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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Chief scientist revolts over biofuel legislation
Could biofuels do more damage to the climate than the fossil fuels they replace?
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Conservatism to the fore
It is clear from Budget 2008 that the UPA, instead of abandoning its neoliberal agenda in an election year, has decided to stick to it resolutely. R.V. MOORTHY
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BB governor stresses safe food stock
Bangladesh Bank governor Salehuddin Ahmed on Thursday said the country should prepare itself for a strong food reserve after the boro crop harvest to face any future adversities like floods.
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No plans to import wheat for now, says Pawar
The government has no immediate plan to import wheat as it is confident of procuring enough quantity for the buffer stock, agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar said here on Monday.
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Water: More crop per drop
Water (either from the sky or the irrigation canal) is often a key factor in determining crop yields, squeezing more crop out of the same drop will be central to one of the biggest challenges of this
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Huge haul of hoarded PDS rice
In what is reportedly the biggest raid ever conducted in the capital by the Food and Civil Supplies department, 11,600 bags of rice, each weighing 50 kg, were uncovered from a godown in Alipur.
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Editorial: Time for a new agricultural revolution
Growing food has always been a struggle, and it is only thanks to modern agricultural research that most people now have enough to eat. Today we need that research more than ever.
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Killer wheat fungus threatens starvation for millions
A wheat disease that could destroy most of the world's main wheat crops could strike south Asia's vast wheat fields two years earlier than research had suggested, leaving millions to starve.