Topic: food
More Indians eating non-veg than before: Health survey data
More Indians are eating non-vegetarian food than ever before, according to National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data.
Ukraine war squeezes food supplies, drives up prices, threatens vulnerable nations
Based on the Global Food Crises Report released on 4 May, last year around 193 million people in 53 countries/territories were officially in the Crisis phase, or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above).
Food prices highest since records began: United Nations
Rising costs for basics such as cereal, vegetable oil, and sugar have been revealed in the UN Food Prices Index that tracks commodities. They're at their highest since records began 60 years ago, jumping nearly 13% in March, following February's high.
Idea of setting our backyards as kitchen garden saved us during pandemic: Anaemic women in MP
In a Madhya Pradesh village, 40 anaemic women started kitchen gardening and some have even recovered from anaemia.
Food is a human right, not just ‘a commodity to be traded’: UN chief
Every day, hundreds of millions of people go to bed hungry. Three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet. Two billion are overweight or obese and yet 462 million, are underweight. Nearly a third of all food that is produced, is lost or wasted.
Economic repercussions of COVID: 23 ‘hunger hotspot nations’ facing food insecurity
Of grave concern are 23 ‘hunger hotspots’ which over the next four months are expected to face an acute level of food insecurity due to the combined economic repercussions of COVID-19, the climate crisis, and fighting.
