Achieving zero hunger through zero wastage: An overview of present scenario and future reflections
2015
GILLS, RESHMA | SHARMA, J P | BHARDWAJ, TULSI
Worldwide nations and development organizations are now concentrating their efforts on giving nutritional and secure food to the population all over the world, especially to the malnourished people in the developing and under developed countries. Minimizing post harvest losses of agricultural produces is an imperative strategy needed to be adopted in the present scenario to meet the requirement of increased demand of food and nutritional security in a sustainable way. Because about 1.3 billion tonnes of food is lost and wasted globally every year, and one-third of all food produced, is lost or wasted in food production and consumption due to the lack of proper storage facilities, marketing facilities and many other reasons. Present article is an attempt to document the overview of global post harvest losses, in general and India’s post harvest loss scenario, reasons for post harvest loss and strategies to mitigate it in particular.
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