1) Globally, about 1.3 billion tons of food was wasted in 2011, equivalent to one third of total food production. This figure increased to 2 billion tons in 2012, a 30% increase in one year.
2) In India, approximately 20 million tons of food grains are wasted annually. Bangalore alone wastes 943 tons of food, worth 339 crore rupees, at its 84,960 annual weddings.
3) Two students started an environmental club called "Green Ideas" to address this issue by producing biogas from food waste at their school. Their example shows how individuals and communities can help reduce food waste.
Dietary transition and food system disruption in forested areas of IndonesiaCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Mulia Nurhasan , Ferry Hurulean , Amy Ickowitz
Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
Research and Development Agency of West Papua Province, Manokwari, Indonesia
Dietary transition and food system disruption in forested areas of IndonesiaCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Mulia Nurhasan , Ferry Hurulean , Amy Ickowitz
Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
Research and Development Agency of West Papua Province, Manokwari, Indonesia
This presentation covers two school composting programs in the Quabbin Regional School District in Barre, Mass. Slides chronicle the creation of an elementary school and high school program in operation since 2005 and 2008 respectively. Karen DiFranza of Hands to Earth discusses what motivates students to participate in these programs and how this work helps connect them to the natural environment.
Her opinion matters - A Southeast Asia project sets an exampleICRISAT
From selecting crop varieties that met their requirements to updating farming and business skills through trainings on improved crop and seed production practices, women farmers in Vietnam, Laos, Nepal and India played a key role in improving the productivity and sustainability of rainfed agriculture in their respective project regions.
Rise and decline of modern science in IndiaRajesh Kochhar
JC Bose became the first Indian mainstream modern scientist in 1895 with the publication of his first experimental paper on mm-wave radio waves. I discuss 12 decades of Indian pursuit of science by identifying three sequential stages: nationalist phase(1895-1945); international phase (1945-(say) 1990); and the current global phase. The year 1945 is important because this is the year Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Bombay was established.
Rise and decline of modern science in IndiaRajesh Kochhar
Some 225 countries of the world publish more than 1.5mn research papers, with USA topping the list. Over the years however pursuit of science has become more widespread so that the US share (but not the quality) is now lower than before. From 1996 to 2012 India improved its rank from 7 to 13; and China from 9 to 2. The share of both in citations however is low.
India was the first country outside the Western world to take to modern science. I discuss why India has not been able to make any use of the early start.
This presentation covers two school composting programs in the Quabbin Regional School District in Barre, Mass. Slides chronicle the creation of an elementary school and high school program in operation since 2005 and 2008 respectively. Karen DiFranza of Hands to Earth discusses what motivates students to participate in these programs and how this work helps connect them to the natural environment.
Her opinion matters - A Southeast Asia project sets an exampleICRISAT
From selecting crop varieties that met their requirements to updating farming and business skills through trainings on improved crop and seed production practices, women farmers in Vietnam, Laos, Nepal and India played a key role in improving the productivity and sustainability of rainfed agriculture in their respective project regions.
Rise and decline of modern science in IndiaRajesh Kochhar
JC Bose became the first Indian mainstream modern scientist in 1895 with the publication of his first experimental paper on mm-wave radio waves. I discuss 12 decades of Indian pursuit of science by identifying three sequential stages: nationalist phase(1895-1945); international phase (1945-(say) 1990); and the current global phase. The year 1945 is important because this is the year Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Bombay was established.
Rise and decline of modern science in IndiaRajesh Kochhar
Some 225 countries of the world publish more than 1.5mn research papers, with USA topping the list. Over the years however pursuit of science has become more widespread so that the US share (but not the quality) is now lower than before. From 1996 to 2012 India improved its rank from 7 to 13; and China from 9 to 2. The share of both in citations however is low.
India was the first country outside the Western world to take to modern science. I discuss why India has not been able to make any use of the early start.
India -One of the largest food producers of the world.
India also produces a variety of temperate to tropical fruits, vegetables and other food products. Processing of food products plays an important role in the conservation and effective utilization of fruits and vegetables.
