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August 31, 2012
Tackling food wastage through social enterprise model
Jenny Dawson quit her lucrative fund management job to manage the notorious condition of food wastage in the UK. She runs a chutney and jam company called ‘Rubies in the Rubble’ which uses produce from farmers market that would otherwise be thrown away to make her […]
August 31, 2012
What one must know about food security in SSA (sub-Saharan Africa)
SSA has immense potential for agriculture, and can potentially produce enough to feed its people, yet the region performs poorly in rankings. See the overall food security parameters for different African countries here.
August 31, 2012
India: Starving slum dwellers dig up and eat rotten grain buried by FCI
1,206 bags of PDS rice belonging to the FCI (Food Corporation of India) were supposed to feed the poor but instead got wrapped in red-tape tussles between the railway and other authorities, and were ultimately buried after being rotten. However, they are now being dug up […]
August 31, 2012
Poor in India starve as politicians rob US$14.5 billion of food
According to data compiled by the Bloomberg, as many as 900 million Indians eat less than government-recommended minimums and many more are starving, even as government godowns near their respective villages bulge with wheat and rice which ultimately rot. Read more about the alarming statistics uncovered […]
August 31, 2012
Yemen’s humanitarian crisis
Yemenis are facing on the worst hunger crisis in the history of the country, but this fact is easily masked by the focus on al-Qaeda’s activities in the country. Read more here.
August 31, 2012
The top 10 of the worst places for food security
An index released by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) compiled a list of places which are the worst as well as the best places to find food. DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) was found to be the worst place to find something to eat. Read more here.
August 31, 2012
Exacerbating food situation in Zimbabwe
Irregular rains, economic difficultues and inefficient agricultural practices and erratic rains have led to Zimbabwe’s food security situation becoming extremely perilous for its citizens. Over 1.6 million people will be in need of food assisstance in January. Read more here.
August 31, 2012
South Africa: Paying more for basic food
Due to high inflation and the worst US drought since the year 1956, South Africans will be paying more for the basic food items. For the poor the smallest increase in food prices would actually constitute a higher percentage of their monthly income. Read more here.
August 31, 2012
Food wastage in America
According to a report by the Natural Resources Defence Council, American consume as much as 10 times more food than people in Southeast Asia, and 50 per cent more than Americans back in the 1970s, and about 40 per cent of this food is thrown away. Read […]
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Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
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