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
-
Survey shows food chain mismanaged
New Delhi: The Economic Survey has confirmed that the agriculture-food sector is going through a severe crisis. Against the previous year
-
Management of food stocks, PDS needs attention
The food subsidy burden increased 82% primarily because of the increase in minimum support price.
-
Sub-standard food supplied to Anganwadi
''Low and sub-standard food is being supplied to anganwadi centres in the district from past six months, said Anganwadi Workers Association taluk committee Honourary President Gandhinagar Nagar Narayanaswamy and H S Anusuyamma.
-
Congress seeks white paper on farm sector
BHUBANESWAR: The Pradesh Congress today demanded a white paper from the Government on its activities on the agriculture sector and the measures taken during the last 10 years to protect the interest of the farmers.
-
Poor may get coarse grains with wheat, rice
Seeking to broadbase the concept of food security, the UPA government is actively considering whether to include coarse grains along with wheat and rice in the food grains basket to be distributed to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) population in the proposed Food Security Act (FSA).
-
Phased rollout of food security scheme likely
Worried over rising food prices hitting the common man, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government may roll out its flagship food security programme for an extended below poverty line (BPL) list.
-
Universal PDS only way to beat hunger, tackle price spiral?
Contrary To Fears, Cost Of Such An Exercise Is Not Prohibitive: Study
-
Food position comfortable in State
There is a stock of seven lakh tonnes of rice THANJAVUR: Food position is comfortable in the State and there is a stock of seven lakh tonnes of rice, adequate for running the Public Distribution System for two-and-a-half months, said K. Shanmugham, secretary, Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Tamil Nadu, here on Tuesday.
-
Pawar Problems
To say that agriculture minister Sharad Pawar is an embattled man is an understatement. Food prices have been on a relentless upward march in the past few months, and everybody is blaming him for that. The Prime Minister himself seems in no mood to cut Pawar any slack for the food price increase, and there are rumours that he might be asked to move to another ministry.
-
Battling food inflation: state, people, and media
S. Viswanathan