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
Social start-ups that address urban hunger are using technology to target the needy. Crowd-sourcing data to pinpoint hunger spots and taking food donation requests through their app, volunteers of No Food Waste effectively target and distribute lunch packs of leftovers in cities like Erode and Ahmedabad among others. Nearly 50 percent of under-six-years-of-age slum children in the world’s fastest growing major economy are malnourished, according to a 2015 study by Child Rights and You (CRY).
