Q2 According to the UNDP, up to 40% of the food produced in India is wasted. This
includes food wasted both at farm level due to poor
storage facilities and also food which is wasted at
households, restaurants, canteens, weddings etc. It is
said that India wastes as much food as is consumed
by the entire United Kingdom. This is not a matter of
pride but of shame. The food wastage is a major issue
which needs to be tackled. Should we start imposing penalty on deliberate or car
wastage of food? Write a diary entry in 150 words highlighting this social issue
suggest ways to curb the problem.
in a diary entry
Answers
Answer:
25% of fresh water used to produce food is ultimately wasted, even as millions of people still don’t have access to drinking water. When you calculate the figures in cubic kilometers, this is a bit more than an average river.
Even though the world produces enough food to feed twice the world’s present population, food wastage is ironically behind the billions of people who are malnourished. The number of hungry people in India has increased by 65 million more than the population of France. According to a survey by Bhook (an organization working towards reducing hunger) in 2013, 20 crore Indians sleep hungry on any given night. About 7 million children died in 2012 because of hunger/malnutrition.
Acres of land are deforested to grow food. Approximately 45% of India’s land is degraded primarily due to deforestation, unsustainable agricultural practices, and excessive groundwater extraction to meet the food demand.
300 million barrels of oil are used to produce food that is ultimately wasted.
The Minister of Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal seems to have chalked out a roadmap. Yes, a map literally, which shows exactly what fruits and vegetables are grown and where.
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