Question

Article on "Measures/ Techniques to Prevent
Wastage of Food"

Answer 1

Well, there are a couple of things which you can do in order to ensure that you will not waste any food you buy. I live alone myself at the moment, but during the last couple of years I had always had some flatmates. Anyway, I can understand well what the problem is. 

Firstly, if you cannot do it on the fly, you should plan every week, let's say on Sunday since it's free and you can easily spend some time. Also, I don't do shopping on Sundays usually and it's like a day of break during the whole week. There's nothing against it then. 

Some tips for planning:
     1. Think how much you eat and therefore, how much you might need.  
     2. Prioritize what you eat, start with the stuff which due date is the shortest one coming. 
     3. If you cannot eat something, share with your flatmates or invite your friends. 
     4. If you can't do what's been written in number 3, you can freeze (as long as none of the ingrediends
     5. Always segregate your organic waste so it wouldn't go for nothing when you throw it away.

I'm sure you're gonna do great!

Answer 2

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➡️ India is a poor country where millions of people do not get enough food to eat. Hence, we should never waste food.

To prevent wastage of food, we should take the following steps:

1. Control of weeds and harmful insects in fields would increase yield of food grains, fruits and vegetables.

2. Proper storage of food grains (cereals) and fruits and vegetables is essential to protect them from damage due to abiotic factors like temperature and humidity and biotic factors like rodents, birds, insects and microbes. Cereals and pulses should be stored in clean and dry containers or gunny bags stored in clean and dry containers or gunny bags stored in clean, well-ventilated godowns. Suitable pesticides may be used to keep off pests. Fruits and vegetables should be stored in refrigerators or cold storage (as the case may be).

3. We should keep the nutritive value and the comparative cost of food articles in mind while buying them.

4. We should buy only that much quantity of food which can either be consumed or kept safely at home.

5. We should not waste food at social and religious functions.

6. We should avoid excessive refining and processing of food.

7. We should avoid undesirable cooking practices like:

(a) Fruits and vegetables should not be washed after cutting or peeling as this may lead to washing away of many water-soluble vitamins.

(b) Food should not be cooked in open pans. Pressure cooker should be used for cooking.

(c) Excessive use of baking soda should be avoided as it destroys vitamin C and vitamin B complex.

(d) Repeated washing of pulses should be avoided.

That's it..