Food wastage report by Eat Lancet commission and food wastage and its impact on environment

1. National Institute of Food
Technology Entrepreneurship
and ManagementAutonomous Institution under MoFPI, GOI
Haryana, INDIA

2. • A video clip 3 minutes

3. FOOD PROCESSING,
FOOD LOSS
AND FOOD WASTE
L E D B Y N I F T E M

4. MAHATMA
GANDHI
G A N D H I O N C E S A I D
“ T O A M A N W I T H A N E M P T Y S T O M A C H
FOOD IS GOD”

5. https://youtu.be/IoCVrkcaH6
Q

6. L E A R N I N G S F R O M
E AT L A N C E T
R E P O R T
FOOD PRODUCTION: the
largest driver of environmental
change
GREAT FOOD
TRANSFORMATION needed:
a WIN-WIN diet
REDUCING FOOD WASTAGE
BY 50% in line with SDGs
across the food supply chain is
the need of the hour

7. LEARNINGS FROM
EAT LANCET REPORT
o Reasons
 Poor harvest schedule
 Rough Handling
 Inadequate cooling & storage facilities
o Need of the hour
 Increased investment in post-harvest
infrastructure
 Increased investment in processing
technology
 Improve on farm practices
 Investment in education, training &
extension.

8. RELEVANCE TO THE INDIAN CONTEXT
670 lakh tonnes of
food, worth
Rs.92,000 crore,
wasted annually
India ranks 7th in
food wastage
across the globe
Acc. To Ministry of
Agriculture the
amount of food
wasted annually is
greater than
Britain’s total
production
Acc. To UNDP, from
farm to plate, total
food losses amount
to 40%
Of the people that
starve to death
globally, 25% hail
from India
India ranks 103 on
the Global Hunger
Index 2018 out of
the 119 countries,
with a score 31.1
indication serious
levels of hunger

9. ONGOING EFFORT FOR FOOD WASTAGE &
LOSS
POLICY
 Limit on guests in Delhi
wedding
 Food safety & quality
assurance
infrastructure
 Recovery & distribution
of surplus food
 Modify labelling for
“use by”, best before
TECHNOLOGICAL
 E-Choupal aggregation,
logistics, bridge financing
 Mega food parks
 Cold chain, value addition
& preservation
infrastructure
 Zero energy cool
chamber
AWARENESS
 NGO’s like Robin
Hood Army, Roti
bank
 Save Food, Share
Food, Share Joy
initiative
 Unwanted food to
community food
banks

10. TECHNICAL
OUTREACH
INSUFFICIENT
SUPPLY CHAIN
AND LOGISTICS
MISS-MATCH BETWEEN
REQUIREMENTS AND
INNOVATION
CONSUMER
AWARENESS
GAPS & CHALLENGES FOR FOOD LOSS & WASTAGE

11. GOVERNMENT
ACADEMIC &
RESEARCH
INSTITUTIONS
FOOD BUSINESSES
& INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATIONS
STAKEHOLDERS IN FOOD LOSS &
WASTAGE
FARMER’S &
FARMER
ASSOCIATION
DEVELOPMENT
PARTNERS
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS
MEDIA
CONSUMER
ORGANIZATIONS
CITIZENS

12. KEY ACTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Demand-driven
production of food
Smart agricultural
practices
The Waste Monitor Waste Valorization

13. A GRAIN SAVED A GRAIN PRODUCED
IS
BETT
ER
THAN