Get Wasted, Session 4: The Low Hanging Fruit = Food WasteGA Circular
This is the slide deck presented at our 4th event of a pressing Series on 'Circular Economy & Waste Management' in Asia.
Globally, about 1/3 of the total amount of food produced in the world never reaches our plates - that's equivalent to $1 trillion dollars! Meanwhile, just a quarter of this is enough to feed 780 million hungry people.
Worst still, if food waste were a country, it would be the world’s third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, with an economic cost of up to US$680 billion.
This session aims to shed light on the current food waste situation, especially in Asia and throughout the food value chain, to look at innovative business solutions, to both reduce food waste & to ensure that unavoidable food waste goes to something useful - i.e. compost to grow our next harvest of nutritious food.
We look forward to stimulating discussions on how to reduce food waste and to turn it into an opportunity for business!
An overview of the scale of the problem of food waste around the world and also the problem of hunger and what can be done or what is being done to solve this problem.Various organizations working on this problem is also discussed.certain guidelines are also provided which can be followed by an individual to reduce food waste.
Presents the theme of World Environment Day 2015 with a focus on consumption, its impact on the environment and checking environmental degradation by avoiding waste.
1. What Amount Of Food Goes From
Your Plate Into The Garbage Bin?
By Anush Garg
2. Is malnutrition a desi term?
• In India, ‘malnutrition’ has been termed as a “National
Shame” by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh; as one in every
three malnourished children in the world is from India
• According to the collective reports in 2011, about 1.3 billion
tons of food was wasted; which is equivalent to wasting one
third of the global food production every year.
• In 2012, this figure rocketed to a high of 2 billion tons, which
is an increase of approximately 30% in food wastage in one
year.
• This is due to lack of efficiency.
• Currently, as per the calculation, 550 billion cubic meters of
water is also wasted in growing the grains which does not
even reach the plates of people.
3. What is your count?
• If you think ‘it is not my kitchen’, then today have a look at
your garbage or in your refrigerator and even look at your
plate after having a full course meal.
• Subsequently, multiply the amount of the wasted food with
365 and then by 3 (Breakfast, lunch and dinner), the result will
actually be an eye opener.
• However, in the developing nations such as India, most of the
food is wasted at some stage of processing, production or
transportation.
• Approximately 20 million tons of food grains are wasted in
our country per annum.
4. After-party is not that fun, is it?
• Bangalore city hosts 84,960 wedding parties every year,
where approximately 943 tons of food is wasted that has an
equivalent price of Rs.339 crore.
• The waste includes maximum of 18% fruits, 12.4% of
vegetables, and 6.1% of cereals.
• I believe the host of such parties should be responsible for
not maintaining the food waste to its lowest possible level.
• Many of the Indian women provide kneaded wheat to cows
every morning; what they actually do is spiritual, but, it is
aimed at ensuring food security to animals.
• If our culture indirectly teaches us how to conserve our
eatables, then why do we waste food when attending
parties?
5. Do something, anything!
• Keeping in mind the wastage two 11th grade students,
Ramita Kondepudi and Jaewon Saw at the Canadian
International School, Bangalore came up with an idea of
starting an environmental club named ‘Green Ideas’.
• One of the many projects of the club was to begin the
production of bio gas from the school’s own waste.
• They visited the nearby corporate office in Whitefield which
had a functioning bio gas plant of its own and learnt about
the basic requirements to start their own plant at the school
campus, very Innovative indeed.
• After a detailed research about the food waste on a global
level, if we form some kind of a group in our societies and try
to collect the wasted food and re-process these eatables, the
essence of our own hard work can bring smiles to countless
faces.
6. • The proper storage facility of wheat grains and other
products is necessary.
• The state and central governments that they should come up
with some major reforms for better storage.
• The authorities should also avoid excessive refining and
processing of food.
Dear reader, what will be your plans in order to conserve food?
7. • Read more on Youth Ki Awaaz at http://bit.ly/VWFT4U