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>
MIT AGNIHOTR The food ministry headed by Sharad Pawar is upset after an empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on food headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee shot down its proposal of food tribunals to look into delivery related problems while implementing the proposed National Food Security Act.
<p>Rural India is much poorer than officially thought. The Planning Commission has accepted the report of a committee, led by economist Suresh Tendulkar, which estimates that more than 41 per cent of rural India is poor. States will now have to issue more below poverty line (bpl) cards. But is the report an accurate index of poverty?</p>
This paper identifies key challenges and solutions for carrying out project-level economic analysis of adaptation to climate change, both stand-alone and integrated into broader development projects.
This study explores the differences between mountain and non-mountain countries in food security and its determinants. Econometric analysis shows that mountain regions are likely to have lower food security. The findings suggest that people in mountain countries are especially affected by external shocks such as surges in global food prices.
<p>This new report highlights the potential benefits of adopting System of Rice Intensification (SRI) type practices in countries including India. Says that significance of SRI lies not only in enabling increased yields with less water, but in the basket of associated social and environmental benefits. It is based on the experiences of Africare, Oxfam America and WWF in African Sahel, Southeast Asia, and India.</p>
The Committee on Agriculture present this eleventh report on deficient monsoon and steps taken by the Government to mitigate its impact on agriculture sector. The Committee, taking into consideration the deficient rainfall in the country during Kharif 2009, had decided to select this subject for study and report to Parliament.
<p>This assessment is one of several undertaken by USAID/ Bangladesh that will provide an input into the design of new economic growth activities to be implemented under the new strategy. The mission has also contracted assessments covering such themes as gender, the Global Development Alliance, energy, agricultural productivity, nutrition, and food security.
Higher temperatures are making chickpea susceptible to new diseases: ICRISAT Dry root rot is one of the two diseases that affect chickpea production SANGAREDDY: Scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) di"scover that higher temperatures are making chickpea susceptible to new diseases.