1. SHARE
YOUR
SPOON

2. AGENDA OF DISCUSSION
 Objectives
 Introduction – What is the problem?
 What are the causes of the problem?
 How do we solve the problem?
 Initiatives By Indian Government
 Role as Responsible Citizens
 Conclusion

3. OBJECTIVES
 To create an awareness about the problem of food
scarcity.
 To cultivate the habit of sharing our food.
 To stop wasting food.
 To play our role as responsible citizens in eradicating
the problem of food scarcity.

4. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM ??

5. MAJOR CONCERNS OF 21ST CENTURY
Hunger
Malnutrition & Under
nourishment
Poverty & Growing
Inequality

6. HUNGER - STATISTICS
 936 million people in the world do not have enough food to
eat. (1.5 million – children)
 98% of these people live in developing countries.
 1/3 of the world’s hungry live in India.
 Under-nutrition contributes to 2.6 million deaths of children
every year.
 One out of six children in developing countries are
underweight.
 One in four of the world’s children are stunted.

7.  Hunger kills more people every year than AIDS,
Malaria & Tuberculosis combined.
RIGHTLY STATED…

8. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES ??
 Important cause of hunger
 Food that could have eaten is instead thrown away.
 Food is wasted because :
 we forget about leftovers
 make unnecessary purchases
 do not store food correctly
WASTAGE OF FOOD

9. The Times Of India
Dated: 6th June, 2013
Food worth Rs. 58,000 crore goes waste in India every
year. It amounts to 40 % of the country’s annual
production.
SHOCKING NEWS !!!

10.  More than 1/3 of the average household garbage bin is
filled with food waste each week.

11. OH MY GOD

12.  The reality is the world produces enough grain for every
human being.
 Even most “hungry countries” have enough food for all
their people.
 As per FAO, gains in food production have always been
ahead of population growth since 1950.
 India ranks 3rd among Top Agricultural Exporters.
 But at least 200 million Indians are hungry.
THE MYTH - SCARCITY

13. HOW DO WE SOLVE A PROBLEM SO
BIG??

14. MEET THE DABBAWALAS OF
MUMBAI

15. X FACTOR OF DABBAWALAS
 Error Rate: 1 in 16 million transactions
 Six Sigma Performance
 Best Example of Effective Supply Chain
Management
 Cost of service = Rs. 250 to 300 per month
 Standard price
 No strike records
 Earnings = Rs. 4000 to 5000 per month

16. BELIEFS OF DABBAWALAS
 Work is Worship
 Serving people is serving God
 Annadan is Mahadan
 Time is Money
 Unity is Power.

17. WHAT ARE THE MEASURES ADOPTED ??

18. INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
FAO IFADWFP
World Food
Programme
Food and
Agricultural
Organization
International
Fund for
Agricultural
Development

19. INITIATIVES BY INDIAN GOVERNMENT
 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
 National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
 Mid-day Meal Schemes
 National Food Security Mission
 National Rural Drinking Water Programme
 Targeted Public Distribution System
 Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan

20. ROLE AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS
 In our Indian culture, we equate Food to Brahma.
 We pray before consuming food.
 Then why do we waste food?