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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Problem of plenty gives food security plan a boost
Ajay Modi / New Delhi April 05, 2010, 0:50 IST However, storage capacity way behind even present PDS procurement need. Punjab and Haryana, the two national granaries for the public distribution system, are likely to face a storage capacity shortage of 5.5 million tonnes in the rabi wheat procurement season that began on April 1.
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Food bill: EGoM meets over Sonia wish list
New Delhi: As head of the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on food security, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has the task of reconciling two very different visions of how Congress
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CAG audit to make PDS scam-free
UPA Wants To Revamp System Before Food Security Bill Rollout Pradeep Thakur | TNN
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300 homes turn gas chambers
Parbatpur (Bokaro), April 4: Kitchen fires have literally stopped burning in Fatehpur of Chandankyari block. Villagers have been surviving on dry gram and puffed rice for the last few days as the presence of coal-bed methane in their homes has made it impossible to strike a match indoors for fear of burning the house down.
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Draft food security Bill on EGoM agenda for April 5
New Delhi: An empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on food will meet again on April 5 to discuss certain aspects in the draft food security Bill it had cleared last month.
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NAC watching, govt to revisit food security bill
New Delhi: The Food Security Bill is going to be taken up afresh by the empowered group of ministers on Monday, on the back of relentless demands from activists to widen the ambit of the bill, with regard to quantum of ration and number of beneficiaries.
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PM to meet EGoM on agri boost
AMIT AGNIHOTRI Aiming to ensure India
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Fear of inflation may spook govt on subsidy cuts
Centre Looks To Avoid Criticism New Delhi: With inflation despite a dip in food prices
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Closing the rural-urban food and nutrient loops in West Africa: a reality check
Rapid urbanisation in developing countries intensifies the challenges of making sufficient food available for the increasing urban population, and managing the related waste flow. Unlike in rural communities, there is usually little or no return of food biomass and related nutrients into the food production process. Most waste ends up on landfills or pollutes the urban environment.
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EGoM to discuss food bill on April 5
New Delhi , March 31: Following UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi