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>
<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>
PAWAN BALI Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said on Monday that there is need to see that the high food prices doesn't lead to starvation of relatively poor people. He said that the general priority should be not only to look at the overall performance of the economy but also to pay attention to the underdogs in the society.
Lux Lakshmanan A solution to the pulses and edible oils crisis is entirely within reach. The state of India
Over the last couple of decades there has been a huge swelling in the importance of the financial sector in the world economy. Investors now demand the same elevated returns in all economic sectors
The recent global food and financial crises have reversed the last decade
In 2006, India proposed a draft rule requiring the labeling of all genetically modified (GM) foods and products derived thereof. This paper assesses the economic implications of introducing such a mandatory labeling policy for GM food. Focuses on four products that would likely be the first affected by such a regulation in India: cottonseed oil, soybean oil, brinjal (eggplant), and rice.
Surinder Sud / New Delhi December 21, 2009, 0:37 IST Even as the Copenhagen summit on global warming has concluded without finalising binding commitments to combat this challenge, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said the fisheries sector will be hugely affected by climate change, jeopardising food supply and livelihood of a large section of the world
This paper explores various efficiency aspects of the Rs 2 a kg rice scheme, which has been relaunched in Andhra Pradesh. The statistical analysis suggests a substitution of demand between the open market and public distribution system purchase in response to changes in the open market price of rice in the state.
Estimation of poverty and poverty of estimation
Despite tall claims of the UPA on
Finance Minister Loses Cool Over CPM Leader