CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 2021
1. UN REPORT SHOWS CLOSE TO 931 MILLION TONNES OF FOOD WERE WASTED GLOBALLY IN 2019 Recently, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released the FoodWaste Index Report 2021. “It has revealed that 17% of all food available at consumer level (11% in households,5% in food service and 2% in retail) was wasted in 2019 and around 690 million people had to go hungry. “It presents The most comprehensive food waste data collection, analysis and modelling to date, . generating a new estimate of global food waste. This reports estimates that around 931 million tonnes of food waste was generated in 2019. 61% of which came from households, 26% from food service and 13% from retail. «Wasta:es across allincome ours: Food waste generation is found to be equally relevant across all income countries such as high, ~ upper middle and lower middle income countries. Developed countries like Austria produce very low amounts of waste at 39 kg/capita/ year. On...






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