Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Worried about the staggering annual food importation bill in the continent of over $35 billion, especially the commodities for which there is comparative advantage, the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday called on development partners to rise up to the challenge of achieving a zero per cent importation of food …
A global food crisis is looming which may rival the one in 2007-2008 because of the ongoing El Niño weather phenomenon. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Baños, Laguna warned that climate change is a factor that can drive a longer span of food crisis across the world. …
Cutting down food waste could help avoid a tenth of greenhouse gas emissions arising from agriculture, says a study from Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Agriculture accounted for more than 20 percent of overall global greenhouse-gas emissions in 2010. Emissions from agriculture alone are expected to rise by up …
The govt has earmarked Rs 1,34,835 crore as food subsidy for 2016-17 The Centre has released Rs 25,834 crore as food subsidy to the Food Corporation of India (FCI), which will help in smooth procurement and distribution of grains, the food ministry said on Tuesday. The government has earmarked Rs …
31,357 beneficiaries from middle-class area to receive Annapurna cards today. After the state government announced the implementation of the Centre’s Food Security Act as Maa Annapurna Yojana, Fatehpura resident, Ramila Lokhande, 37, hoped that her family of five will have access to monthly grains. But it was not to be. …
Social Affairs Minister Haim Katz is implementing a long-gestating program aimed at providing nutritional security for the estimated 110,000 Israeli families (over 400,000 individuals) who are living below the poverty line and suffer from inadequate food supply. Eligibility for the National Food Security Program, which was developed and first submitted …
Maputo — Almost 1.5 million people in Mozambique are now affected by food insecurity, caused essentially by the drought hitting the southern and central regions of the country, Antonio Paulo, an official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, announced in Maputo on Friday. Speaking to AIM, at the …
Washington, D.c. — The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced it is providing nearly $68 million for emergency food assistance, to reach approximately 2.5 million Sudanese as well as refugees from South Sudan and other neighbouring states. In a press statement on Friday, USAID says this assistance will be …
A report released by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNet) on Thursday is predicting severe hunger in countries in Southern Africa including Malawi during the 2016/17 consumption season.It said the size of food insecure population was likely to double as compared to current levels due to severe drought in …
In the past 40 years, there has been a startling increase in the number of obese people worldwide—rising from 105 million in 1975 to 641 million in 2014, according to the most comprehensive analysis of trends in body mass index (BMI) to date, published in The Lancet. The age-corrected proportion …
Despite significant progress the world continues to bear a triple burden of malnutrition. These three burdens are related, but distinctly different, problems: energy deficiencies (hunger), micronutrient deficiencies (hidden hunger), and excessive net energy intake and unhealthy diets overweight/obesity). Despite significant progress, 795 million people still are not getting the minimum …
This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the implications for food security and policy responses to mitigate excessive volatility. The approaches applied by the contributors range from on-the-ground surveys, to panel econometrics and innovative …
Maputo — Over 300,000 people are affected by food insecurity as a result of the drought in southern and central Mozambique, the government spokesperson, Deputy Health Minister Mouzinho Saide, announced in Maputo on Tuesday. Adding up the figures provided by local authorities, the exact number of people affected by drought …
Kampala — At least four million Ugandans are food insecure and even those who have food, don't eat in a balanced manner, a report released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), jointly with the Agriculture ministry yesterday, has revealed. The report by the UN agency also says …
IFPRI’s Flagship Report puts into perspective the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2015 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2016. This year’s report takes a special look at how food systems can best contribute to meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Drawing on rigorous research, IFPRI researchers …
Growing food insecurity is causing more and more South Sudanese to flee into Sudan, the United Nations refugee agency today, urging more funding for clean water, sanitation and health services, food and shelter. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said some 38,000 people have fled north …
To make a real impact on food security and food production, agricultural spending and policy need to undergo a reorientation to focus more deeply on women farmers. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has been called upon to strategically target at least 30 percent women-participation in all agricultural-related programmes …
Kampala — Because of poverty, more than four million Ugandans, representing 11.8 per cent of the population can't afford two meals a day, according to the 2014 National Population and Housing Census. For instance, more than four million people, according to the report, consume one meal a day. Of these …
Within a span of three years, household food insecurity has fallen by over two-thirds in Bangladesh, according to a report revealed here today. The report titled "State of Food Security and Nutrition in Bangladesh-2014 food insecurity has reduced to less than a quarter of household in 2014 from over two …
THE United Nations and its development partners are committed to assisting Zimbabwe tackle food shortages caused by the El Nino-induced drought, and have to date mobilised $80 million to complement Government mitigatory efforts, UN Resident Co-ordinator Mr Bishow Parajuli has said. Drought has ravaged most parts of the country, especially, …
