Food Wastage

Reducing wastage of perishable items through methods like cold storage and irradiation

The world wasted an estimated 19 per cent of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to a new United Nations report. The UN Environment Programme's Food Waste Index Report, published Wednesday, tracks the progress of countries to halve food waste by 2030. The UN said the number of countries reporting for the index nearly doubled from the first report in 2021. The 2021 report estimated that 17 per cent of the food produced globally in 2019, or 931 million metric tons (1.03 billion tons), was wasted, but authors warned against direct comparisons because of the lack of sufficient data from many countries. The report is co-authored by UNEP and Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), an international charity. Researchers analyzed country data on households, food service and retailers. They found that each person wastes about 79 kilograms (about 174 pounds) of food annually, equal to at least 1 billion meals wasted worldwide daily. Most of t

Food wastage is not only a direct loss to consumers but also has bearings on the environment and supporting economies, she added

India G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant on Thursday made a strong case for food waste prevention programmes globally to reduce food insecurity and mobilise private funding for research in sustainable agriculture. Kant was addressing the maiden Global Food Regulators Summit 2023 here. "This is the first time a meeting of this nature is being held during India's G20 presidency. We feel strongly that locally adapted crops are significant for the transition towards resilient agriculture and food systems," he said. To strengthen research, collaboration and public awareness of green crops, the G20 in its agriculture ministerial meeting, launched millet and other ancient grains international research initiative called Maharishi. The former bureaucrat said the world is passing through a critical time as one-third of the world is in recession, and 75 countries of the world are facing a global debt crisis. Also, there is a major crisis of food, fuel and fertiliser in several countries. "The need of t

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The menace of hunger or undernourishment can be mitigated to a considerable extent just by curtailing the wastage of raw food and making a better use of the left-over cooked food

Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout.

Around 85 per cent of Unilever's foods portfolio would support a diet providing a maximum of 5g of salt intake a day by 2022

The bills are aimed at helping smallholder farmers get a better price for their produce and invest in technology to improve their farm productivity

The sudden and massive push to curb the problem of discarded leftovers -- known as the "Clean Plates Campaign" -- has puzzled experts

The above measures were aimed at improving the mechanisation and intelligence of meal making, reduce the labour intensity and energy consumption of cooking

This week, Xi rolled out a new push to curb the 'shocking and distressing' problem of discarded leftovers, as he seeks to fortify a fragile food supply strained by floods, epidemics, locusts and trade

'The thought behind the project is to create a food surplus from cuts of vegetables and meat that are usually thrown away'

Says rather govt will encourage them to take voluntary steps in this regard

Govt is drafting a questionnaire for restaurants to explain what dish sizes they should serve

At present, post-harvest food losses are to the tune of Rs 1,00,000 crore, which is 1 per cent of the country's GDP