges developed countries to help check food price hike United News of Bangladesh . New York The foreign adviser, Iftekhar Ahmed, has urged the surplus developed countries to do more to rein in the rising food price.
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WB calls for new deal to fight hunger
WB calls for new deal to fight hunger Agence France-Presse . Washington The World Bank on Wednesday called on the international community to mount a wide-ranging fight against hunger as skyrocketing food prices critically threaten the world's poor.
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Food Prices To Rise For Years, Biofuel Firms Say
Food Prices To Rise For Years, Biofuel Firms Say UK: April 4, 2008 LONDON - Staple food prices will rise for some years, but should eventually fall to historical averages as harvests increase, biofuel company executives said on Thursday. Soaring demand for better quality food from rapidly industrialising emerging markets such as China, supply shortages, increased demand for biofuels, and a surging appetite for food commodities by investment funds, have combined to push prices of basic foods higher and higher in recent months.