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

Apr 15, 2017, 08:00 IST3 min

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India is growing more food but also wasting up to 67 million tonnes of it every year, says a study by Ciphet, the farm ministry’s harvest-research body. Supply chain bottlenecks, poor handl...

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Gluts, pests, rodents, weather and lack of modern storage are the other reasons for wastage. FCI godowns across the country are notorious for poor storage facilities that have led to losses...

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Since growing food takes up natural resources, food waste translates to a waste of natural resources as well. Rice cultivation, for example, needs large quantities of water. According to FA...

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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 perce...

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High taxation on packaged food deters self-help groups in small towns and rural areas from setting up packaged food units. Reducing it will encourage ancillary and cottage industries like p...

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