Hunger management: Stemming colossal food waste
From advances in production, distribution and storage, to using technology to feed the needy, we look at some problems and work-arounds to resolve India’s food wastage problem
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
Globally, one-third of the food produced for human consumption is wasted, costing the world economy about $750 billion (more than Rs 47 lakh crore), according to data from the FAO. 28 percent of the world’s agricultural area is used annually to produce food that is lost or wasted. Surprisingly, industrialised and developing countries lay waste roughly the same quantities of food respectively. Even if just one-fourth of the food wasted globally could be saved, it would be enough to feed 780 million hungry people in the world.
