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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Supreme Court commissioners report on supplementary nutrition scheme under ICDS
The Supreme Court commissioners have found a deep-rooted nexus among bureaucrats, politicians and private food contractors to siphon off funds meant for poor children and women under ICDS. Hence this report dated 29 Nov 2012 calls for setting up an independent Special Investigation Team to investigate corruption and quality in food procurement under the scheme.
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No nation immune to climate change: World Bank
- All nations will suffer the effects of a warmer world, but it is the world's poorest countries that will be hit hardest by food shortages, rising sea levels, cyclones and drought, the World Bank said
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Monsoon may fail more often due to climate change
The Indian monsoon is likely to fail more often in the next 200 years threatening food supplies, unless governments agree how to limit climate change, a study showed on Tuesday. The monsoon rains could
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Indian monsoons may fail more often due to climate change: Study
The Indian monsoon is likely to fail more often in the next 200 years threatening food supplies, unless governments agree how to limit climate change, a study showed on Tuesday. The monsoon rains could
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Global warming to hit Indian monsoon system, say researchers
India, which relies heavily on the monsoon rains for its vital agriculture sector, may suffer “frequent and severe” failures in its monsoon system due to global warming in next 200 years, a new research
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ADB grants USD 11 million for water resource mgmt facility
The Asian Development Bank ( ADB) has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Finance of Friday to provide a grant assistance of USD 11 million (around Rs. 946 million) to the Government of Nepal for
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Where the rain falls: climate change, food and livelihood security, and migration
This report explores the interrelationships among rainfall variability, food and livelihood security, and human mobility in a diverse set of research sites in eight countries in Asia, Africa and Latin
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Let The People Choose
The government should not dictate whether they are to be served by the PDS or direct cash transfers. Everyone agrees that India needs to deliver social protection to the aam admi; the forthcoming Food
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Floods in India displaced 1.8 million children
The three waves of devastating floods in India's north state of Assam this year have left nearly 1.8 million children, along with their families, displaced, an assessment done by an NGO Save the Children,
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One in eight of world population going hungry - U.N
One out of every eight people in the world is chronically undernourished, the United Nations' food agencies said on Tuesday, warning that progress to reduce hunger has slowed since 2007/08 when high food