Ten percent of Americans live in food-insecure households. At the same time, the average U.S. family of four spends $1,500 each year on food that ends up uneaten. Food is the single most common material found in landfills; and food waste is responsible for 58% of landfill methane emissions released
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Dhaka advocates for global food insecurity
Strongly denouncing the use of famine and starvation as weapons of war, Bangladesh has called upon all member states to refrain from employing starvation as a tactic of warfare and also urged conflicting parties to adhere to international law and humanitarian principles. "In the face of conflict-induced global food insecurity, a
Food insecurity returns to pre-Covid level
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) found that the moderate or severe food-insecurity situation in Bangladesh returned to the pre-pandemic level by January this year, which the households experienced after the Covid-19 pandemic hit Bangladesh last year. It said with the onset of the pandemic, combined with the lockdown restrictions