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"Households Waste At Least One Billion Meals A Day", Reveals UN Report
The UN Environment Programme's Food Waste Index Report 2024 was released recently. Discover some of the key insights below.
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Over 5 Lakh People In War-Torn Gaza "One Step Away" From Famine, Warns UN
Famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza, where no humanitarian group has been able to provide aid since January 23, the World Food Programme warned Tuesday, as Israel wages war on Palestinian group Hamas.
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UN Food Agency Suspends Aid To North Gaza After Gunfire, Looting
The UN's food agency said Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries to northern Gaza despite widespread hunger, after a convoy of trucks faced gunfire and looting.
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Gaza Civilians Face "Immediate Possibility Of Starvation" Amid War: UN
The UN's World Food Programme said Thursday that civilians in Gaza faced starvation because food and water had become "practically non-existent".
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"Have Lost Contact With Our Teams In Gaza": UN Food Body
United Nations World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain on Saturday said that they lost contact with its teams in Gaza amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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World Food Programme Warns Of Budget Shortfall In Afghanistan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has stated that one billion dollars are required to avert a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Among Global Food Shortage "Hotspots": Report
Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis furth
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Cabinet Okays Rs 1 Lakh Crore To Create "World's Largest" Grain Storage Capacity
The Centre today approved a Rs 1 lakh crore programme to create the world's largest grain storage capacity in the cooperative sector to reduce crop damages and prevent distress sales by farmers, besides strengthening the country's food security.
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UN Food Body To Suspend Aid To Palestinians Due To "Severe" Fund Shortage
The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.
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3 Children Among 11 Killed In Stampede At Food Distribution Centre In Pak
Thousands of people have gathered at flour distribution centres set up across the country, some as part of a government-backed programme to ease the impact of inflation, which is running above 30%, a 50-year high.
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UN's Food Programme Seeks $77 Million Aid For Turkey,Syria Quake Survivors
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Friday for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by the deadly earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
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British Organisation Calls For Insect Eating In Hunger-Stricken African Countries
According to the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), the number of people in the Horn of Africa who face the threat of starvation has risen to 22 million.
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Sri Lanka Acting President To Implement Urgent Food, Fuel Relief Programme
Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to implement an urgent relief programme to provide fuel, gas and essential food items to the public who are struggling due to the economic turmoil.
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Soaring Food Costs Pushed Lebanese Family To Farming To Survive Crises
In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to examine his wheat crop. Food costs have soared amid a global wheat crisis and Lebanon's own economic meltdown, but the builder-turned-farmer feels shielded by his self-sufficiency.
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WTO's Blanket Food Export Exemptions A Concern For India's Domestic Food Security
India is not in favour of extending blanket exemptions from export restrictions under the aegis of the WTO on food grains purchased for the UN'sWorldFood Programme (WFP) as it would restrict its policy space to deal with domestic food security concerns, an official statement said on Saturday.
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"Households Waste At Least One Billion Meals A Day", Reveals UN Report
The UN Environment Programme's Food Waste Index Report 2024 was released recently. Discover some of the key insights below.
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Over 5 Lakh People In War-Torn Gaza "One Step Away" From Famine, Warns UN
Famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza, where no humanitarian group has been able to provide aid since January 23, the World Food Programme warned Tuesday, as Israel wages war on Palestinian group Hamas.
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UN Food Agency Suspends Aid To North Gaza After Gunfire, Looting
The UN's food agency said Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries to northern Gaza despite widespread hunger, after a convoy of trucks faced gunfire and looting.
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Gaza Civilians Face "Immediate Possibility Of Starvation" Amid War: UN
The UN's World Food Programme said Thursday that civilians in Gaza faced starvation because food and water had become "practically non-existent".
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"Have Lost Contact With Our Teams In Gaza": UN Food Body
United Nations World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain on Saturday said that they lost contact with its teams in Gaza amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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World Food Programme Warns Of Budget Shortfall In Afghanistan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has stated that one billion dollars are required to avert a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Among Global Food Shortage "Hotspots": Report
Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis furth
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Cabinet Okays Rs 1 Lakh Crore To Create "World's Largest" Grain Storage Capacity
The Centre today approved a Rs 1 lakh crore programme to create the world's largest grain storage capacity in the cooperative sector to reduce crop damages and prevent distress sales by farmers, besides strengthening the country's food security.
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UN Food Body To Suspend Aid To Palestinians Due To "Severe" Fund Shortage
The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.
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3 Children Among 11 Killed In Stampede At Food Distribution Centre In Pak
Thousands of people have gathered at flour distribution centres set up across the country, some as part of a government-backed programme to ease the impact of inflation, which is running above 30%, a 50-year high.
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UN's Food Programme Seeks $77 Million Aid For Turkey,Syria Quake Survivors
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Friday for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by the deadly earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
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British Organisation Calls For Insect Eating In Hunger-Stricken African Countries
According to the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), the number of people in the Horn of Africa who face the threat of starvation has risen to 22 million.
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Sri Lanka Acting President To Implement Urgent Food, Fuel Relief Programme
Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to implement an urgent relief programme to provide fuel, gas and essential food items to the public who are struggling due to the economic turmoil.
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Soaring Food Costs Pushed Lebanese Family To Farming To Survive Crises
In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to examine his wheat crop. Food costs have soared amid a global wheat crisis and Lebanon's own economic meltdown, but the builder-turned-farmer feels shielded by his self-sufficiency.
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WTO's Blanket Food Export Exemptions A Concern For India's Domestic Food Security
India is not in favour of extending blanket exemptions from export restrictions under the aegis of the WTO on food grains purchased for the UN'sWorldFood Programme (WFP) as it would restrict its policy space to deal with domestic food security concerns, an official statement said on Saturday.
