Figure 19: graph of food waste Figure 20: Hyderabad map
B ihar FOOD WASTE: India is growing more food but also wasting up to 67 million tonnes of it every year, a government study shows. That’s more than the national output of countries such as Britain. And enough food for Bihar, one of India’s larger states, for a whole year. The value of the food lost – Rs 92,000 crore -- is nearly two-thirds of what it costs the government to feed 600 million poor Indians with subsidised ration under the National Food Security programme. Fruits, vegetables and pulses -- the main drivers of food inflation -- are wasted the most, found the study by Cipher, the farm ministry’s harvest-research body. Being perishables, they are prone to rotting. Gluts, pests, weather and lack of modern storage are the other reasons for wastage.
Figure 21: graph of food waste Figure 22: Bihar map
CONCLUSION Food waste is a result of throwing away good eatable food before it even reaches the mouths of humans. Food storage is causing the untimely death of approximately 3.1 million children under the age of five across the world. Wastage of food is a real issue faced by the society concurrently with other environment-related issues.
We often see, hear or read of situations which bear the news of starvation-related deaths in India and worldwide while our total output seems to contradict the statement above. Food scarcity in India or worldwide is a man-made problem as nature is pushing its level best to complete the ever-growing demand of humans. It's high time that we start working towards bridging this gap. We should start thinking every time we buy food in excess or eat it on how can we make the most of it without wasting a single drop of water or a single piece of food. It is never too late to rectify a mistake; a moment of opportunity is a year of opportunities. By working together in eradicating world hunger, we can make a humungous difference saving tons of food, millions of money and billions of lives.
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